The first few months of 2019 saw Brazil elect a president that outraged liberals worldwide, while Ukrainians went in a very different direction and put a comedian in office. No Trump jokes here please.

Also making the news was a global religious icon going up in flames, while WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was evicted from the Ecuadorian Embassy and thrown straight into a British prison.

Here’s ICYMI’s review of 2019 – Part 1.

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