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Auto industry may face fines from US regulator

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UNITED STATES

This comes at the end of a rash of recalls; 2014 saw more recalls involving models of cars at least five years old, affecting more than 60 million vehicles. This calls into…

Peaceful Venezuela protest takes momentum from Maduro

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VENEZUELA

The opposition Democratic Unity Movement (MUD) convened the national protest to pressure the National Electoral Council (CNE) to bring forward the next phase of the recall…

California politics shows importance of local issues

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UNITED STATES

Two-thirds of those voting in the recall election on September 14 rejected the attempt to remove Newsom from office, but the result required a major effort to mobilise the…

Government-INE tensions look set to endure in Mexico

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MEXICO

Almost 98% of participants backed the proposal, but turnout, at just 7.1%, fell well short of the 40% threshold required to make the result binding. Government representatives…

Mexico reshuffle aims to facilitate agenda approval

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MEXICO

The change preceded the start of the first legislative period of the newly elected Chamber of Deputies on September 1, in which AMLO’s ruling National Regeneration Movement…

South Africa’s Zuma could face early exit

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SOUTH AFRICA

The news prompted a sharp drop in the value of the rand, its largest one-week fall against the dollar since 2015 and the previous sacking of a finance minister. Zuma’s decision…

US California gig work battle will go national

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UNITED STATES

Employment rights in California, and national implications.

Prospects for US politics in 2022

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PROSPECTS 2022

Prospects for US politics in 2022.

US Congress will leave Trump nuclear authority intact

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UNITED STATES

The standoff with North Korea has led the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to hold a hearing on the president’s authority to order a nuclear first strike. This is the first such…

South Africa’s Zuma will face renewed ouster push

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SOUTH AFRICA

After Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa succeeded President Jacob Zuma as party leader, focus within the ANC has turned to what to do with the corruption-tainted Zuma amid renewed…