https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/5/us-senate-unveils-118bn-deal-on-border-aid-for-israel-and-ukraine United States President Joe Biden is pushing for a 118 billion dollar deal to send support for Israel and Ukraine. Conservative republicans are pushing against this deal, as they insist the funding would be better suited towards dealing with the US border crisis and illegal immigration from Mexico. Half of the funding would go towards helping the weakening Ukrainian… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/4/el-salvador-votes-with-nayib-bukele-poised-for-second-presidential-term In El Salvador, voters are heading to the ballots to vote in the upcoming presidential election during a state of emergency. The incumbent president Nayub Bukele is almost guaranteed a victory due to the immense change he’s brought upon El Salvador. Since his inauguration in 2019, the reduction in murder rates, gang violence, and crimes have decreased exponentially, but… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/27/venezuela-court-disqualifies-leading-opposition-presidential-candidate After the opposing candidate of the incumbent socialist president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s supreme justice tribunal issued a statement saying that the victor, Maria Corina Machado, has been banned from holding office. After running independently, Machado won more than 90% of the votes, which occurred soon after Maduro’s government imposed a 15-year ban on her from running for… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/24/amid-gaza-war-activists-in-argentina-aim-to-expel-israeli-water-company In Argentina, mass protests have begun with the intention of demonstrating their dislike towards Israel and the actions they have taken in Palestine. A female protester was seen wearing a sign that said, “Out Mekorot”, an Israeli water company that functions in Argentina and many other parts of the world. Their actions in Palestine, which include cutting off and… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/9/un-raises-alarm-on-attempts-to-annul-guatemalas-general-elections-results UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Turk expressed his disapproval for the legal prosecutors and Guatemalan nationals that called for the newly elected Guatemalan president Bernardo Arevalo to take office. Those opposed to the president elect claim that the elections were rigged and contained anomalies within the electoral college favoring Arevalo, along with gathering false signatures and wrongly… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/10/leaders-of-venezuela-and-guyana-to-meet-amid-border-dispute Since large quantities of oil were discovered in the Essequibo territory of Guyana, Venezuela and Guyana have been at odds with each other over whose territory it belongs to. On December 14th, the two nations plan to meet, with Brazil’s president acting as witness, to discuss Venezuela’s recent claim on annexation. Although the upcoming peace talk is to discuss… Read more »
