Jack Nicas

After another dubious election victory, Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, appears firmly in power. The only real potential threat, history shows, may come if his own security forces betray him.

The accusations came to light when investigators found photos of former first lady with a black eye and a bruised arm on the phone of the ex-president’s former secretary.

A domestic violence scandal has rocked Argentina since Alberto Fernández, the country’s former president, was accused of abusing his partner, Fabiola Yáñez. He has denied the allegations.

José Mujica and Lucía Topolansky have long been married to one another — and their leftist political cause.

The country’s Supreme Court gave the service 24 hours to name a legal representative in Brazil or face suspension.

To combat disinformation, Brazil gave one judge broad power to police the internet. Now, after he blocked X, some are wondering whether that was a good idea.

The platform went dark across Brazil on Saturday, sending online commentators to new digital town squares.

Brazilian regulators had said Sunday that Starlink planned to defy government orders to block X in the country. On Tuesday, the satellite-internet service said it would comply.

RIO DE JANEIRO – A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices voted Monday to uphold a decision by one justice last week to block the social network X across the country because its owner, Elon Musk, refused to comply with court orders to suspend certain accounts.

“This is not a normal legal dispute.”