Indonesia 2024 election: President Jokowi criticized for backing Prabowo

JAKARTA, Indonesia — When Joko Widodo was elected as Indonesia’s president a decade ago, he was widely seen as a symbol of hope. As the country’s first president not to come from the political or military elite, he was a testament, said diplomats and political pundits, to the rising strength of democracy in the world’s … Read more

President Biden Spars with Media Over Memory After Special Counsel Report

Play video content President Biden is showing serious signs of life and energy … getting testy with reporters who tried grilling him on his memory loss and a damning special counsel report. The highlight … Biden telling Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy, “My memory is so bad I let you speak.” Special counsel says President … Read more

Brazil’s police investigate former President Bolsonaro’s allies over alleged coup attempt

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police are investigating several top allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2022 election and searched their homes and offices Thursday. Bolsonaro was not himself the target of a search but, like others, was ordered to forfeit his passport, according to a … Read more

Former Obama Official Chides Trump for Confusing the ‘Job of the President of the United States With a King’

Rick Stengel, the Obama administration’s under secretary of state for public diplomacy, weighed in Wednesday on the D.C. appeals court’s rejection of former President Donald Trump’s claim to absolute immunity, chiding the politician for confusing “the job of the president of the United States with a king.” Stengel joined MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House” in the … Read more

Former Chilean President Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash. He was 74

VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile — VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Sebastián Piñera, the two-time former president of Chile who faced social upheaval followed by a pandemic in his second term, died Tuesday in a helicopter crash. He was 74. Chile Interior Minister Carolina Tohá confirmed the death of the former president. No further details … Read more

Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera dies in helicopter crash

Former two-time Chilean President Sebastián Piñera died in a helicopter crash, the government said Tuesday afternoon. In a national address, Interior Minister Carolina Tohá said Piñera, 74, was killed and three people escaped. “President Piñera governed us and we will remember him for the way he dedicated his life to public service,” Tohá said. It … Read more

Mexico’s president wants to guarantee people pensions equal to their full salaries when they retire

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Monday he will propose guaranteeing people pensions equal to their full salaries at the time they retire, something done by no other country, not even those much richer than Mexico. It was among a raft of 20 constitutional reforms that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has almost no hope … Read more

2054, Part I: Death of a President

“But do you understand what you did wrong?” She struggled to look him directly in the eye. Her gaze instead fell over his shoulder, where the news was streaming live on his computer screen. Hendrickson was familiar with this posture of avoidance. Since Julia’s adoption at 9 by his old friend Sarah Hunt, Hendrickson had … Read more

El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele heads for reelection as president, buoyed by support for gang crackdown

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Voters in El Salvador appeared to give Nayib Bukele a second term as president, putting him well on his way to a landslide victory in an election that for many hinged on the tradeoff of curtailed civil liberties for security in a country once terrorized by gangs. The Supreme Electoral … Read more

Namibia President Hage Geingob dies at 82 after cancer diagnosis

Namibian President Hage Geingob died Sunday in a hospital in the country’s capital, Windhoek, where he was receiving treatment for cancer. He was 82. His death was announced by Namibian Vice President Nangolo Mbumba. Geingob was diagnosed with cancer following an annual medical checkup last month, the southern African country’s presidential office previously said. Mbumba … Read more