Monthly Archives: February 2019

Hungry Venezuelans urge help but standoff looms over ‘politicised’ aid

Guaidó tells caravans to take food and medicine across border from Colombia but political move likely to provoke Maduro As a shipment of US aid waits in a Colombian frontier warehouse, hungry Venezuelans living nearby are wondering when they will next eat. “They should just start handing it out here,” said Jorge Arráiz, who lives on the streets in Cúcuta,… Read more »

New drug raises hopes of reversing memory loss in old age

Toronto researchers believe the drug can also help those with depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s An experimental drug that bolsters ailing brain cells has raised hopes of a treatment for memory loss, poor decision making and other mental impairments that often strike in old age. The drug could be taken as a daily pill by over-55s if clinical trials, which are… Read more »

Emiliano Sala: missing pilot’s family raise funds for search David Ibbotson, who was flying light aircraft that crashed in Channel, has not been found

The family of the missing pilot of the plane carrying the footballer Emiliano Sala have set up a fundraising page for donations to help restart a search for him. Sala’s body was recovered from the wreckage of the light aircraft in the Channel and formally identified earlier this week but David Ibbotson has not been found. A GoFundMe page has so far raised more than… Read more »

Mexico border towns overwhelmed as Trump policy leaves migrants in limbo

Rows of federal police in riot gear faced the former factory in the Mexican borderlands, as soldiers watched on from the gun turrets on a pair of Humvees. But the armed men weren’t preparing for an operation in the country’s bloody drug wars: they were guarding a group of 1,700 Central American migrants who were hoping to reach the US…. Read more »

Door slams on guilty El Chapo after old mob pals line up to squeal

When Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is sentenced on 25 June, he will most likely be sent to US maximum-security prison from which there will be no more tunnels and no more escapes. Guzmán was convicted on all 10 charges after years of painstaking behind-the-scenes work by US Department of Justice prosecutors who cut deals with captive drug traffickers to get their man. El Chapo… Read more »

Mexican journalist was sitting in a restaurant having breakfast when he was shot and killed

(CNN)Jesus Eugenio Ramos Rodriguez was at breakfast Saturday morning when he became the second journalist murdered in Mexico this year.Mexican authorities confirmed the death of Rodriguez on Saturday. They say he was in a restaurant early Saturday morning in the state of Tabasco when he was shot and killed.Rodriguez hosted a radio show that aired twice daily, and according to… Read more »

Analysis: Dam Collapse

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The dam collapse in Brazil was a catastrophic event, killing hundreds of people and leaving many more missing. The disaster ravaged the site of the dam and the surrounding countryside, flooding the land with muddy waters that the dam was meant to hold back. While the dam was not meant to burst, there is clear indication by many that this… Read more »

Sudbury’s CEMI signs mining deal with university in Peru

The Sudbury-based Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation has signed an agreement with university in Peru to develop and promote mine innovation. Moises Ronald Vázquez Caicedo Ayras, president at the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú (UNCP), and Douglas Morrison, president and CEO of the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI), said in a release they have signed a… Read more »

Colombia: US military presence’s repercussions

The statement of “5,000 troops to Colombia” made in the notebook of the security adviser of President Donald Trump, John Bolton, generated a worldwide controversy and gave rise to speculation, because in a possible military intervention of the United States in Venezuela, Colombia could dispose of its territory and help that country to execute said operation. However, even without the United States making a military… Read more »

Bolivia picks Chinese partner for $2.3 billion lithium projects

LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia has chosen a Chinese consortium to be its strategic partner on new $2.3 billion lithium projects, the government said on Wednesday, giving China a potential foothold in the country’s huge untapped reserves of the prized electric battery metal.China’s Liu Jianfeng of Xinjiang TBEA Group Company, Juan Carlos Montenegro of Yacimientos de Litio Boliviano (YLB) and… Read more »