Despite COVID-19, new wave of Venezuelan migrants heads to Colombia

posted in: News, World News

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) – Yaidis Colmenares’ tired and gaunt face leaves little need for explanation as to why the desperate Venezuelan mother of three is fleeing her native country for Colombia. The 37-year-old weighs 19 kilos (42 pounds) less … Read More

Nobel Peace Prize: UN World Food Programme wins for efforts to combat hunger

posted in: News, World News

The WFP says it provided assistance to almost 100 million people last year – Reuters In Oslo, Norway, the Nobel Peace Prize committee has awarded the 2020 prize to the World Food Programme, the United Nations’ largest specialized agency and … Read More

The Latest: Venezuela’s Guaidó urges nations to decry Maduro

posted in: News, World News

UNITED NATIONS — The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly (all times EDT): 8:10 p.m. He didn’t get a spot at the U.N. General Assembly. But U.S.-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó still put out his own online message during … Read More

Pompeo visits refugees in Brazil, pressuring Venezuela’s Maduro

posted in: News, World News

BRASILIA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Venezuelan migrants at a refugee reception center in northern Brazil on Friday at the third stop of a regional tour to ramp up pressure to oust Venezuela’s leftist President … Read More

Testing positive: half of Argentina’s coronavirus checks yield infection

posted in: News, World News

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s coronavirus “positive rate,” the number of daily infections to the number of tests carried out, has topped 50%, underscoring how much work the South American country has to do to bring the virus under control. … Read More

Up in smoke: Brazil’s Pantanal region engulfed by flames

Last year, record-breaking fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest sparked international outrage. But the fallout from this year’s fire season, which lasts until October, could be even worse. This time around, the Pantanal region, in the west of the country, is being engulfed … Read More

The United States Responds to the Maduro Regime’s Attempts To Corrupt Democratic Elections in Venezuela

The United States Responds to the Maduro Regime’s Attempts to Corrupt Democratic Elections in Venezuela Today, the United States is sanctioning, under Executive Order 13692, David Eugenio de Lima Salas, Reinaldo Enrique Muñoz Pedroza, Indira Maira Alfonzo Izaguirre, and Jose Luis Gutierrez … Read More

‘Jews are the virus’ posters show up in Argentina

posted in: News, World News

National Jewish umbrella body, DAIA, condemns signs in southern city of Neuquen, which has a 0.13% Jewish population. Anti-Semitic posters blaming Jews for the COVID-19 pandemic in the southern Argentine city of Neuquen.(JMNeuquen/ Twitter) BUENOS AIRES — Anti-Semitic posters blaming … Read More

U.S. unfreezing Venezualan assets to help opposition fight COVID-19: Guaido

posted in: News, World News

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido takes off his protective mask during a news conference after Venezuela’s pro-government supreme court replaced the leaders of two key opposition parties, months ahead of legislative elections in Caracas CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition said … Read More

1 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 64