Did a WhatsApp channel help get Lula re-elected?
Key Points:
- Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado returned home after more than 10 months in exile, greeted by supportive crowds following her escape by speedboat.
- The trial of two Australian surfers and their American friend, murdered in Mexico two years ago, highlights the importance of accountability, according to the victims' mother.
- Mexico's National Guard introduced a 13-month-old chihuahua named 'Comando,' equipped with protective gear and a camera, trained for search-and-rescue operations.
- Colombia was struck by a magnitude-7.4 earthquake causing significant casualties and damage, with at least 169 deaths reported and emergency efforts underway in Cali, the hardest-hit city.
- Fishermen lost at sea for five days off Mexico’s coast were rescued, while a supermarket employee in Puebla heroically saved a toddler from oncoming traffic, both incidents captured on video.