Link To Article: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/fda-warns-online-vendors-selling-misbranded-weight-loss-diabetes-drugs-2024-02-13/ Two online vendors (Synthetix/US Chem Labs) who sell drugs for weight loss, diabetic medicine, and more have received warning letters from the US FDA about selling of unapproved or misbranded versions of two main ingredients in these drugs, semaglutide and tirzepatide. Both companies are required to notify the FDA within 15 days over the specific steps… Read more »
Link To Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-secures-12-billion-loans-finance-budget-peace-plans-2024-02-12/ Colombia has reached multiple loan agreements from banks in Germany and the United States. The Colombian ministry signed two loan agreements worth up to $323 million each from German bank, KFW. Colombia has also agreed on a loan with the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C. which is valued at $663 million. All the money being… Read more »
Link To Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68244602 Tucker Carlson, a famous conservative journalist in the US, recorded an interview with Russian leader, Vladmir Putin, at a crucial time with the Russia-Ukraine war and upcoming elections. This interview with Putin is the first one with a western journalist since the beginning of the war. Carlson believes journalists have been scared to do an interview… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/2/8/five-killed-in-clashes-with-police-as-protests-rock-haiti Violent protests paralyze Hati in efforts to remove Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2022, Henry was supposed to hold an election and succeed his power in 2024. Regardless, Henry remains in power. Furthermore, there are five agents of the National Agency for Protected Areas (BSAP), an armed government bureau in an open… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/8/brazil-police-seize-bolsonaros-passport-amid-coup-probe Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had his passport confiscated by Brazilian police. The decision by the Brazilian government follows Bolsonaro’s recent statement about the “easily rigged” presidential election. Consequently, his statement caused the Supreme Court to see him unfit to run again until 2030, along with further allegations of his interference with the election. Angering far-right Republicans, Bolsonaro supporters… Read more »
On Thursday, Brazilian police confiscated the former President Jair Bolsonaro´s passport and then proceeded to accuse him of editing a draft decree to overturn election results, pressuring military chiefs to join a coup attempt and plotting to jail a Supreme Court justice. These allegations took the country by storm but were formed from previous knowledge from the last elections where… Read more »
Columbia who has been fighting off a rebel group for the past 6 decades, is a former dissident of the FARC and known as the Second Marquetalia. Just yesterday it was announced that they have began the peace process, in a joint statement they said that this peace could be achieved through border peace zones that would potentially stimulate the… Read more »
As the Republican primaries rage on, following Donald Trump’s push to be allowed on all ballots especially in states like colorado where their supreme court decided he is ineligible for the primary ballot. But, on January 24, Trump went against his only remaining rival, Nikki Haley, where Trump cruised to victory in New Hampshire. This was a huge win for… Read more »
Link to Article: Panama’s Martinelli Defies Legal Odds, Eyes Presidential Run Amid Conviction Former Chile president Ricardo Martinelli has declared for the 2024 Panamanian election. This has sparked controversy due to his recent money laundering conviction. There is now a debate over eligibility and presidential requirements. Martinelli himself pleads innocents to the conviction during this statement of political conviction saying,… Read more »
Link to Article: Nayib Bukele’s Landslide Victory is a New Era for El Salvador Amid Controversy Concerns over human rights practices are rising in El Salvador after the reelection of Nayib Bukele. In a landslide victory, Bukele won the popular vote by over 80%. His massive amounts of popularity within the nation stems from the repression of gang violence that… Read more »
