Thirty-two years have passed since Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet left office, but the constitution established during his rule is still in place. The main objective of the current administration, under President Gabriel Boric, has been to write a new one—a task completed one month ago. However, a surprisingly high 62 percent of Chilean voters rejected the proposal.
On Oct. 25, Hurricane Otis struck the city of Acapulco on the Pacific coast of Mexico, leaving the country with landslides, flooding, and devastation, becoming the second-strongest storm in Mexico's history.
On Friday October 4, 2024, the European Union (EU) finished voting on the proposed tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs). While countries like Hungary and Germany vocally disagreed to this proposition, a majority of EU countries had already voted in favor of the tariffs. The tariffs are only the beginning of a potential long-lasting economic cold war between China and the West.
