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Ecuador’s Vice President Resigns, Calling for ‘Different’ Politics

Ecuador’s Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner resigned on Tuesday, saying that the country needed to change its political culture.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for Covid-19. On July 4th he celebrated Independence Day unprotected with the US ambassador.

Bolsonaro had shown symptoms and run a fever before taking a test at military hospital in the capital Brasilia.

Today’s featured band is Julius Popper from Chile with the song “La Innombrable” from the album “Julius Popper” (2009).

The Venezuelan government decided to rescind the decision taken on June 29, 2020, by which Ambassador Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa was expelled.

Britain’s High Court on Thursday denied Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s central bank access to gold worth a reported 1 billion dollars.

A journalist and a cameraman were killed in the Honduran town of La Ceiba, in the north of the Central American country, by a group of armed men.

While a group of countries have been ammending their legislation, figures prove that a lot more needs to be done than just passing laws.

Brazil will restrict the entry of foreigners for 30 days due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Bolsonaro government has announced.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemned the expulsion of the EU’s ambassador from Caracas on Tuesday.