Lula leads in overseas voting with majority in 29 countries, Bolsonaro in 6
Brazil

Lula leads in overseas voting with majority in 29 countries, Bolsonaro in 6

By 3:00 pm Brazil, voting had finalized in more than 70 nations from a total of 181 electoral precincts

Peoples Dispatch
October 2, 2022
Brazil elections: “We are not fighting for Utopia but for what the constitution guarantees us”
Brazil

Brazil elections: “We are not fighting for Utopia but for what the constitution guarantees us”

Luana de Souza is a militant of the National Coordination of Black Entities (CONEN) and a candidate for the State Assembly of Minas Gerais

Peoples Dispatch
September 30, 2022
Latest Ipec poll shows increased support for Lula
Brazil

Latest Ipec poll shows increased support for Lula

Former president appears four points above the sum of the other candidates and can win in the first round

Peoples Dispatch
September 27, 2022
Cubans just ratified the world’s most progressive Family Code
Cuba

Cubans just ratified the world’s most progressive Family Code

Cuba’s new Family Code, passed in a referendum with 67% of the vote, expands women’s, children’s, and LGBTQ people’s legal rights

Peoples Dispatch
September 26, 2022
Femicide of María Belén Bernal sparks outrage in Ecuador
Ecuador

Femicide of María Belén Bernal sparks outrage in Ecuador

María Belén Bernal was found murdered five kilometers from the Police Training School. Bernal’s mother deemed her daughter’s femicide as “a state crime.”

Peoples Dispatch
September 24, 2022
Filipinos in the US protest far-right President Marcos at his UN-debut
Philippines United States

Filipinos in the US protest far-right President Marcos at his UN-debut

US-based Filipino organizations confront the dictatorial leadership of the Philippines, as President Marcos Jr. encourages US investors to exploit his nation

Peoples Dispatch
September 22, 2022
Residence of Swazi pro-democracy leader bombed by alleged state-sponsored hit-squad
Swaziland

Residence of Swazi pro-democracy leader bombed by alleged state-sponsored hit-squad

Mlungisi Makhanya, president of one of the largest pro-democracy political parties, PUDEMO, whose house was attacked “remains unshaken, defiant”

Peoples Dispatch
September 21, 2022
Majority of Puerto Rico still without power after Hurricane Fiona
Puerto Rico

Majority of Puerto Rico still without power after Hurricane Fiona

Hurricane Fiona has exacerbated the situation in Puerto Rico, which is still recovering from the impacts of Hurricane Maria, which destroyed the power grid and killed more than 3,000 people in 2017

Peoples Dispatch
September 20, 2022