School of the Americas-trained Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina, who oversaw acts of torture and genocide during the country’s decades-long civil war, stepped down just before midnight Wednesday disgraced by unprecedented corruption charges—and by a popular movement against impunity for the ruling elite. Pérez Molina tendered his resignation just one day after Guatemala’s Congress voted…
Month: November 2019
France's Government Aims to Give Itself—and the NSA—Carte Blanche to Spy on the World
The United States makes an improper division between surveillance conducted on residents of the United States and the surveillance that is conducted with almost no restraint upon the rest of the world. This double standard has proved poisonous to the rights of Americans and non-Americans alike. In theory, Americans enjoy better protections. In practice there…
Numerous Civilians Dead After US Bombs Hospital in Afghanistan
Update: At least 12 staff members and seven patients were confirmed killed during the airstrike, bringing the death toll to 19 as of Saturday. At least 37 were wounded. Some were flown to Kabul for treatment. Earlier: A suspected U.S. airstrike on a trauma center run by Doctors Without Border/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Saturday…
WIM – Girls take to the track on International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day, exactly one year after the FIA’s European Young Women Programme was launched at the Geneva Motor Show, the 27 finalists of the Girls on Track Karting Challenge got their first taste of the thrill of international karting competition at the Le Mans Circuit International de Karting. The first full day of…
Peterhansels take control in the dunes
Stéphane and Andrea Peterhansel have taken control of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge leaderboard, overturning a near eight-minute overnight deficit into a two minute 26 second lead after today’s second selective section on the second round of the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies. Bernhard Ten Brinke/Tom Colsoul have maintained second amid an incredibly…
FIA Girls on Track – Dare to be Different is back!
The FIA Women in Motorsport Commission, the brains behind the European Young Women programme the Girls on Track Karting Challenge, showcased their first event since uniting with Susie Wolff’s respected Dare to be Different programme when they joined forces at the Mexico City E-Prix in February. With both projects squarely aimed at inspiring young women…
Delving into the world of women in motor sport
The second FIA Girls on Track-Dare to be Different event attracted more than 200 young girls to come and try various fun and educational activities aimed at inspiring the next generation of young women to consider the wide variety of career opportunities open to them in motor sport. Flying the flag for the joint initiative…
WEC: 24 Hours of Le Mans after 15 Hours
LMP1The #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid driven by José María López firmly settled into first place overall, with the #8 sister car of Fernando Alonso trailing by two minutes, and the #3 Rebellion R13 of Thomas Laurent in rounding out the podium ahead of the #11 SMP Racing BR01. LMP2The classification also did not change in…
World RX – Bakkerud lands first blow in dramatic Q1
Norway’s Andreas Bakkerud took first blood in round six of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, the Swecon World RX of Sweden, in possibly the most dramatic World RX qualifying session ever. Bakkerud took the hole shot in Q1 race five and held off Finland’s Niclas Gronholm for the first two laps to take the race…
F1 – 2019 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX THURSDAY PRESS CONFERENCE
DRIVERS – Alex ALBON (Red Bull Racing), Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing), George RUSSELL (Williams), Sergio PÉREZ (Racing Point), Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Alex, many congratulations, new colours for you this weekend. How much of as surprise was it for you to get the call up for this weekend? Alex ALBON: Yeah, definitely….