Support from other countries is allowing most countries in the Americas to avoid the people of South America to go hungry. Some are uncertain that the shipments are not in fact coming in. These shipments would be the United States. The United States could potentially be a great help to the problems that are facing Brazil and Venezuela. They have… Read more »
A US military transport plane carrying humanitarian aid meant for Venezuelahas landed in the Colombian border city of Cúcuta, where food and medicine is being stored amid uncertainty over how and where aid will be distributed. The shipment on Saturday is the second arrival of large-scale US and international aid for Venezuelans, many of whom have scant access to food and… Read more »
Members of Venezuela’s opposition are gathering in Cúcuta, Colombia to shift stockpiled US aid to their homeland this weekend in defiance of their country’s embattled president Nicolás Maduro. “Saturday will be a day that goes down in our history,” said Omar Lares, the former mayor of Campo Elías in western Venezuela, who has been living in exile in the border city for… Read more »
Brazil has had another dam collapse which has made many of the civilians question the quality and the effort put fourth by the government. The economy in Brazil is low and it’s starting to become more apparent to many people. This is not the first dam collapse that Brazil has had. It had happened a few times in the past… Read more »
A recent shooting in Cancun has sparked an investigation in what exactly is causing the shootings. Hundreds of people were killed last year and even more are projected to be killed this year. A new drug cartel is trying to compete against local cartels which are causing many civilian deaths. This is a problem that needs to be solved as… Read more »
Two sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman have been indicted on drug conspiracy charges, the US justice department has said. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 34, and Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 28, were charged in a single-count indictment that was unsealed last week in Washington. Prosecutors allege the two brothers conspired to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana into the US… Read more »
Costa Rica has launched an economy-wide plan to “decarbonize” the country by 2050, as the Central American nation aims to show other nations what is possible to address climate change. Environment minister, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, said that if the plan is achieved, his grandchildren in 2035 will have the same carbon footprint as his grandparents did in the 1940s – and… Read more »
Venezuelan authorities have blockaded a second bridge to Colombia amid fresh skirmishes between protesters and security forces loyal to the embattled leader Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela: US increasingly isolated as allies warn against use of military force Read more The move came as opposition leader Juan Guaidó travelled to Brazil to shore up international pressure on Maduro following an inconclusive meeting of regional… Read more »
El Salvador’s supreme court has freed three women jailed for 30 years after being accused of aborting their babies. The women say they suffered miscarriages but were convicted of aggravated homicide. They were welcomed by well-wishers and activists near the capital San Salvador on Thursday. Alba Rodríguez and María del Tránsito Orellana had both served nine years, while Cinthia Rodríguez… Read more »
A plane has crashed in central Colombia killing all 12 people on board, authorities say. The pilot of the twin-engine propeller plane reported technical problems then lost contact and crashed south-east of the town of Villavicencio. Aviation authorities said investigators were still trying to identify the dead. The Douglas DC-3 aircraft, first built in the 1930s, can seat 30. The… Read more »