Are Foreign Oil Firms About to Return to Venezuela?

Maduro claims “Venezuela’s doors are open for oil investment.” (Bloomberg) — Inside a chic lounge, oil lobbyists and executives rub shoulders as Spanish, French, and Italian can be heard in the halls. This isn’t the ZaZa boutique hotel in Houston, … Read More

Catholics urged by U.S. church leadership to avoid Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

“There is no remnant of the original abortion in the cell line,” said Barry Bloom, former dean of the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson professor of public health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health about the … Read More

EU ambassador leaves Venezuela after expulsion order

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Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (left) presents an expulsion order to EU ambassador Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa on February 24, 2021 Yuri CORTEZ AFP The European Union’s ambassador to Venezuela left the South American country on Tuesday after she was expelled last … Read More

Argentinians protest over COVID-19 vaccine scandal

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Thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Argentina on Saturday to protest the “VIP vaccinations” scandal that forced the health minister to resign. Gines Gonzalez Garcia quit a week ago at the president’s request after it emerged that his friends … Read More

Government releases list of vaccine recipients as scandal grows

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Pressure grows on Alberto Fernández administration over ‘VIP vaccination’ scandal. Casa Rosada releases a list of Peronist leaders, officials, and their family members who received Sputnik jab. The Health Ministry has released the names of dozens of officials and political … Read More

Brazil passes 10 million coronavirus infections

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Brazil, the country with the second-highest coronavirus death toll, passed the 10-million mark for reported infections Thursday, amid a deadly second wave and problems with its vaccination campaign. The country became the third to reach the … Read More

Almost two-thirds of people believe climate change is a global emergency, UN poll finds

Land recently burned and deforested by cattle farmers stands empty near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, on August 16, 2020. (CNN)Nearly two-thirds of respondents believe that climate change is a “global emergency,” according to a survey of 1.2 million people in dozens … Read More

New Zealand may stay shut for rest of year amid vaccine rollout doubts

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media during a press conference at Parliament. Photo: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images New Zealand’s borders will remain closed for most of this year amid uncertainty over the rollout of coronavirus vaccines, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern … Read More

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