US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he formally recognizes Juan Guaido, the head of Venezuela’s opposition-dominated National Assembly, as the country’s interim president. Guaido declared himself Venezuela’s interim president during anti-government rallies in Caracas.
Read MoreIn Havana, commanders of the Colombian rebel group ELN (Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional) have denied taking part in the car bomb that exploded in Bogota last week, and demanded that the Colombian government ensure their safe return to the South American country if peace talks, currently suspended, do definitely come to an end
Read MoreVenezuelans on Wednesday are taking to the streets in large numbers to demand the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro and the ascension to power of the opposition-dominated National Assembly.
Read More“We can’t work just to pay the electric bill,” complained José Hilario dos Santos, president of the Residents Association of Morro de Santa Marta, a favela or shantytown embedded in Botafogo, a traditional middle-class neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro.
Read MoreColombia on Monday stepped up pressure on Cuba to hand over 10 members of the guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN) after it claimed responsibility for a car bombing that killed 21 people last week, reported dpa news.
Read MoreThe death toll rose to 21 following a car bombing at a police academy in Colombia on Thursday, local media reported, as the country’s President Ivan Duque pledged to step up border controls and security on access roads to cities. A total of 68 people were also injured in the attack, according to El Tiempo newspaper, citing information from police.
Read More“I couldn’t plant my cornfield in May, because it rained too early. I lost everything,” lamented Marcos Canté, an indigenous farmer, as he recounted the ravages that climate change is wreaking on this municipality on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. The phenomenon, caused by human activities has altered the ancestral indigenous practices based on the rainy and dry seasons.
Read MoreAs the threat of water scarcity increasingly grows, many have turned to the Earth’s plentiful oceans for a solution. However, this has created a new risk threatening public and environmental health: brine. Across 177 countries, there are now 16,000 desalination plants.
Read MoreVenezuela’s opposition-dominated National Assembly on Tuesday approved a declaration accusing President Nicolas Maduro of usurping power and calling for him to be replaced by the assembly’s president, Juan Guaido. Acts that Maduro carried out as president would have no validity, parliament said.
Read MoreBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a decree relaxing the country’s strict gun controls in an attempt to stem mounting crime. “The people have decided to buy arms and munitions and we cannot deny [that],” the daily O Globo quoted the president as saying.
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