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Brazil chamber approves 6x1 work schedule Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours

The text provides for a gradual transition, guarantees salary maintenance, and establishes two days off.

Cargo ship with aid from Mexico to Cuba (1) At the World Health Assembly, Cuba denounced the US energy blockade’s impact on health

First Deputy Minister of Health, Tania Cruz, said that causing shortages and hardship to millions of people is genocide.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino and US President Donald Trump Italy and FIFA dismiss US proposal to replace Iran at World Cup

The idea to tear up the regulations comes from the Italian envoy of the president of the United States.

CUT Brasilia Brazilian workers mobilize in capital to demand an end to six-day work week

The mass mobilization comes a day after President Lula da Silva presented a new law to the National Congress to end the 6×1 work week, a new effort in the years-long struggle for the same.

Polls show a second round tie between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro

The poll by Datafolha indicates that the sitting president would receive 45%, while the son of Jair Bolsonaro 46%.

Keiko Fujimori A coup and three interim presidents later, Peru heads to polls

Keiko Fujimori, with only 15% of the vote intention, leads in an election that lacks strong left-wing candidates.

Demonstration condemning the assassination of martyred leader of the Islamic Revolution and the attacks by the US and the Zionist regime on Iran Iran suspends participation in the US-hosted 2026 World Cup over US-Israeli aggression

The decision was made in response to the US and Israeli attacks that killed the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Yvan Gil speaking at UNHRC (1) At the UN, Venezuelan FM denounces “systematic campaign” against the country and demands the release of Maduro and First Lady

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil called for an end to unilateral coercive measures in his address at the UN in Geneva

General Confederation of Labor and the United Trade Union Front announced a nationwide 24‑hour general strike in Argentina on February 19 Argentina general strike targets Milei’s labor reform that strips rights

The bill has already passed the Senate and will be voted on in the Chamber this Thursday; government promises to repress protests.

Nobel Prize María Corina Machado Julian Assange says peace prize has become “instrument of war” and sues Nobel

The ex-political prisoner’s complaint criticizes the granting of the prize to the far-right opposition activist and seeks freeze of 11 million Swedish kronor intended for Corina Machado

Black Women March Brasilia Over 300,000 marched in the Black Women’s March in Brasília for reparations and an end to racism

Over 300,000 women marched in Brasília on November 25 and launched a manifesto denouncing colonialism and demanding reparatory policies

Venezuela popular consultation Venezuelans break record in Popular Consultation vote amid US pressure campaign

The Popular Consultation calls on community members to identify projects of benefit for their neighborhoods and decide which will be funded and executed in the vote