After the Trump administration pulled staff from the United States embassy in Havana the Biden administration announced on thursday they will increase staff again in efforts to resume visa processing for cuban citizens. Prior to this the Cuban government was taking shots at the Trump administration saying that they hurt Cuban ties for no reason. Soon after the Biden administration… Read more »
Article Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-brazil-re-open-border-after-two-years-2022-02-25/ Brazil and Venezuela have reopened their borders for the first time in two years. The borders closed due to the pandemic but life is returning to normal in South America. It is known that already tourists are planning to visit both countries and take in the beautiful sights. Brazil and Venezuela have a decent relationship with each… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/un-rights-chief-calls-nicaragua-re-establish-fair-elections-2022-03-07/ On March 7th the U. N. human rights chief called on Daniel Ortega who is the president of Nicaragua to start conducting fair elections again. Michelle Bachelet called on Ortega for a credible, fair, and transparent electoral process. Bachelet wants to see the elections be inclusive of all views and stop punishing people for having opposing… Read more »
Article Link: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/appeals-court-rules-biden-can-continue-expulsions-us-mexico-border-with-limits-2022-03-04/ The border between the U.S. and Mexico continues to become looser as more immigrants from Mexico are entering the U.S. border. With this, Mexicans and other Latino groups classified as aliens are arguing that they do have a right to live in the U.S. and their rights shall not be taken away and if caught they would… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cubans-protest-havana-embassy-panama-tightens-visa-requirements-2022-03-09/ Hundreds of Cubans gathered around the Panama Embassy in Cuba’s capital city of Havana on Wednesday to protest the new visa regulations that prevent the growing number of Cuban migrants from moving north. They must cross through Panama to get to the US and other northern countries and many already had flights booked out of Panama… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-business-europe-venezuela-cbe04e87fca44ed3815aba8dd2b65945 The mass economic sanctions that halted the Russian economy, one of the largest oil producers in the world, left the United States lacking supply of imported oil and consequently driving prices up. And the possibility of President Biden banning all US imports of Russian oil (which happened on March 8 the day after this article was… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/venezuela-frees-least-two-americans-after-talks-with-us-sources-2022-03-09/ Two United States citizens who were jailed in Venezuela were released in what seems to be a good gesture towards the Biden administration. Not only did this delegation bring home these two Americans but they also had discussions of possibly easing oil sanctions on OPEC member Venezuela. Talks with Maduro who is a longtime enemy of… Read more »
Article Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-washington-pins-easing-venezuela-sanctions-direct-oil-supply-us-2022-03-09/ As oil prices continue to rise in the United States and across the world, people are becoming frustrated with leaders and the war as it is contributing to high gas prices. The U.S. rightfully so banned oil imports in Russia leaving for American gas prices to go even higher than what they were. Recently the U.S. has… Read more »
Link to Article: A family’s unrelenting fight to end Argentina’s femicide crisis | Women News | Al Jazeera Femicide is an epidemic that is occurring all across Argentina. Femicide is the killing of females due to their gender. It is estimated that a woman dies from femicide every thirty hours in Argentina. One family whose daughter died in 2016 in… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/7/boat-carrying-300-haitian-migrants-collapses-near-florida-coast A boat that had over 300 migrants full of migrants from Haiti capsized off the coast of Florida. There have been no deaths reported. Many United States agencies believe that there was some manner of human smuggling happening. This is the second time this year that an unseaworthy boat has capsized when trying to bring Haitian… Read more »