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2022-12-21 18:53:59+00:00
🇺🇸 Texas school district that removed LGBTQ+ books faces federal probe
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is opening an investigation into Granbury Independent School District in Texas after the superintendent ordered that school libraries remove any books dealing with LGBTQ+ topics in January.
“I acknowledge that there are men that think they’re women and there are women that think they’re men,” Superintendent Jeremy Glenn said at the meeting with district librarians then. “I don’t have any issues with what people want to believe, but there’s no place for it in our libraries.”
As a result, 130 titles were taken off library shelves. Later, a committee voted to return most of them. This month, it was announced that its Office for Civil Rights would begin investigating the district, which is located near Fort Worth, for possible violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a federal law banning sex discrimination in education.
#US #Texas
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2022-12-21 18:11:59+00:00
🇺🇸 They are already here: migrants showing up unannounced at doors of Texas residents
As El Paso, Texas continues seeing unprecedented numbers of asylum seekers at the southern border, people living in the lower Rio Grande valley said migrants are showing up at their doors.
One man living in the Marion Manor Park neighborhood said migrants crossing the Border Highway are showing up unannounced at his door. Initially, he said it wasn't a problem but recently it has become a daily issue; more often than not migrants show up at his and his neighbor's doors in the early morning hours.
Border Patrol does not have the manpower to really patrol the whole border today and to continue to do so as asylum seekers come in. As Title 42 expires, the problem might grow much worse.
#US #Texas
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2022-12-21 16:25:59+00:00
🇺🇸 Texas buses about 140 asylum seekers to Philadelphia
Texas sent three buses with about 140 asylum seekers to Philadelphia, where they were assisted by city staffers.
Personnel from the city Office of Emergency Management and the health department met the group as it was dropped off at 30th Street Station. Winter coats were distributed at a welcome center. Some seekers were greeted by family members.
It doesn’t come as a surprise that activists started criticizing Texas for not communicating or coordinating with Philadelphia before the buses arrived. You cannot win this game.
#Texas
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2022-12-21 15:50:59+00:00
🇵🇪🇲🇽 President Castillo’s family leaves for Mexico
The family of Peru's ousted President Pedro Castillo has left Peru for Mexico after the latter offered them asylum. Castillo remains in detention in Peru.
Peru's foreign minister had earlier granted Mr Castillo's wife and children safe passage from the Mexican embassy in Lima to the airport. The Mexican ambassador to Lima also departed on board the same plane after Peru had ordered him to leave the country within 72 hours.
Peru's foreign ministry said in its social media accounts that it was expelling Ambassador Pablo Monroy because "of the repeated statements by that country's highest authorities about the political situation in Peru".
#Peru #Mexico
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2022-12-20 19:02:00+00:00
🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦 Biden to meet with Mexican, Canadian leaders next month
President Biden will attend the North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico next month and meet with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the leaders will discuss economic stability, security and immigration on Jan. 9-1.
The White House announced the summit amid growing suspense along the U.S.-Mexico border over the future of pandemic-era restrictions on asylum seekers set to expire Wednesday.
#US #Mexico #Canada
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2022-12-20 10:41:00+00:00
🇺🇸🇺🇳 U.S. accuses UN of conceding to Russian threats in Iranian UAV investigation
The United States has accused UN Secretary-General António Guterres of giving in to Russian threats and not sending officials to Ukraine to check the drones used by Russia, which, according to Washington, were supplied by Iran.
Russia denies that its armed forces used Iranian drones in Ukraine and claims that UN representatives have no mandate to travel to Kiev to investigate the origin of the drones.
Tehran acknowledged that it had supplied Moscow with the drones, but explained that they were sent before Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Ukraine insist that Iranian drone deliveries to Russia violate a 2015 UN Security Council resolution. These countries want Guterres to send UN representatives to Kiev to investigate.
#US #UN #Russia #Ukraine
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2022-12-20 09:52:06+00:00
🇺🇾 Uruguayan Deputy Foreign Minister resigns over passport issuance scandal
Carolina Ache Batlle Monday turned in her resignation as Uruguay's Deputy Foreign Minister following her involvement in the scandalous granting of a passport to well-known drug trafficker Sebastián Marset.
Ache Batlle made her decision after it was known that the so-called Ciudadanos faction of her Colorado Party was planning a no-confidence decision. The Colorado Party and the National (White) Party made up the bulk of Lacalle's ruling Multicolor coalition.
In her note, Ache acknowledges “the controversy” generated around her texting with the Undersecretary of the Interior Guillermo Maciel regarding the processing of Marset's passport. Maciel warned her of the dangerousness of the applicant, whose lawyer Alejandro Balbi had been seen in Ache's office.
#Uruguay
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2022-12-19 20:27:00+00:00
🇺🇸 'Pentagon’s AI ambitions require high-quality data'
To foster artificial intelligence the U.S. Department of Defense can deploy and rely on, a foundation of “really high-quality data” must first be laid, according to the Pentagon’s AI department head, Craig Martell.
Such a task, he said Dec. 13 at the DODIIS Worldwide Conference in Texas, has become his main charge some eight months into leading the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.
“What is our job at the CDAO? We originally thought our job at the CDAO was to produce tools for those in the government to do modeling. We no longer think that’s the case. We say that we want to build the scaffolding that goes around the model. We want to help folks build and use that model”.
In other words, we will soon be spied for even more precisely. If more is still possible.
#US
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2022-12-19 15:47:01+00:00
🇵🇪 Researchers discover over 100 2,000-year-old designs in Peru's Nazca lines
More than a hundred new designs discovered in and around Peru's ancient Nazca plain and surrounding areas could bring new information to light about the mysterious pre-Columbian artworks that have intrigued scientists and visitors for decades.
Following two years of field surveys with aerial photos and drones, Peruvian and Japanese researches from Yamagata University earlier this month reported the discovery of 168 new designs at the UNESCO World Heritage site on Peru's southern Pacific coast.
The geoglyphs, huge figures carved into the South American desert, date back more than 2,000 years and represent humans, cats, snakes, killer whales, birds and native camalids - animals such as llamas, guanacos and alpacas.
#Peru
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2022-12-19 15:03:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Republicans to pursue FBI ‘Secret Files’ regarding contact with big tech
Congressman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said that the new GOP majority in the House of Representatives will investigate recently-revealed examples of collusion between Big Tech and the FBI by pursuing any “secret files” the FBI may have kept on the matter.
“…it has been our objective to get ahold of those files, to see the extent of this, so we can stop it, we can cut off the funding and prevent, obviously, average Americans being impacted by FBI actions,” Turner admitted.
#US
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2022-12-19 14:51:01+00:00
Or we will learn some new rules for this game!
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2022-12-19 14:40:59+00:00
🇵🇪 Boluarte to replace prime minister in cabinet reshuffle
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said she will replace the prime minister as part of a reshuffling of her cabinet. Boluarte had earlier said that she is leading a transitional government following the ouster of her predecessor.
The cabinet changes are to take place on Monday and Tuesday. The shakeup in Boluarte’s cabinet follows the resignation of her education and culture ministers.
#Peru
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2022-12-18 19:07:00+00:00
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2022-12-18 17:41:00+00:00
🇺🇸🇵🇪 Blinken supported Dina Boluarte during a telephone call
On behalf of the U.S. government, Secretary Blinken spoke to Boluarte and “encouraged Peru’s institutions and civil authorities to redouble their efforts to make needed reforms and safeguard democratic stability.” He also expressed his hopes to further cooperate with the new Peruvian administration “on shared goals and values related to democracy, human rights, security, anti-corruption, and economic prosperity.”
#US #Peru
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2022-12-18 17:19:01+00:00
🇺🇸 U.S. anti-abortion priest Frank Pavone defrocked by Vatican for ‘blasphemous communications’
Frank Pavone, a leading U.S. Catholic voice against abortion and founder of the group Priests for Life, has been defrocked on direct orders from the Vatican for disobeying his superiors and “blasphemous” comments on social media.
Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Vatican’s papal nuncio and chief diplomatic representative in the U.S., revealed the decision on Mr. Pavone in a letter to U.S. Catholic bishops. It says the move was made Nov. 9 and there was no avenue for appeal.
One of the denounced Pavone’s actions is posting a video of an aborted fetus placed on the altar on social media.
He is known to be Trump’s supporter and has been critical of Biden’s administration and other Democratic politicians who promote abortion rights.
That is quite an unexpected Vatican’s move that would probably pave the way for further discussion.
#US
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2022-12-18 08:53:00+00:00
🇺🇸 Texas mayor declares state of emergency over migrant influx
El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser declared a state of emergency over concerns about the community's ability to handle an anticipated influx of migrants across the Southern border. He also asked to allow the city to tap into additional resources that are expected to become necessary after Title 42 expulsions end on Dec. 21.
Leeser added that the increase would be “incredible” after Wednesday, when daily apprehensions and street releases could reach up to 6,000 per day. The situation is aggravated with the fact that the temperatures in Texas are going down and Americans may face thousands of homeless migrants freezing and starving – and thus ready to misconduct.
#US #Texas
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2022-12-18 07:16:01+00:00
Students at elite NYC university have occupied campus and are demanding A-grades for everyone
The strike began on December 8 with faculty members lobbying for higher wages and better health care.
Though the faculty strike has since been resolved, the students decided to pursue this cause and issued a 16-point list of demands.
These demands include:
✔️'A' grade for everyone
✔️refund "for the loss of instructional time due to the strike"
✔️resignations of the school’s president, provost, vice president
✔️tuition freeze from 2023 to 2028
✔️university president’s house "to be treated as a communal property"
There are approximately 10,000 students at New School, tuition is $26,854 per semester.
According to The New School’s "about" page, the university is committed to "developing students who will have an impact on the world and address the most pressing social issues of our time."
So are those whining kids supposed to be our future?
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2022-12-18 00:41:00+00:00
🇦🇷 Forest fires in Argentine Tierra del Fuego the worst ever
Authorities in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego Friday confirmed that over 10,000 hectares of land have already been consumed by forest fires, making the current episode the largest such catastrophe in the history of the province.
Most of the fires are concentrated around the village of Tolhuin, a town halfway between Río Grande and Ushuaia.
Although recent rainfalls have helped to control part of the forest fire, firefighters have reported the situation to still be extreme.
#Argentina
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2022-12-17 22:32:45+00:00
🇵🇪 Two Peruvian ministers resign amid protests
Two ministers from Peru's new government have resigned amid protests that have resulted in civilian deaths.
Peru’s Minister of Education Patricia Correa presented her letter of resignation on Twitter and said, "the death of compatriots has no justification. State violence cannot be disproportionate and cause death."
Culture Minister Jair Perez Branez also submitted his letter of resignation.
#Peru
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2022-12-17 21:24:00+00:00
🇺🇸 5.4 magnitude earthquake rocks west Texas
Western Texas was rocked by a 5.4 magnitude earthquake Friday, exactly one month after a similar quake struck the oil-producing region, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The powerful tremor was counted as fourth-strongest earthquake in Texas history by the U.S. Weather Service. No injuries were reported.
#US #Texas
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2022-12-17 20:49:00+00:00
🇺🇸 North Carolina high court rejects voter-identification law
The North Carolina Supreme Court struck down a state voter identification law Friday as being racially discriminatory.
The court ruled that Republican lawmakers acted unconstitutionally to minimize Democratic voters’ power with a law that intentionally discriminated against Black voters.
Senate Bill 824 was passed in 2018 by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature even after its Democratic governor vetoed it. Republican-led legislatures in several states have passed similar voter ID laws in recent years, arguing they are needed to prevent voter fraud.
But Democrats and voting rights advocates say the laws are likely to suppress votes from African Americans, who are both more likely to vote Democratic and lack the needed identity cards.
#US #NorthCarolina
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2022-12-17 19:07:00+00:00
🇵🇪 Boluarte urges Congress to bring elections forward
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, who has said she is leading a transitional government, urged the country's Congress to pass a proposal to bring forward general elections in a news conference from the presidential palace.
#Peru
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2022-12-17 16:59:50+00:00
🇵🇪 Mass protests in Peru
as of December 17, 2022
For 11 days mass demonstrations, strikes and clashes with the police have been underway in Peru. They are caused by the parliament's decision to impeach President Pedro Castillo and his following detention.
Peruvians are blocking roads, storming airports, and administrative buildings. Police and the Army use live ammunition to disperse the protests. Demonstrators respond with improvised explosives and gunfire.
So far, more than 30 people have been killed and hundreds injured. The largest number of victims is reported from Ayacucho province, where seven residents have been killed.
🔻Latest events
▪️Defense Minister Luis Alberto Otarola declared a state of emergency throughout the country for 30 days. A curfew has been imposed in 15 provinces.
The measures not only suspend free movement throughout the country ahead of the Christmas, but also provide police with the right to search homes without permission or a court order.
▪️These measures made protesters to tighten their demands, which are now as follows:
➖ the release of Pedro Castillo and his return to the position;
➖ the convening of a Constituent Assembly and creation of a new constitution;
➖ dissolution of Congress.
▪️New President Dina Boluarte has been trying to placate demonstrators with promises of early elections during the week: first they were planned to be rescheduled from 2026 to 2024, and then to 2023. But the Peruvian Congress rejected the relevant bill.
🔻Reactions to Peruvian protests abroad
➖The governments of Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia issued a joint statement condemning the imprisonment of President Pedro Castillo. They also accused Boluarte and her supporters of "undemocratic pressure" on the arrested former head of state. In response, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry recalled ambassadors from all four countries.
➖ At the same time, the U.S., the EU and the UN expressed support for Dina Boluarte's government of.
🔻 In the previous review it was mentioned that even though the demonstrations are massive and the clashes fierce, the protesters have serious problems that greatly reduce their chances of success.
These include the lack of unified coordination of actions, as well as discontent with the figure of Castillo himself, who, contrary to his own promises made earlier, made concessions to the local oligarchy.
With no clear leaders in the opposition and no support from the security forces, the protests will gradually fade away. Under these conditions, the new Peru authorities have no reason to make concessions to the demonstrators: it is enough to wait for the protest to fade and to easily disperse those who won't agree to give up.
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#Peru #digest
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2022-12-17 12:38:01+00:00
🇺🇸🇲🇽 As Title 42 expires soon, migrants head for U.S.-Mexico border crossings
Hundreds of migrants are trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border and to seek the asylum in America ahead of Title 42 expiration date on Dec. 21.
Migrants from different countries are now present on the bank of Rio Grande: Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Cuba, Peru, and Venezuela. They hope to cross the border as Title 42 expires and no other regulations are yet introduced.
Under Title 42, thousands of migrants were expelled from the U.S. or not allowed to cross the state’s border.
#US #Mexico
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2022-12-17 10:38:00+00:00
🇺🇸 Republicans respond after the 6th chapter of 'Twitter Files' reveals FBI flagged users and tweets
After the sixth part of 'Twitter Files' was published, Republican lawmakers have promised to take action on the alleged connection between former Twitter executives and members of the FBI. It is reported that their joint efforts were aimed at censoring users and their tweets.
"[The] FBI has a lot to answer for after the latest drop of Twitter Files 6," Rep. Matt Gaetz tweeted.
#US
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2022-12-17 09:14:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Texas Governor Abbott calls for investigation of NGO assisting in border crossings
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called for an investigation into the role non-governmental organizations may have in planning and assisting migrants crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.
In a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the governor highlights the need for what called “Texas’ vigilant response to President Biden’s border crisis,” with the end of Title 42 just days away and record-high illegal border crossings along the Texas-Mexico border.
According to the governor, there have been recent that non-governmental organizations “may have assisted with illegal border crossings near El Paso.”
#US #Texas
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2022-12-17 07:23:01+00:00
⚡️🇵🇪 Peruvian Congress rejects bill calling for early elections
Peru's Congress on Friday rejected a bill to bring forward general elections from 2026 to December 2023, as protests continued across the country.
Hernando Guerra, president of the legislative constitution commission, presented the bill and explained that it would allow "enough time" to make corresponding electoral reforms, but failed to gain a congressional consensus broad enough.
Failing to get 87 votes needed to pass a proposal, the bill garnered 49 votes in favor, with 33 against and 25 abstentions.
#Peru
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2022-12-16 19:22:13+00:00
🇵🇪 — JUST IN: Protesters from Peru drive Peruvian police back in a show of strength and resilience against the new provisional government.
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2022-12-15 21:26:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Texas attorney general sought data on number of people that changed their gender on driver's license
The office of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this summer sought data on how many people had changed the gender information on their driver's license. The journalists who got interested in the even haven’t managed to find out the reason for such a measure.
DPS found over 16,000 gender changes over the past two years, but officials said a manual search would have been required to determine the reason for each one.
#US #Texas
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2022-12-15 20:18:01+00:00
🇺🇸🇲🇽 Suspect in Colorado quadruple killing found in Mexico
Aman suspected of shooting four people dead in a Colorado home was arrested in Mexico over the weekend, according to police.
Joseph Mario Castorena, 21, had been on the run since the adults were found dead in a home in Aurora in the early hours on October 30, the Aurora Police Department said.
The four were Jesus Serrano, 51; his daughter Maria Anita Serrano, 22; her husband Kenneth Eugene Green Luque, 20, and Rudolfo Salgado Perez, 49, who was renting a space in the home.
#US #Mexico
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2022-12-15 09:49:41+00:00
🇺🇸 Texas school board approves policy that allows educators to carry guns
The Keller Independent School District school board voted 4-3 to adopt a state recommended “guardian” program, which allows approved faculty who undergo 50 hours of training to carry a handgun on campus. Educators who wish to carry on school campuses must also have a License To Carry and pass a psychological evaluation as a part of the “guardian” program.
No wonder that the MSM are doing their best to criticize the initiative – but that is not for them to decide.
#US #Texas
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2022-12-14 20:16:59+00:00
🇺🇸 DeSantis holds early lead over Trump among GOP primary voters
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis edged out former President Donald Trump in a new Wall Street Journal poll of primary voters that pits the two Republicans against each other as top contenders for the GOP nomination in 2024.
52 percent of likely GOP primary voters in the poll preferred DeSantis, compared to the 38 percent who favored Trump in a hypothetical primary race for the Republican nomination. The poll also demonstrated DeSantis’ popularity among likely primary voters, with 86 percent saying they view the Florida governor favorably. Trump’s favorability rating came in at 74 percent.
#US
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2022-12-14 18:04:07+00:00
🇺🇸 Joe Biden attempts to make Americans feel ‘societal guilt’ over guns
President Joe Biden said the US “should have societal guilt” for the slow pace of action on restricting access to firearms as he marked the 10th anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
“We should have societal guilt for taking too long to deal with this problem,” Biden said in a statement. “We have a moral obligation to pass and enforce laws that can prevent these things from happening again. We owe it to the courageous, young survivors and to the families who lost part of their soul ten years ago to turn their pain into purpose.”
I have a funny feeling that these are not guns that should be blamed. When a fire happens, we don’t blame matches for it.
#US
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2022-12-14 13:55:47+00:00
🇲🇽🇺🇸🇨🇦 Mexico puts forward plan to resolve energy dispute with U.S., Canada
In July, U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai requested dispute resolution meetings with Mexico over that country’s policies that favor the state-owned energy utility over private and foreign producers. Such meetings are allowed under the USMCA trade deal between the U.S., Mexico and Canada, which joined the U.S.’ request.
In a release this week, Mexico’s Economy Ministry said that speeding up resolution of the matter is important to ensure certainty for would-be energy investors. Toward that end, the ministry shared a plan with its counterparts that includes establishing working groups to look at the legal status of Mexico’s energy reform, lawsuits from energy companies, outstanding permits and other issues.
#Mexico #US #Canada
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2022-12-14 13:19:58+00:00
🇺🇸 Texas opposes Biden administration’s push to legalize gender transitioning for kids
Texas will not have to legalize sex-change procedures for children to receive federal funds nor adopt gender identity policies for the workplace.
Attorney General Ken Paxton declared victory in a lawsuit to stop “woke” federal agency mandates concerning sexual orientation and gender after the Biden administration declined to appeal a federal court’s ruling, making the decision permanent.
“This is an important win for common sense and Texas families,” Paxton said in a statement. “We’re going to make it abundantly clear that we will not stand for this.”
#US #Texas
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2022-12-14 11:28:59+00:00
🇵🇪 Boluarte to 'personally' call AMLO over Castillo stance
Dina Boluarte announced that she will call the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico, who issued on Monday a joint communiqué in which they still consider Pedro Castillo.
Published by the Colombian Foreign Ministry, the four countries assured in the message that Castillo is being "subject to judicial treatment in the same way violating" and asked that the "citizen will" expressed in the ballot box by the Peruvian people be respected.
#Peru
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2022-12-14 11:12:05+00:00
Biden signed a law recognizing same-sex marriage in the United States
He also highlighted the need to "protect transgender children."
"We need to challenge the hundreds of callous, cynical laws introduced in the states targeting transgender children, terrifying families and criminalizing doctors who get children the care they need. We have to protect these children." - Biden
❗️It looks more like it's the government that's targeting confused children and their parents and pushing their gender ideology on them
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2022-12-13 18:28:00+00:00
🇺🇸🇲🇽 Asylum seekers cross en masse at El Paso-Juarez border as Title 42 nears end
Hundreds of migrants huddled overnight on the north bank of the Rio Grande river in hopes of seeking asylum in the U.S. It was one of the largest mass crossings this border has seen in decades.
"We've been experiencing an influx since September," said Border Patrol El Paso Sector spokeswoman Valeria Morales. "In November, our demographics changed to Nicaraguans. You see the migrants staging and waiting to be transferred."
#US #Mexico
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2022-12-13 14:47:00+00:00
🔴 Drug cartels’ activities is one of the worst things that impacts the situation in Latin America. Cartels’ members not only distribute dangerous substances, but also are quick at making away with those who get in their way – often unintentionally.
This keeps people at bay, doesn’t let them live peacefully, and makes them flee – and live in poor conditions. This is the problem to be handled, but governments seem not to be somehow worried about it.
To make this issue visible, we’ve collected the data on the cartels’ crimes in 2022 – and these are just the cases mentioned in the media, Twitter and by our friends. The real numbers would be even higher.
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#cartels #analytics
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2022-12-13 13:31:46+00:00
🇺🇸 Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declares state of emergency on homelessness
Newly sworn in Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, in her first order of business, declared a state of emergency Dec. 12 on the city’s sprawling homelessness.
Bass, who spent her first morning as mayor meeting with the city’s various department heads to brief them on the declaration, signed it inside the city’s Emergency Operations Center in a room designated as the “United Homelessness Response Center.”
In her inaugural speech Sunday, Bass said the declaration will officially recognize the homelessness issue as a crisis. The city saw a rise in homelessness over the last two years—a 4.1 percent increase since 2020—with nearly 42,000 people living on the streets, according to the city’s 2022 homeless count.
#US #California
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2022-12-13 12:12:00+00:00
🇧🇷 Bolsonaro supporters attack police headquarters in Brazil
Supporters of Brazil’s outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro have attempted to invade federal police headquarters in the capital, in a burst of post-election violence on the day Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was certified as the country’s next president.
Witnesses saw Bolsonaro supporters, many in their trademark yellow national football jerseys or draped in Brazilian flags, confronting security forces on Monday night at police headquarters in Brasilia.
#Brazil
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2022-12-12 23:15:08+00:00
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2022-12-12 18:06:58+00:00
🇲🇽 ❌️ 🇺🇸 A huge migrant caravan of over 1,000 people crossed illegally into El Paso, TX last night, making it the largest single group we have ever seen. The city of El Paso reports Border Patrol now has over 5,000 in custody & has released hundreds to city streets. - Fox News
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2022-12-12 15:03:20+00:00
🇵🇪 Peruvian Congress approves bill that removes immunity from immunity of former President Pedro Castillo
Peru's Congress voted early Monday morning to approve a bill that removes the immunity of former President Pedro Castillo, authorizing the Supreme Court to prosecute him for the alleged crime of rebellion.
The bill approved on Monday received a majority of 67 votes, Congress tweeted, adding that its approval authorizes the formation of a criminal proceeding against the ex-president.
Congressman Alejandro Muñante, who is also the third vice president of Congress, told that the legislation was justified because of the former president's "coup attempt" and constitutional violations.
#Peru
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2022-12-12 09:16:59+00:00
🇲🇽 Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Mexico
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook the southern Mexican state of Guerrero on Sunday, with no loss of life or damage reported.
The USGS said the earthquake’s epicenter was 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) northwest of Corral Falso. It was at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tweeted a video of a live conversation with Guerrero Gov., Evelyn Salgado, in which she said there were no reports of casualties or damages.
#Mexico
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2022-12-12 09:04:47+00:00
🇵🇪 New Peru President requests elections brought forward to 2024
Peru's new president, Dina Boluarte said she will submit a bill to Congress to bring general elections forward two years to April 2024, amid tensions in the Andean nation following the ouster of former leader Pedro Castillo.
#Peru
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2022-12-12 00:16:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Confederate monument to be removed from Virginia capital
Work to relocate Richmond’s final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to delay the removal of the statue of Gen. A.P. Hill from its prominent spot in Virginia’s capital.
Richmond Circuit Court Judge David Eugene Cheek Sr. last week rejected a motion from four indirect descendants of Hill, who was killed in the final days of the Civil War, to stop the city’s removal plans.
Though the process of removing the monument from a busy intersection should start Monday, it’s unclear if it would be removed entirely by the end of the week.
The city began removing its many other Confederate monuments more than two years ago amid the racial justice protests that followed George Floyd’s murder.
#US #Virginia
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2022-12-11 22:07:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Arizona sheriff demands governor stop sending shipping containers for makeshift border wall
An Arizona county sheriff is siding with protesters and demanding for Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to stop sending shipping containers to the border for a makeshift wall.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway said Ducey's order to use containers as the border wall is "illegal dumping," and he plans on arresting construction crews and security personnel if they come to his county.
Hathaway said border wall construction is now within about 6 miles of his county, located directly south of Tucson.
#US #Arizona
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2022-12-11 20:42:01+00:00
🇵🇪Los manifestantes produjeron un incendio dentro de las instalaciones del aeropuerto.
Según algunas fuentes unos 50 policías nacionales se encuentran dentro del aeropuerto.
🇬🇧The demonstrators caused a fire inside the airport facilities.
According to some sources, some 50 national police officers are inside the airport.
▫️@ENTRE_GUERRAS▫️
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2022-12-11 20:42:01+00:00
🇵🇪Un grupo de manifestantes peruanos tomaran las instalaciones del aeropuerto de Andahuaylas, en Apurímac, para exigir nuevas elecciones.
La Corporación Peruana de Aeropuertos y Aviación Comercial solicitó refuerzos de la Policía Nacional de Perú para liberar a los rehenes del lugar que habrían sido retenidos por estos manifestantes.
🇬🇧A group of Peruvian protesters will take over the facilities of the Andahuaylas airport, in Apurímac, to demand new elections.
The Peruvian Corporation of Airports and Commercial Aviation requested reinforcements from the Peruvian National Police to free the hostages from the place that would have been held by these protesters.
▫️@ENTRE_GUERRAS▫️
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2022-12-11 20:12:06+00:00
🇵🇪 Today's events in Andahuaylas are being called the largest uprising of southern Peru in years. The number of hostages at the airport has risen to 60 (police reinforcements have been taken), and the airport buildings are on fire.
It is also claimed that the protests have no leaders among the local left. People join the clashes spontaneously, in some places they are driven by communities’ leadership.
#Peru
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2022-12-11 19:56:01+00:00
⚡️🇵🇪 Andahuaylas airport closed due to clashes between locals and PNP officers
A confrontation between residents of the town of Huancabamba and agents of the National Police of Peru (PNP) was reported at the airport of Andahuaylas, Apurimac region.
Yesterday, small groups of villagers tried to reach the airport facilities with the intention of closing it and making it inoperative. During the night, the situation calmed down and two planes with police personnel from Lima arrived to the region. However, this morning the villagers gathered in the area again and took over the airport. It is reported they have set fire to the transmitter room and the fuel storage.
#Peru
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2022-12-11 15:52:59+00:00
🇺🇸 Texas judge tosses first lawsuit filed under abortion ban
Bexar County Judge Aaron Haas dismissed a lawsuit filed by Chicago attorney Felipe Gomez against Dr. Alan Braid of San Antonio, after the doctor wrote that he had intentionally violated the state’s abortion law just days after it took effect in September.
In the opinion piece published Sept. 18, Braid wrote that he performed the procedure on a woman more than six weeks into her pregnancy “because I had a duty of care to this patient, as I do for all patients, and because she has a fundamental right to receive this care.”
#US #Texas
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2022-12-11 15:07:59+00:00
🇵🇪 Peru's president swears in cabinet as pro-Castillo supporters clash with police
Peru's new leader Dina Boluarte unveiled her cabinet as protesters blocked highways and pelted police with rocks in the wake of Pedro Castillo's ouster as president.
Boluarte oversaw a ceremony in which 19 ministers – eight of whom are women – took the oath of office at the presidential palace.
Boluarte's new chief of staff is a former prosecutor who specialized in corruption cases and her new cabinet comprises members seen as technocrats who are politically independent.
#Peru
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2022-12-10 17:35:00+00:00
🇺🇸 Kari Lake files lawsuit over Arizona elections
After long refusing to commit to accepting the results of her race if she lost, Republican Kari Lake filed the legal challenge she's been threatening in the aftermath of losing the Arizona governor's race.
A civil complaint was filed with the Maricopa County Superior Court naming Secretary of State and Democratic governor-elect Katie Hobbs, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, Elections Director Scott Jarrett and both the office of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and individual members.
The lawsuit seeks unprecedented relief of fully overturning the state's election and certifying her as the winner instead of Hobbs.
#US #Arizona
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2022-12-10 15:16:59+00:00
🇧🇷 Bolsonaro: ‘It hurts my soul’
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro broke his silence for the first time since his election defeat on Oct. 30 and spoke to supporters calling for a military coup to stop leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva taking office.
Bolsonaro said he had kept silent for almost 40 days, adding, “it hurts my soul.”
#Brazil
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2022-12-10 13:32:00+00:00
🇨🇱 Significant 5.0 quake hits near Ovalle, Limarí, Coquimbo Region, Chile
An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred early morning on Saturday, December 10th, 2022, at 5:48 am local time near Ovalle, Limarí, Coquimbo Region, Chile, as reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
#Chile
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2022-12-10 12:27:59+00:00
⚡️🇵🇪 Peru's Boluarte open to early election talks amid pro-Castillo protests
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has said she is willing to discuss early elections with the country's political and civil organisations but ruled out kick-starting constitutional changes for the time being.
#Peru
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2022-12-10 11:13:59+00:00
I adore the fact that MSM cover the fact of “suppression and censorship without basis” as something absolutely outstanding and dramatic.
Hopefully, things will change for Twitter in the nearest future and we will finally have a platform showing all the voices – not just the ones approved.
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2022-12-09 22:49:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Texas Republican proposes to ban minors from social media
Texas Republican State Rep. Jared Patterson has introduced HB 896 which would require social media users to be at least 18-years old in order to open a social media account.
Once approved, the bill would force social media companies to verify a user’s age with a photo ID while also allowing parents to request their child’s accounts be removed from the sites.
Wouldn’t it be better to make social media users undergo IQ-tests and logic problems? It is not the age that matters.
#Texas
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2022-12-09 20:36:01+00:00
🇭🇹 Haiti: Gangs control more than a half of the capital
According to Ulrika Richardson, the UN humanitarian chief in Haiti, around 60 per cent of Port-au-Prince is dominated by gangs. She added that affected about 20,000 people who were to face “catastrophic famine-like conditions”.
Bad living conditions and insecure situations spurred “massive displacement”, which resulted in 155,000 people leaving their homes.
#Haiti
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2022-12-09 19:04:01+00:00
🇲🇽 The lack (or the absence) of running water is a problem and it’s evident that Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo’s government failed to handle the issue. As a consequence, disorders broke out, made the Mexico governor take tough measures and now the situation got even worse for all the parties.
The closer the presidential elections are, the more incidents of any kind will be used as a tool in favour or against one of the possible candidates. Though I’m not sure Mexico will manage to surprise the world with its elections after we have seen the Brazilian ones.
#Mexico
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2022-12-09 16:42:48+00:00
🇺🇸 Several illegal immigrants found by Texas DPS being smuggled in a big rig in Hebronville, TX, including one man who was crammed into a tiny compartment in the truck with almost zero room to move. Human smuggling continues to explode at border w/ smugglers cashing in.
Source: Twitter
Btw, we recently created an infographic about illegal migrants at the border, look it up if you haven't seen it yet.
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2022-12-09 16:31:00+00:00
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2022-12-09 13:28:05+00:00
❗️TWITTER FILES: PART 2❗️
On December 8th Bari Weiss released a twitter thread on how Twitter practiced 'shadow banning' and 'blacklisting' of certain tweets and users, before Elon Musk's takeover.
So-called 'Twitter files' are assessments of internal documents of the company, carried out by a group of journalists.
Weiss shared screenshots from Twitter's internal censorship tools, which prove what many have been already suspecting.
Several teams of Twitter employees have been working on:
▪️building blacklists
▪️preventing certain tweets or accounts from trending
▪️limiting visibility of certain accounts or even trending topic
The team has routinely put different accounts under 'Trends Blacklist', 'Search Blacklist', 'Do Not Amplify' tags and performed 'VF' - visibility filtering - without user's knowledge.
The special 'SIP-PES' (Site Integrity Policy, Policy Escalation Support) group has worked on high profile and politically sensitive cases.
One of the accounts that fell under the SIP-PES supervision is Libs of TikTok (1.6 M followers). The account has a 'Do Not Take Action on User Without Consulting With SIP-PES' mark.
The list of accounts that suffered from Twitter's shadow banning practices include:
- Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a COVID lockdowns opponent
- Dan Bongino, Fox News host
- Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist, Turning Point USA founder.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Democrats and 'the left' have long refused to acknowledge Twitter's meddling in politics, culture, and health issues, and regarded it as another 'conspiracy theory'. And now 'Twitter files' reveal, that the company has created a platform, that has been restricting and pushing back conservative ideas.
So much for freedom of speech.
To dive deeper, follow Bari Weiss twitter thread
TWITTER FILES: PART 1 ❗
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https://t.me/topicdujour/15
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2022-12-09 13:27:51+00:00
❗️TWITTER FILES: PART 1❗️
Matt Taibbi has been the first journalist to release Twitter's internal documents, the so-called 'Twitter files'.
Presumably, they were provided to him by Elon Musk, who had earlier promised to disclose data about how Twitter violated freedom of speech.
The main points of the investigation are:
🔹By 2020 requests to delete tweets have become commonplace
🔹In 2020 both the Democratic Party and Republicans used the blocking option, but this system depended heavily on connections. Since the vast majority of Twitter staff supports Democrats, they inclined more to file complaints against 'the right'
🔹To cover the Hunter Biden laptop story Twitter marked compromising material as 'unsafe' and blocked the links to articles (a tool previously resorted to in extreme cases only, such as child pornography)
🔹White House ex-press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was denied access to her account for tweeting a link to the New York Post piece about Hunter's laptop
🔹Democrats demanded even "more moderation" from Twitter, arguing that the First Amendment (the right to free speech) is "not an absolute".
You can find more information on Matt Taibbi twitter thread
TWITTER FILES: PART 2 ❗
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https://t.me/topicdujour/18
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2022-12-09 12:23:01+00:00
🇨🇴 Europe is being poised with Colombian “pink cocaine”
Colombian “pink cocaine”, also known as Tusi (2C), is reportedly being found at various European music festivals and nightlife centres. Tusi is a combination of cocaine, ketamine, MDMA and pink food colouring; it first appeared around 2010.
Large amounts of the drug have been found in Spanish cities and in Ibiza.
The drug is extremely dangerous due to its unpredictable composition.
#Colombia
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2022-12-09 11:54:01+00:00
🇵🇪🇲🇽 Peru's impeached President Pedro Castillo seeks exile in Mexico
Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo requested an asylum in Mexico, now Mexican government is discussing the issue with the authorities of Peru.
Mexico’s ambassador to Peru has already met with Castillo where he is being detained.
#Peru #Mexico
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2022-12-08 20:20:59+00:00
🇬🇹 Former Guatemala president sentenced to 16 years for corruption
A Guatemalan court has found a former president, Otto Pérez Molina, and his vice-president, Roxana Baldetti, guilty on two charges of corruption.
The decision comes over seven years after the two were forced to resign from office. Some analysts believe that the state judicial system does not handle corruption cases perfectly and allows some officials get away with illicit enrichment.
#Guatemala
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2022-12-08 19:06:59+00:00
🇺🇸 US House passes legislation protecting same-sex marriage
The US House of Representatives finalized a legislation protecting same-sex marriages. Now it’s Biden’s turn to sign the measure – and after that all the American states will be required to recognize same-sex marriages.
Same-sex marriages are legal in the U.S. since 2015, though for 7 years it has been possible for the Supreme Court to provide the states with the right to regulate this issue on their own. A precedent of the kind happened earlier this year, when the Supreme Court ended protection of abortion rights by the Constitution allowing states to regulate this aspect.
At the moment, six of nine SCOTUS judges were assigned by Republican presidents.
#US
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2022-12-08 18:40:59+00:00
🇵🇪 Peru has first female leader after Castillo’s impeachment
Peru has a new president - and its first female leader - after its former leader Pedro Castillo was impeached by Congress.
Dina Boluarte, the former vice-president, was sworn in amid a constitutional crisis in Lima.
#Peru
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2022-12-08 14:12:58+00:00
🇺🇸 NYT employees begin 24-hour strike
Hundreds of NYT journalists announced the beginning of the strike which is caused by the inability of the NYT to work out fair contracts for the company’s employees.
Most employees’ contracts expired in March 2022 and since then the two sides are bargaining over the conditions of new ones. The topics of discussion are salaries, health and retirement benefits, and other issues. The workers ask for better working conditions.
It is the first strike in NYT since 1980s.
#US
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2022-12-08 10:38:59+00:00
🇺🇸 TikTok banned in Texas
Texas governor, Greg Abbott, banned TikTok by state agencies. Now four U.S. states prohibit to use the social media over cybersecurity issues.
“TikTok collects vast amounts of data from its users’ devices-including when, where, and how they perform Internet activities-and offers this treasure trove of potentially confidential information to the Chinese government,” says a letter from Abbott to state leaders.
#US #Texas
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2022-12-07 14:40:59+00:00
🇦🇷 Argentina's VP Cristina Kirchner receives six-year jail term
An Argentine court sentenced Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in jail and disqualified her from holding public office in a high-profile corruption case.
The vice president, who has temporary immunity due to her current role, will not face immediate prison time and is expected to appeal the sentence, with the case likely to spend years winding through higher courts.
Technically, Kirchner could run for office while the appeals are pending, but she said that she “would not be a candidate for anything” in next year’s general election.
#Argentina
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2022-12-07 13:11:00+00:00
🇺🇸 Trump Organization found guilty of tax fraud scheme
Donald Trump's real estate company was convicted of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities, adding to the legal woes facing the former U.S. president as he campaigns for the office again in 2024.
The Trump Organization - which operates hotels, golf courses, and other real estate around the world - was found guilty of paying personal expenses for top executives including former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, and issuing bonus checks to them as if they were independent contractors.
The company faces up to $1.6 million in fines after being convicted on all charges, including scheming to defraud tax authorities, conspiracy and falsifying business records. Trump was not charged in the case.
While the fine is not expected to be material for a company of the Trump Organization's size, the conviction could complicate its ability to do business.
#US
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2022-12-07 12:27:00+00:00
🇺🇸 Raphael Warnock wins Georgia runoff, which results in Senate Democratic majority
The Democratic incumbent, Raphael Warnock, won the Georgia Senate runoff, securing his first full term and delivering a 51st seat to bolster his party’s majority in the chamber.
#US
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2022-12-07 11:27:00+00:00
🇧🇴 Bolivian municipality of La Paz installs shelter for 150 migrants
The municipality of La Paz enabled the temporary shelter for 150 migrants from the country arriving for the end of the year holidays. The space will be open for 45 days in the Bus Terminal facilities.
In the last hours, the number of migrants who have already stayed at the shelter is 68, including children, adolescents and older adults. In addition, the staff of the Municipal Health Secretariat will provide medical attention to the migrants and will be able to implement vaccination against chin cough and covid.
#Bolivia
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2022-12-07 10:36:00+00:00
🇺🇸 🇲🇽 In just days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Title 42 public health authority will end after the Biden administration refused to appeal a ruling that struck down use of the order. Title 42 has been used at the border since early 2020, allowing Border Patrol agents to quickly remove millions of illegal aliens from the U.S.
As Biden officials reportedly worry that an open borders narrative across the world will drive a record-breaking level of illegal immigration, those officials now estimate that about 9,000 to 14,000 border crossers and illegal aliens will arrive daily at the border when Title 42 ends.
Breitbart News recently reported that thousands of migrants are waiting in Mexico to rush the U.S. border when Title 42 ends in weeks. As part of the plan to deal with a record level of illegal immigration, El Paso, Texas, officials have asked Biden to open Fort Bliss as a migration intake center.
Biden’s existing plan will use American taxpayer money to fund additional non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to more quickly release border crossers and illegal aliens into American communities away from the southern border.
Previously, Biden officials admitted that up to half a million border crossers and illegal aliens — the equivalent of the population of Atlanta, Georgia — could arrive at the border every month.
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2022-12-07 10:04:59+00:00
🇺🇸 Shooting in New York leaves two dead
Two men were shot to death on Dec. 6 mid-afternoon at NYCHA public housing buildings, one of them very close to the New York Police Department's main headquarters in Lower Manhattan.
The first victim was a 21-year-old man who was shot twice in the chest and once in the leg inside 15 St James Place at "Governor Alfred E. Smith Houses" around 2:50 p.m.
Less than an hour later, around 3:30 p.m., a man was shot in the head in front of Marcy Houses (NYCHA) in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, according to police. He was not identified and no further information was available at the time.
#US
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2022-12-06 14:13:00+00:00
🇺🇸 U.S. Supreme Court considers case pitting free speech against LGBTQ rights
The conservative-majority US Supreme Court appeared poised to rule Monday in favor of a Christian graphic designer who refuses to make wedding websites for same-sex couples.
The case, one of the most important being heard by the nation's highest court, pits free speech rights against anti-discrimination laws.
Lorie Smith, owner of 303 Creative, a Colorado website design firm, is challenging a state law that prohibits businesses from discriminating on the basis of gender, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Smith claims that creating marriage ads for same-sex couples would be "inconsistent" with her Christian beliefs and that being forced to do so would violate her First Amendment free speech rights.
#US
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2022-12-05 17:03:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Jurors hear ex-Border Patrol agent’s confession in killing of sex workers
Jurors in the capital murder trial of a former U.S. Border Patrol agent have heard a taped interview in which he confesses to the 2018 killings of four sex workers in South Texas. Each woman was shot in the head and left along roads on the outskirts of Laredo in September. One died of blunt force trauma after being shot.
Ortiz, a Navy veteran, was a Border Patrol intelligence supervisor at the time of his arrest in September 2018. If convicted of capital murder, he faces life in prison without parole because prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.
Juan David Ortiz told detectives in the video played in court that as he drove along a stretch of road that the women frequented, “the monster would come out.”
#US
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2022-12-05 12:48:59+00:00
🇺🇸 Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution
Former President Donald Trump called for the termination of the Constitution to overturn the 2020 election and reinstate him to power Saturday in a continuation of his election denialism and pushing of fringe conspiracy theories.
“A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Trump wrote in a post on the social network Truth Social and accused “Big Tech” of working closely with Democrats.
#US
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2022-12-05 11:36:59+00:00
🇨🇴 Landslide in Colombia kills 3 people, leaves 20 trapped
A landslide engulfed a road Sunday in Colombia, killing three people and leaving some 20 trapped in the mud, authorities said.
Crews were searching for people riding on a bus and a motorcycle that were caught up in the accident in remote areas of a municipality called Pueblo Rico in northwest Colombia.
"Nine rescued, three fatalities and an estimated 20 who remain to be found. It is a tragedy," President Gustavo Petro wrote on Twitter.
#Colombia
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2022-12-05 10:40:59+00:00
🇺🇸 2 dead, 1 missing after plane crashes in Gulf of Mexico
Two people are dead, including a child, and at least one person is missing after a plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend, police in Venice, Florida, said.
Officers launched a search after the Venice Municipal Airport received an inquiry from the Federal Aviation Administration about a Piper Cherokee that had failed to return to its origin airport in St. Petersburg, about 60 miles north of Venice.
It was in the plane's passenger area that divers from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office found the body of a dead child, police said.
#US
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2022-12-04 19:43:01+00:00
🇲🇽 Mexican police seize over 600 pounds of fentanyl stuffed coconuts from truck near border
A traffic stop by Mexico police led to the discovery of 660 pounds of fentanyl stuffed into coconuts. The drug-filled coconuts were located in a truck traveling on a highway in the northern border state of Sonora.
Authorities believe the truck was heading to the U.S.
Prosecutors said the vehicle was detected on a road that runs along the Gulf of California. The road leads to the Mexican town of Sonoyta, which is located across the border from Lukeville, Ariz.
#Mexico
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2022-12-04 17:46:00+00:00
🇸🇻 El Salvador sent 10,000 police to seal off a town and search for gang members
The government of El Salvador sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off a town on the outskirts of the nation's capital to search for gang members.
The operation was one of the largest mobilizations yet in President Nayib Bukele's nine-month-old crackdown on street gangs that long extorted money from businesses and ruled many neighborhoods of the capital, San Salvador.
The troops blocked roads going in and out of the township of Soyapango, checking people's documents. Special teams went into the town looking for gang suspects.
#Salvador
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2022-12-04 17:11:00+00:00
🇺🇸 Extensive power outage in North Carolina under investigation as a 'criminal occurrence'
An extensive power outage affected about 40,000 customers in North Carolina's Moore County. Now it is being investigated as a "criminal occurrence" after crews found signs of potential vandalism at several locations.
Some sources link the outages with protests over a drag show that took place in Southern Pines and was shut down by militants.
More than 38,000 customers were without power across the county Sunday morning. About 41,000 customers had lost power in Moore County and neighboring Hoke County.
#US #NorthCarolina
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2022-12-04 15:39:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Kevin McCarthy: “Now we need to start looking at Facebook, at Google. These now have become arms of the democratic party, arms of the Biden administration. They also used intel communities to lie to the American public.”
#USA
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2022-12-04 09:39:01+00:00
🇲🇽 Road blockings by drug traffickers unleashed panic on the borders of Jalisco and Zacatecas; authorities reported no arrests
During Dec 2 and 3, at least three blockaings were registered on the borders of Jalisco with Zacatecas as a result of armed clashes between criminal groups with municipal police of Valparaiso, within Zacatecas territory.
A group of criminals ambushed police officers from the municipality of Valparaíso on the road to Huejuquilla (Jalisco), leaving two officers dead and one wounded. The operation to detain those responsible unleashed blockades within Jalisco.
One of the first points where several vehicles were set on fire was on the highway that passes through the municipality of Valle de Guadalupe, towards Pegueros, in Jalisco. One more occurred on the Teocaltiche to Nochistlán highway.
#Mexico
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2022-12-02 18:57:59+00:00
🇲🇽 One of the Mexican cartels, La Familia Michoacana (LFM), published a video that proves their presence in the village of Milpa Alta.
The locals do not seem to be happy with that fact.
#Mexico
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2022-12-02 16:33:00+00:00
🇺🇸 Arizona's Cochise County supervisors certify election after court loss
An Arizona judge on Thursday ordered Cochise County's board of supervisors to certify the county's votes in the 2022 midterms by 5 p.m., and two of the three supervisors then met and did so. The third supervisor, Tom Crosby, skipped the court-ordered meeting and did not vote. Crosby and the other Republican on the board, Peggy Judd, had voted against canvassing the election before Monday's state-mandated deadline, while their Democratic colleague, Ann English, voted to certify both times.
Pima County Superior Court Judge Casey McGinley agreed with Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, the Democratic governor-elect, that the supervisors in rural, heavily Republican Cochise County were "duty bound" to certify the results, given that no votes were missing from the county's totals. The board "exceeded its lawful authority in delaying the canvass for a reason that was not permitted by the statute," McGinley said.
Crosby and Judd, who fought unsuccessfully to hand-count all 47,000 ballots in the county, then demanded proof that the voting machines were properly certified, even after state and federal election officials said they were. Hobbs sued the supervisors after they failed to meet the deadline, as did a Cochise County voter and a group of retirees. Hobbs will now be able to certify the statewide election results on Dec. 5, as required by state law.
#US #Arizona
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2022-12-02 14:54:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Texas attorney found dead after pulling gun on ex-girlfriend at bar
The Texas attorney who was arrested after allegedly trying to shoot his ex-girlfriend in the bar she worked at was found dead.
Gavin Rush, who had been out on a $40,000 bond after the wild altercation involving his ex, was discovered dead by police conducting a welfare check. Officers have not disclosed how the 41-year-old died but said the circumstances are “not considered suspicious.”
#US #Texas
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2022-12-02 13:23:00+00:00
🇭🇹 Haiti: 12 killed, homes set on fire as gang war erupts
At least 12 people were killed and houses were burned down in a town near the capital of Haiti as rival gangs fought for control over territory. The incident occurred in the small town of Cabaret northwest of Port-au-Prince, Mayor Joseph Jeanson Guillaume said.
The community recently appointed local residents to serve as guards given a spike in violence across Haiti, but they were overpowered by gangs with machine guns.
#Haiti
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2022-12-02 12:41:00+00:00
🇲🇽🇺🇸🇨🇦 Mexico tells US it wants to keep talking on trade disputes
Mexico’s economy secretary proposed yet another round of talks with the United States on a dispute over Mexico’s energy sector. Mexico hopes to stave off a full-fledged trade complaint under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
The U.S. initially requested talks in July, but they have so far not led to any solution. The United States could demand an arbitration panel, and the dispute could end in trade sanctions on Mexico.
The United States says Mexico is unfairly favoring its state-owned electricity and oil companies over American competitors and clean-energy suppliers. Canada has also joined in that complaint.
#US #Mexico #Canada
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2022-12-02 11:08:00+00:00
🇺🇸 World's largest active volcano erupts in Hawaii for first time in 38 years
The world's largest active volcano began erupting in Hawaii for the first time in 38 years on November 27. Residents are being told to prepare for evacuation. The Mauna Loa last erupted in 1984, continuing for 22 days.
#US
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2022-12-01 21:32:00+00:00
🇺🇸 U.S. Rep. Clyburn wins new House Democratic Party post as Cicilline bows out
U.S. Representative James Clyburn on Thursday was elected to be assistant House Democratic leader starting in January, after Representative David Cicilline dropped his bid for the job that he had hoped would raise the gay community's profile.
Cicilline, an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, abandoned the race against Clyburn after receiving assurances from leadership that the gay community's interests will be represented, according to a House Democratic aide.
#US
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2022-12-01 20:41:01+00:00
🇸🇻 El Salvador investigative journalists sue spyware maker in U.S. federal court
Journalists from an investigative news outlet in El Salvador sued NSO Group in the United States federal court after the Israeli firm’s powerful Pegasus spyware was detected on their iPhones.
In January, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog, reported that dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador had their cellphones repeatedly hacked with the spyware.
NSO Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the lawsuit.
NSO, which was blacklisted by the U.S. government last year, says it sells its spyware only to legitimate government law enforcement and intelligence agencies vetted by Israel’s Defense Ministry for use against terrorists and criminals.
#Salvador
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2022-12-01 18:28:01+00:00
🇧🇷 Landslide in Brazil kills two, leaves dozens missing as access to major port blocked after torrential rain
A landslide hit the BR-376 highway near Guaratuba, engulfing 16 vehicles and killing at least two people.
Firefighters in the Brazilian state of Parana are continuing to search for about 30 people thought to have been engulfed in a deadly landslide that hit a coastal highway. They warned that the number of victims could differ from their estimate, as it was impossible to say how many passengers were travelling in each of the 16 cars and trucks caught in the disaster.
A search-and-rescue team of 54 firefighters and specialists continued searching in spite of continued bad weather using tow trucks, search dogs and drones with thermal cameras to help detect any signs of life.
#Brazil
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2022-12-01 16:52:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Early voting begins Dec. 1 in Austin, Texas
Early voting runs from Dec. 1 through Dec 9 and Election Day will be Tuesday, Dec 13.
There were several races here in Central Texas that were too close to call in November, including the race for Austin mayor, so now voters will be returning to the polls to pick their favorite candidates.
#Texas
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2022-12-01 14:19:00+00:00
🇺🇸🇩🇴 U.S. blocks sugar imports from Dominican Republic, claiming abusive labor conditions
Imports of crude sugar from a company in the Dominican Republic will be blocked at all U.S. ports after the alleged use of forced labor in its production, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced this week.
The order against Central Romana Corporation Limited was issued after an investigation found that the company subjected workers to abusive working and living conditions, withheld wages, excessive overtime and other labor violations, CBP said.
#US #DominicanRepublic
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2022-12-01 13:36:01+00:00
🇨🇴 A Colombian played an important role in cocaine smuggling, he escorted the cargo from Montenegro to Albania
Colombian citizen Zaimir Rodríguez, whom the police believe played an important role in smuggling 430 kilograms of cocaine, escorted the cargo of drugs from the Port of Bar in Montenegro to the final destination in Albania - the village of Frakull e Madhe.
The tip about the drug smuggling operation came from the US agency DEA, and the value of the cocaine is estimated at 40 million euros.
After a large amount of cocaine was discovered in the Port of Bar in a joint operation by Montenegrin and Albanian police and DEA, searches and arrests followed in Albania. Albanian police arrested 15 persons, including some former local officials, who are alleged to have ordered the cocaine shipment.
#Colombia
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2022-12-01 02:12:01+00:00
🇲🇽 More than 2,500 bodies of migrants found in mass graves on the Mexican border
The remains of more than 2,500 Mexican and other migrants remain in mortuaries and mass graves along the American-Mexican border due to the Mexican government’s lack of action.
The Mexican Foreign Support Mechanism for Search and Investigation failed to handle this issue because its guidelines have not been published in the Official Journal of the Federation (the main official government publication in Mexico), despite the fact that they were approved last July by the National Search System.
According to official figures from the Mexico Foreign Ministry, in January-July 2022 a total of 391 Mexican citizens lost their lives in the attempt to illegally cross the U.S. border. 127 of them have not been identified and will end up in mass graves or at forensic facilities in the neighboring countries.
We have earlier introduced statistics of the number of illegal attempts to cross the U.S. border.
#Mexico
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2022-12-22 20:40:59+00:00
Will they revoice all the good old movies now?
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2022-12-22 19:14:26+00:00
🇺🇸 Arizona government agrees to dismantle border wall after Biden administration’s lawsuit
Arizona’s outgoing Republican Gov. Doug Ducey has agreed to dismantle a makeshift border wall constructed out of shipping containers in response to a lawsuit from the Biden administration.
Court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (pdf) on Dec. 21 show that Ducey’s administration has agreed to dismantle the barrier.
Under the agreement, Arizona has pledged not to erect any more containers and remove all of the ones previously installed “to the extent feasible” and so as not to cause damage to U.S. lands, properties, and natural resources by Jan. 4.
#US #Arizona
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2022-12-22 11:23:00+00:00
🇨🇱🇵🇸 Chile planning to open embassy in Palestinian territories
President Gabriel Boric of Chile, whose country has the largest Palestinian population outside of the Middle East, said that he planned to open an embassy “in Palestine.”
“One of the decisions we have taken as a government, I think we have not yet made it public... is that we will raise the level of our official representation in Palestine,” Boric said. “We will open an embassy under our government.”
#Chile #Palestine
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2022-12-24 17:47:01+00:00
🇺🇸 El Paso migrant emergency declaration extended for 30 days
The emergency declaration that allows El Paso to protect migrants by taking them off the streets and putting them in temporary shelters was extended for 30 days during a special City Council meeting.
The vote by the council was needed because the state of disaster declared by Mayor Oscar Leeser on Dec. 17 was only good for seven days. “We were able to get 238 people off the streets last night,” Leeser said.
He was referring to a group of Venezuelan migrants who city officials would not allow into the city-run shelter at the convention center because they had not been processed by the Border Patrol. They were taken to shelters set up by the El Paso Catholic Diocese and Annunciation House. However, despite the 20-degree weather, some migrants did not want to leave the streets.
#US #Texas
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2022-12-24 14:32:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Border crisis leaves Arizona hospital with $20 million in unpaid bills
The ongoing border crisis has left an Arizona hospital holding the bag for $20 million in unpaid bills racked up by migrants who needed treatment — including expensive surgery and intensive care — during just the past six months.
Dr. Bob Transchel, president and CEO of Yuma Regional Medical Center, said teither the federal nor state governments have been willing to help out his 406-bed, nonprofit facility. “There’s no payer source for those individuals,” Transchel told Fox News. “Everybody’s sympathetic and they lend a listening ear, but nobody is offering a payer source for these individuals. It’s an unsustainable business model.”
#US #Arizona
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2022-12-24 10:03:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Biden’s administration announces figures showing highest number of illegal border crossings for November
Border patrol officers on the southern border caught 233,740 illegal immigrants crossing over from Mexico last month. The figure is the highest number of illegal border crossings ever recorded for November underscoring the chaos that exists even while the Title 42 pandemic border expulsion policy has been delayed.
#US
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2022-12-25 15:02:00+00:00
🇸🇻 Salvadoran troops encircle capital district in second gang crackdown
More than 1,000 soldiers surrounded a district in El Salvador's capital on Saturday as part of President Nayib Bukele's war on gangs, the second such operation this month in the Central American country.
Defense Minister Rene Merino later tweeted that 23 people had been arrested so far in Tutunichapa, a populous district of San Salvador, without specifying whether they were accused of being gang members or drug traffickers.
#Salvador
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2022-12-25 13:18:00+00:00
🇺🇸 Fire on board a JetBlue plane forces the evacuation of more than 160 passengers at New York’s JFK airport
A fire on board a JetBlue Airways plane forced more than 160 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, fire department officials said.
The incident happened shortly after the flight from Barbados landed at the airport; it may have started due to an electronic device and is under investigation, according to JetBlue.
The New York City Fire Department reported a plane fire around 9 p.m. at the airport’s Terminal 5, saying the regional Port Authority agency evacuated the JetBlue plane.
A total of 167 people were evacuated using emergency slides, the FDNY said. Five passengers had minor injuries.
#US
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2022-12-25 11:27:00+00:00
🇵🇾🇶🇦 Speaker of Paraguay Parliament meets Qatari Charge d'Affaires
Speaker of Parliament and President of Congress of the Republic of Paraguay Oscar Salomon met with HE Charge d'Affaires Saeed bin Hamad Al Marri at the Embassy of Qatar in Paraguay.
The meeting discussed aspects of the bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
#Paraguay #Qatar
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2022-12-25 10:34:00+00:00
The Pope condemned the human 'hunger for wealth and power' at a Christmas Eve Mass
Recalling Jesus' birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those "ravenous" for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable, including children, in a Christmas Eve homily decrying war, poverty and greedy consumerism.
Remarking on the "so much consumerism that has packaged the mystery" of Christmas, Francis said there was a danger the day's meaning could be forgotten.
At the end of his speech, Francis urged people to "not let this Christmas pass without doing something good."
Merry Christmas! Be kind 🎉
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2022-12-27 18:38:00+00:00
Musk refers to the U.S. Constitution as “the most treasured item on his bedside table.” He also said once that “The Constitution is greater than any President.”
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2022-12-27 17:02:01+00:00
🇺🇸 Greg Abbott pushes back on criticism after busing migrants to VP's home on freezing Christmas Eve
Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday pushed back against the White House's sharp criticism of him busing more migrants to Washington, D.C., over the weekend -- where they arrived outside Vice President Kamala Harris' home on Christmas Eve in subfreezing temperatures.
"The White House is full of a bunch of hypocrites, led by the Hypocrite-in-Chief .... Instead of their hypocritical complaints about Texas providing much-needed relief to our overrun and overwhelmed border communities, President Biden and Border Czar Harris need to step up and do their jobs to secure the border—something they continue failing to do," Renae Eze, a spokesperson for Abbott, said in a statement.
Abbott has been periodically busing migrants from Texas for months in protest of "reckless" federal border policies, he has said, and to provide "relief" to border communities.
#US
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2022-12-27 15:57:00+00:00
🇪🇨 Ecuadorian Police seize 2.3 tons of drugs destined for France
Ecuador's National Police have seized 2.3 tons of drugs in the 'Christmas' operation at the Port of Guayaquil, in the west of the country, after finding 2,345 packages of cocaine hydrochloride in a container destined for France.
The packages were hidden in a calcium silicate tank and were found thanks to the help of a drug dog. The drug was hidden in 102 packages containing bricks, the Ecuadorian police said in a statement, detailing that this was one of the largest shipments they have captured during 2022.
#Ecuador
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2022-12-27 15:14:35+00:00
🇵🇪 Peruvian generals arrested in corruption scandal involving Castillo
Six Peruvian generals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a corruption ring involving former President Pedro Castillo Terrones, the country's Attorney General's Office announced.
The military officers are believed to have paid bribes in exchange for their promotion with Castillo's knowledge and authorization.
After 26 raids carried out in different cities of the country, authorities are still looking for other high-ranking former or present police officers.
The defendants are believed to have paid between US$ 20,000 to US$ 30,000 for their promotion to general during the first year of Castillo's government.
#Peru
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2022-12-28 22:42:00+00:00
🇺🇾 Uruguay: Senate agreed to social security reform
Uruguay's Senate issued a broad approval to the social security reform bill.
”We are heading towards a basic and equal common system for all Uruguayans and then, yes, with the freedom for (...) different areas to build subsystems, but -above that- basic, common and equal for all,“ argued Nationalist Senator Sergio Botana, who authored the bill.
”This is the destiny of this reform and it is the destiny that our country has in terms of social security, and the Uruguayan way,“ he added.
The lawmaker also admitted some adjustments needed to be made regarding the so-called ”Notary funds,“ which may be introduced by the Lower House.
Meanwhile, Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado said that the project gave ”sustainability, especially to future generations“ in a ”very gradual, very Uruguayan [way], very long term.“
#Uruguay
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2022-12-28 21:13:59+00:00
🇧🇷 Brazilian comedians forced to flee the country due to political persecution denounce Moraes
The comedians Paulo Victor Souza and Bismark Fugazza, and the journalist Oswaldo Eustáquio denounced Minister Alexandre de Moraes, president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
They accuse the magistrate of violating "the rights of freedom of expression" in the country, with "several temporary arrests illegally decreed".
#Brazil
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2022-12-28 20:54:00+00:00
🇺🇸 Half of Americans think U.S. global influence is waning
According to a Pew Research poll, 47% of respondents said the country's influence on the world stage is waning, while 19% said it is growing and the rest believe it is unchanged.
The new poll did not ask about the performance of the Biden administration per se, but it did show that many Americans are unhappy with their country on the international stage.
Fifty-eight percent of Americans who do not support the current president or his party believe the nation's influence is waning, compared to 37 percent of Democrats who support Biden.
#US
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2022-12-28 20:28:00+00:00
🇭🇳 Honduran cartel matriarch pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking conspiracy
Herlinda Ramos-Bobadilla, also known as Herlinda Bobadilla or Chinda, was the puppet master behind Honduras’ Montes-Bobadilla (or “Los Montes”) drug-trafficking ring between 2006 and 2015.
Ramos-Bobadilla also arranged acts of violence – including murders – and was included in the US Department of State’s “most wanted” list of international criminals.
Last week, Jessica D. Aber, US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Washington Division, announced that Ramos-Bobadilla had pleaded guilty to the above charge.
She is scheduled to be sentenced on March 28, 2023 and faces a mandatory minimum 10-year sentence and a maximum penalty of life in prison.
#Honduras
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2022-12-28 11:18:59+00:00
🇧🇷 Brasilia's entire police force to deploy for Lula inauguration ceremony amid fears of violence
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inauguration will be secured by “100 percent” of the capital district’s police force, an official said amid widespread fears of violence.
Over the weekend, a man was arrested after allegedly placing explosives in a fuel truck near Brasilia’s airport, hoping to sow “chaos” ahead of the inauguration Sunday. The suspect was a supporter of Brazil’s outgoing far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, and told authorities he wanted to “prevent the establishment of communism in Brazil” under leftist Lula.
On Sunday “there will be a mobilization of 100 percent of the police forces of the Federal District (of Brasilia) to ensure the safety not only of the president, but also of foreign delegations and the public,” Lula’s future security minister Flavio Dino told reporters.
Lula backers have expressed fear on social media of riots or attacks on inauguration day, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to attend events in Brasilia.
#Brazil
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2022-12-28 10:28:59+00:00
🇺🇸 US Supreme Court appeals to 1944 law to expel asylum seekers at border
The United States Supreme Court ruled that a pandemic-era health measure used to limit immigration will stay in place indefinitely. The restriction, known as Title 42, has been used by officials to expel asylum seekers. In all, it has been deployed some 2.5 million times and turned away many more at the border.
Immigration advocates and the Biden administration moved to repeal the law, but 19 Republican-leaning states along the border pushed back with their own lawsuit to keep it in place.
“The court is not going to decide until June, apparently, and in meantime we have to enforce it. But I think it's overdue,” Biden told reporters at the White House.
#US
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2022-12-30 04:27:59+00:00
🇺🇸 U.S. National Guard building a wall made of cargo containers to block the border along Rio Grande
U.S. National Guard is doing the federal government’s work in Texas constructing a makeshift border wall made of truck containers and razor wire.
#US #Texas
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2022-12-30 20:46:59+00:00
🇺🇸 Human smuggling operations busted by Texas National Guard in El Paso
The Texas National Guard in El Paso is amping up its crackdown on human smuggling operations at the US-Mexico border. The operations were targeting one route in particular just north of the border wall which was considered to be safe for smugglers to conduct their business. The owner of two abandoned duplexes near Loop 375 South known as the “Border Highway” approached sources and said that his life has been threatened by the cartel since government troops had been conducting raids at the properties, which has led to the arrest of many illegal migrants.
Joaquin Villegas, the owner of the decrepit duplex buildings said he has been receiving calls from “Coyotes” or human smugglers, on private numbers. They told Villegas to find a way to get the police off his back or expect some rather unsavory consequences. Illegal migrants who have crossed the border have been using his buildings as a waystation to await the next team of smugglers to pick them up and transport them to the next location.
Meanwhile, California has begun to experience an influx of migrant influx near the border as San Diego County is now being flooded with asylum-seekers. The county’s migrant supervisor Jim Desmond said the system is already strained. He wrote on Twitter and said the county was awaiting 235 more migrants to be dropped off at transit stations. Desmond added that the addition of this new batch brings a total of 1,071 people who have been dropped off in the past four days.
#US #Texas
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2022-12-30 19:23:00+00:00
🇧🇷 Pelé gets cosmic tribute from NASA
The space agency tweeted its own tribute for "the legendary Pelé", sharing a mesmerizing photo of a spiral galaxy that depicts the colors of Brazil – green, yellow and blue. The image, captured by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite, shows the galaxy NGC 300 which lies in the constellation Sculptor.
NGC 300, according to NASA, is about 7 million light-years away and is known for its "vigorous star formation." This particular image was captured in 2005. The blue dots in the outer arms of the galaxy's spirals are the young stars, while older stars are congregated towards the center in yellow and green colors. The small bursts of pink indicate gases being heated by "hot young stars and shocks due to winds from massive stars and supernova explosions," NASA said.
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2022-12-31 15:50:58+00:00
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2022-12-31 13:31:26+00:00
🇧🇷 Bolsonaro condemns 'terrorist act' in Brasilia in last address as Brazil's president
Brazil's outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro condemned the recent attempted "terror attack" in his last public address.
On Dec. 24. a Bolsonaro supporter was arrested after placing an explosive device to create "chaos" close to the airport in Brasilia that authorities said failed to explode. During his speech in a live broadcast, the far-right leader insisted that "nothing justifies an attempted terrorist act" in Brasilia.
Bolsonaro also hit out at the political violence and thanked "God" the suspect was caught, but claimed it would have been attributed to his supporters.
During his speech, he underscored the importance of liberty of expression in democracy.
#Brazil
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2022-12-31 11:01:58+00:00
🇻🇪🇮🇷 Venezuela, Iran can develop cooperatoon in 7 scientific fields
Iran and Venezuela can promote cooperation in 7 scientific fields, the director-general of the international business development office said. Venezuela enjoys oil and mineral revenues, and its trade relations with Iran can be done through bartering, he said.
Iran and Venezuela can develop their cooperation in the fields of vaccines, agricultural products, environmental products, medical equipment such as linear accelerators for cancer treatment, dialysis machines, information technology, and telecommunications sectors, he said.
#Venezuela #Iran
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2022-12-31 08:23:58+00:00
🇺🇸 Trump floats third-party threat if GOP won't back him
Donald Trump has floated the idea of running a third-party campaign if Republican leaders don’t get behind his run for the presidency.
#US
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2022-12-31 07:58:58+00:00
🇻🇪 Venezuelan opposition dissolves Guaido-led interim government
The Venezuelan opposition voted to dissolve the interim government led by Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president in 2019.
Gathering at an online meeting, the opposition-controlled National Assembly, a body established in 2015 but has since been mostly symbolic, announced that the government was temporarily dissolved by the majority decision despite the opposition from Guaido and some former opposition lawmakers.
In the National Assembly, 72 voted in favor and 29 against to dissolve the interim government. Eight opposition parties abstained from voting, arguing that the proposal was unconstitutional.
Juan Miguel Matheus, a former lawmaker of the Justice First party, said a new political strategy is needed to defeat the government of President Nicolas Maduro in the upcoming presidential election slated for 2024.
#Venezuela