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El Paso, Texas ‘at a breaking point’ as migrants flood border, mayor says

Sept 23 (Reuters) – The surge of migrants crossing the U.S. border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to “a breaking point,” with more than 2,000 people per day seeking asylum, exceeding shelter capacity and straining resources, its mayor said Saturday. “The city of El Paso only has so many resources […]

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Mayor of Ecuadorian city of Manta assassinated in attack

QUITO, July 23 (Reuters) – The mayor of the Ecuadorian Pacific port city of Manta, Agustin Intriago, was shot dead on Sunday, authorities said, in a brazen attack that stunned the political establishment. Police said the 38-year-old Intriago, who was re-elected as mayor of Manta in February, had been inspecting public works in the city […]

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Lisbon mayor accused of ‘boycotting’ slavery memorial

[1/2]Mayor of Lisbon Carlos Moedas speaks during the opening ceremony of Web Summit, Europe’s largest technology conference, in Lisbon, Portugal, November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes LISBON, July 1 (Reuters) – The mayor of Lisbon has been accused of “boycotting” Portugal’s first memorial to victims of slavery, a long-delayed project in a country still struggling to […]

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Brazil’s Lula names former Sao Paulo Mayor Haddad as finance minister

BRASILIA, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Brazil’s leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday picked former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad as his finance minister, ending days of speculation about one of his key ministerial appointments. Lula is set to take office on Jan. 1 after defeating incumbent far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro in October. […]

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Mayor of Brazil meatpacking hub probed amid wave of electoral coercion cases

SAO PAULO, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The mayor of a major Brazilian agribusiness hub is under investigation for telling business leaders they should direct employees to help re-elect far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, according to three people familiar with the case. The sources said that Santa Catarina state labor prosecutors are running the investigation into Mayor […]

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Peru conservative Opus Dei businessman elected mayor of Lima

LIMA, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Conservative businessman Rafael Lopez Aliaga won a closely contested election to become mayor of Peru’s capital Lima on Monday after his rival, retired military officer Daniel Urresti, accepted his defeat. In his first public statements since Sunday’s election, Lopez Aliaga said he would wait for the final official results before […]

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Race for mayor of Peru’s capital is neck and neck among two conservatives, exit poll shows

LIMA, Oct 2 (Reuters) – An Opus Dei businessman and a retired military officer accused of murdering a journalist entered a technical tie in Sunday’s run to become Lima’s next mayor, according to an exit poll carried out by the firm Ipsos for Peru’s local elections. Rafael Lopez Aliaga, a hotel businessman who claims to […]

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