‘Jews are the virus’ posters show up in Argentina

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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

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 21 August 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, Stand by to be refused service or canceled completely.  You might lose your job.  Maybe you’ll be kicked out of the store or restaurant.  Unless of course you’re willing to bow down to every new mandate that … Read More

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

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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

Venezuela warns of threat of invasion by the US

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Ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations (UN), Samuel Moncada (Prensa Latina) Caracas, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations (UN), Samuel Moncada, warned today about the threat of invasion that looms over this country … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 14 August 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, It’s been ages since we’ve had even the slightest whiff of good news.  But in the last 24 hours something has happened that the media has no choice but to tell us.  Within a week or so … Read More

As Amazon tree loss worsens, political pressure grows, and Brazil hedges: Critics

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Government data released last Friday shows that from August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020 forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon totaled 9,205 square kilometers (3.554 square miles), an increase of 34.5% over the previous comparative period (2018/2019), when 6,844 … Read More

China Builds Space-Monitoring Base in the Americas

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A space tracking, telemetry, and command facility operated by a unit of China’s People’s Liberation Army is nearing completion at a site in Patagonia, Argentina. The new base, the first of its kind outside of China, includes steerable parabolic antennas … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 7 August 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, It was one of the biggest bangs this side of Nagasaki.  The explosion at the Beirut port was so powerful that it killed at least 135 instantly, wounded thousands and rendered some 300,000 suddenly homeless.  We heard … Read More

Latin America sees coronavirus records tumble as cases near 5 million

BUENOS AIRES/ASUNCION/BOGOTA (Reuters) – Argentina broke past 200,000 COVID-19 cases on Sunday and Colombia set a daily record as grim milestones topple in Latin America, pushing the world’s worst affected region towards a combined 5 million cases. The region, which … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 31 July 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, Maybe the approaching hurricane will supplant the excited COVID-19 reporting for a couple of days.  That would be a welcome respite.  Every news report begins with “spikes,” “hot-spots” and concerns that some are not doing all they … Read More

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