The U.N. Security Council headed to Colombia on Wednesday to demonstrate its commitment to the peace agreement between the government and the country’s largest rebel group and to promote efforts at reconciliation. British Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, who is co-leading the visit, said council members want to listen to the parties and the people, and are going “with a message of… Read more »
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The state of Rio de Janeiro will receive support from Brazil’s National Security Force and Federal Highway Police to help local authorities fight the wave of violence seen in the state in last few weeks, according to Rio’s governor, Luiz Fernando Pezão. Pezão was in Brasilia on Wednesday (May 3rd) to ask Brazil’s President Michel… Read more »
Dramatic video shot by citizens on the ground show tanks marked ‘GNB’ (the Venezuelan National Guard), with their roofs on fire, plowing through a crowd of protesters in the Venezuelan capital Caracas. Laura Rangel, a journalist who captured the moment on film, told Reuters three protesters were injured, one of them seriously. At least one person was caught underneath a vehicle,… Read more »
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — U.S. trade deficits in goods with Mexico and Japan hit the highest levels in March in almost a decade, though the nation’s trade gap overall was virtually unchanged. The deficit dipped 0.1% to $43.7 billion in March to reach a five-month low, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast a $44.5 billion gap…. Read more »