On the subject of Venezuela not being let into the summit of the Americas. I agree with Peru in that they should not go. All of the points they have made against Venezuela and Maduro are true. The Summit is celebrating democracy and fighting corruption and it does not sound like Maduro has any place there due to their country… Read more »
By ERNESTO LONDOÑO and SHASTA DARLINGTONAPRIL 4, 2018 Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil during a campaign rally in March. He has a significant lead in polls ahead of a presidential election scheduled for October. CreditEraldo Peres/Associated Press BOA VISTA, Brazil — Brazil’s top court ruled early Thursday that former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva can… Read more »
CRESTON, Ia. — Ahead of Saturday’s funeral, relatives here are mourning the four members of the Sharp family who died in Mexico, even as they struggle to cope with the overwhelming logistics of the tragedy. The deaths of Kevin and Amy Sharp and their children Sterling, 12, and Adrianna, 7, while on vacation in Tulum left lingering threads of mystery… Read more »
BY JIM WYSS BOGOTA, COLOMBIA Venezuela’s former top prosecutor on Tuesday accused President Nicolás Maduro of “orchestrating” massive acts of corruption, including delivering bags full of cash and receiving at least $35 million in bribes as he helped Brazilian construction firms fleece the nation for hundreds of millions of dollars. Luisa Ortega — a one-time ally of the Venezuelan… Read more »
Reuters Staff LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s new foreign minister said on Tuesday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was still not welcome to attend a regional summit in Lima next week, upholding a decision by Peru’s disgraced former president. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with the ministers responsible for the economic sector at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela… Read more »
New York Times CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — The Broward County sheriff on Wednesday defended his office’s response to one of the deadliest school shootings in American history amid questions over whether some of his deputies hung back instead of pursuing the gunman accused of killing 17 people. Sheriff Scott Israel said that, to his knowledge, deputies followed protocol and did… Read more »
Washington Post This past week, China held its second ministerial meeting with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago, Chile. There China announced plans to have the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), its flagship economic and development program, invest in Latin America. During the past decade, Chinese policy banks, charged by the government to finance infrastructure and… Read more »
BBC News US President Donald Trump has said arming teachers could prevent school shootings like that which left 17 people dead last week in Florida. A staff member with a gun could end an attack “very quickly”, he said. Mr Trump floated the proposal as emotional survivors of the 14 February massacre implored him to make sure it never happens… Read more »
USA today CHIHUAHUA, Mexico — As more U.S. states legalize the use of marijuana, Mexico’s violent drug cartels are turning to the basic law of supply and demand. That means small farmers, or campesinos, in this border state’s rugged Sierra Madre who long planted marijuana to be smuggled into the United States are switching to opium poppies, which bring a higher price…. Read more »