Center-left candidate Laurentino Cortizo wins presidential elections in Panama
Cortizo won with a margin of 2% over center-right candidate Rómulo Roux. He has promised to check corruption and deal with increasing unemployment
Hondurans defeat privatization measure with massive mobilizations
The measure would have privatized education and healthcare services in a country where access to these services is already highly limited
Yellow Vests hit the streets for the 25th consecutive week
In the city of Metz, thousands of yellow vests and environmentalists joined forces to protest at the venue of the meeting of environment ministers of the G7 countries
25 killed, 1,500 injured in three days of Israeli attacks on Gaza
Reports suggest that a ceasefire agreement has been reached between Hamas and Israel
Black Colombian leaders survive assassination attempt
The leaders were in a meeting to prepare for dialogues with the National Government when they were attacked by a group of armed men with firearms and grenades
Activists condemn Assange’s prison sentence, demand his release
Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in jail on May 1 for jumping bail. He faces an extradition hearing to the United States towards the ends of May
Talks between striking sanitation workers, Durban municipality to begin on Monday
The water and sanitation workers in eThekwini municipality have been on strike since April 23, demanding equal pay for equal work. 1 person was killed on Thursday after the police fired at the workers.
Hungarian trade unions continue mobilization against ‘slave law’
In its May Day rally, the Hungarian Workers’ Party also denounced the United States’ coup attempt in Venezuela and extended solidarity to president Nicolas Maduro