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☆ Venezuelans stranded in Panama by U.S. policy change return home
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The policy change shut the door on Venezuelan asylum seekers, many of whom previously were being paroled into the United States. We began to call relatives in the United States, in Chile and they us yes, it was true. We all lost the little that we had.”Some 900 Venezuelans have returned on charter flights from Panama since the U.S. policy change, according to Panama’s National Immigration Service. The U.S. policy change was driven by a surge in Venezuelans arriving at the U.S. border that put them second only to Mexicans this year. The program, which requires pre-registration online and that applicants have a sponsor in the United States, is similar to one set up for Ukrainians earlier this year.

☆ Biden targets Nicaragua’s gold in new move against President Daniel Ortega
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Previous rounds of sanctions have focused on Ortega, his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, and members of their family and inner circle. Together with the Treasury Department’s simultaneous sanctioning of Nicaragua’s General Directorate of Mines, the order all but makes it illegal for Americans to do business with Nicaragua’s gold industry. The Biden administration’s targeting of the gold industry could sap Ortega’s government of one of its biggest sources of revenue. According to Nicaragua’s Central Bank, the country exported a record 348,532 ounces of gold in 2021 and the country’s mining association projects exports totaling 500,000 ounces in 2023. Nicaraguans began fleeing their country in 2018, initially to neighboring Costa Rica, after Ortega violently put down massive street protests.

☆ Florida's Hispanic voters back DeSantis over Crist, support Martha's Vineyard migrant flights
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Marc Caputo | Noah Pransky | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Florida’s Hispanic voters back Gov. “There are lots of Hispanic voters in this state who really like the governor’s style, this strongman who won’t back down. And Crist has no mojo,” said Coker, who conducted the bilingual survey of 625 likely Hispanic voters from Oct. 17-22. And other Hispanic voters from throughout Latin America also side with Crist over DeSantis by a narrower percentage, 53% to 43%. Both DeSantis and Crist receive strong support from voters registered with their respective parties, but DeSantis has slightly more intense intraparty support than Crist, and the governor is leading among independent Hispanic voters by a 22-point margin.

☆ Cuba shouldn't be on sponsor of terrorism list, former U.S. officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Ed Augustin | Ed Augustin Is A British Journalist Based In Havana Who Has Written For The New York Times | The Guardian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

HAVANA — Along with Iran, Syria and North Korea, Cuba is listed as a “state sponsor of terrorism” by the U.S. Department of State. Cuba has called the sponsor of terrorism designation "illegitimate and immoral," arguing that it deprives it of financing and credit sources. “‘Cuba is not a state sponsor of terrorism’ was a mantra from the moment I walked into the State Department to the moment I walked out,” he said. Throughout the 1980s, Cuba shared intelligence with, trained and apparently supplied weapons to revolutionary movements fighting military dictatorships in Central America. Cuba will once again be a “guarantor state.”The Biden administration has provided no evidence that Cuba sponsors terrorism.

☆ Madagascar minister fired for voting against Russia's Ukraine annexation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Foreign Minister of Madagascar Richard Randriamandrato signs a book of condolence at Lancaster House in London, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Jonathan Hordle/Pool via REUTERSANTANANARIVO, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Madagascar's president has fired his foreign affairs minister for voting at the United Nations to condemn Russian-organised referendums to annex four partially-occupied regions in Ukraine, two sources at the president's office said. read moreOf the 193-member General Assembly, 143 countries voted in support of a resolution that also reaffirmed the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. Russia's invasion of Ukraine this year has put many African countries in an awkward diplomatic position. Until last week, Madagascar always abstained during the various votes on resolutions related to the crisis in Ukraine.

☆ In Nicaragua, families of jailed opposition leaders fear for their relatives' lives
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

MEXICO CITY — Families of four well-known opposition figures jailed in Nicaragua fear for their relatives’ lives because of bad conditions at the infamous El Chipote prison. Among the prisoners is former Sandinista rebel commander Dora María Téllez, 65. “We fear that they may die inside that torture center,” the relatives of Téllez and three other inmates said in a statement Monday. They said prison authorities have threatened not to give the inmates bottles of drinking water that relatives supply themselves. Hugo Torres, a former Sandinista guerrilla leader who once led a raid that helped free then rebel Ortega from prison, died while awaiting trial.

WHAT HAPPENS NOW TO VENEZUELANS IN TRANSIT TO THE UNITED STATES? Those in transit may attempt to reach the United States despite the near certainty that they will be sent back to Mexico. It is unclear where Venezuelans waiting in Mexico will stay, as Mexico's migrant shelter system is often overwhelmed. Then in 2014, Venezuela's economy buckled as global oil prices tumbled, and living conditions further deteriorated as stringent price controls created widespread shortages. Remittances to Venezuelans from relatives in the United States or elsewhere help but are insufficient for most.

☆ Some of Russia's closest allies abstained at the UN rather than support its claim to have annexed parts of Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

UN members voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to condemn Russia's annexation of Ukrainian regions. 143 nations voted in support, agreeing to condemn Russia's annexation, while 35 abstained. Experts say Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed them further from Russia. Russia tried to make Wednesday's vote a secret ballot, which would have obscured which nations voted with Russia. It did so after conducting referendums in the four regions — Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia — which Ukraine and Western nations dismissed as a sham.

☆ 143 countries voted to condemn Russia's illegal Ukraine annexations in key UN vote. Here are the 5 that didn't.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to condemn Russia's annexations in Ukraine. Of the 193-member body, 143 countries supported Ukraine, while 35 abstained from the vote. The vote was sparked by Russia's recent annexation of partially-occupied territories in Ukraine, including the Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions. The 193-member body issued its most staunch support for Ukraine yet during Wednesday's vote, which saw 143 nations condemn Russia's actions and 35 countries abstain from voting. Only five countries voted against the resolution, one of which was Russia itself.

☆ Russia will run out of arms before Ukraine does because it has isolated itself so much, UK defence secretary says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The UK said on Thursday that Russia will run out of weapons before the West does in Ukraine. Defence Minister Ben Wallace said Russia is isolated and its supply chain broken. "They need a supply chain, and large parts of their supply chain were not in Russia, they came from all over the world including in Europe and including, indeed, even in Ukraine," he said. An assessment in September by the Center for Strategic and International Studies listed the stockpile status of five key weapons — including the famed HIMARS — as "limited." Russia has turned to to such pariah states for weapons supplies, with US intelligence claiming that North Korea had supplied it weapons.

☆ Julia kills 14 in Central America as it churns toward Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Nelson Renteria | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Residents clean a mudslide in a road while Tropical Storm Julia hits with wind and rain, in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Jose CabezasSAN SALVADOR, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The death toll from Tropical storm Julia rose to at least 14 on Monday, officials said, with victims confirmed in El Salvador and Honduras, as the weakening storm dumped heavy rainfall on a swath of Central America and southern Mexico. Authorities in both El Salvador and Guatemala also canceled classes on Monday. In Nicaragua, Julia left a million people without power and heavy rains and floods forced the evacuations of more than 13,000 families. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Nelson Renteria in San Salvador; Additional reporting by Gustavo Palencia in Tegucigalpa and Brendan O'Boyle in Mexico City; Editing by Richard ChangOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Nicaragua asks EU ambassador to leave the country - diplomatic sources
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Nicaragua has asked the European Union's ambassador to leave the country, three diplomatic sources told Reuters on Wednesday, after officials deemed the representative "persona non grata." European Union Ambassador Bettina Muscheidt was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, where she was declared "non grata" and notified that she should leave the country, one of the diplomatic sources said. Muscheidt is no longer welcome in Nicaragua, according to one of the diplomatic sources who requested anonymity to discuss the decision. Hugo Rodriguez, a nominee to serve as U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua, was denied his post by the government in June. In February, the Vatican's ambassador to Managua, Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, was declared persona non grata and ordered to leave.

☆ Venezuela rejects U.N. report detailing rights abuses, torture allegations
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Hector Constant Rosales, Venezuela’s ambassador in Geneva, rejected the report released last week by the experts working for the U.N.’s Human Rights Council as a “pseudo report” that masked “obscure interests” opposed to the South American country. The government had not previously responded to the report — the third in a series from the council’s fact-finding mission on Venezuela. It also said Maduro had ordered torture in some cases, but provided no details of specific instances. The main targets included opposition leaders, students, journalists and people working for nongovernmental organizations, it said. Maduro’s government has not allowed the U.N.-backed experts to enter Venezuela or responded to over 20 letters they sent to authorities.

☆ Border chief says GOP governors are worsening crisis by 'lying' to migrants
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Julia-Ainsley-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Julia Ainsley | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also criticized Republican governors for sending migrants to other cities in an interview with José Díaz-Balart on MSNBC. Migrants line up after having arrived by bus in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday. Magnus said that despite the releases and the busing of migrants to Northern cities, the Border Patrol is managing the influx. El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said the city’s shelters are full, which is why he, like Republican governors, has begun busing migrants out of the city. Unlike Republican governors, Leeser is notifying cities that will be receiving migrants from El Paso.

☆ Migrants From Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua Drive Border Arrests
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Michelle Hackman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—Migrants from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are driving the continued record pace of illegal migration at the southern border, with more than three times as many migrants from those countries arrested so far this year as at the same point in 2021, government data show. Border Patrol agents made about 181,000 arrests of migrants crossing the southern border illegally in August, putting the total this year just shy of two million with a month still to go in the government’s 2022 fiscal year. Migrants who want to ask for asylum at the border must be arrested by a Border Patrol agent to start the process. Separately, Customs and Border Protection, which includes the Border Patrol, took 22,473 people into custody at legal border crossings. Combined, CBP has recorded nearly 2.2 million encounters along the southwest border since October.

☆ Venezuelan migrants — like those dropped in Martha's Vineyard by Ron DeSantis — are fleeing a government that has engaged in 'crimes against humanity,' UN says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Venezuelan government is responsible for "crimes against humanity," per a United Nations report. "[G]rave crimes and human rights violations are being committed," the UN's Marta Valiñas said. Sign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox. Ron DeSantis — are fleeing a government that has engaged in "crimes against humanity," including the use of torture and sexual violence to repress dissent, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday. "In doing so, grave crimes and human rights violations are being committed, including acts of torture and sexual violence."

☆ 'Failing communist regimes' in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua account for new wave of migration, US says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Failing communist regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba are driving a new wave of migration," a US official said. In total, just under 158,000 people had encounters with southwest border officials in August. "Failing communist regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba are driving a new wave of migration across the Western Hemisphere, including the recent increase in encounters at the southwest US border," CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said in a statement. More than 55,000 people from the three, ostensibly socialist regimes were encountered at the southwest border in August, per CBP. The fact that nearly half of all migrants encountered were from Nicaragua and South America, he said, represented a "staggering change."

☆ Analysis: In Latin America, democracies shaken ahead of key elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( David Alire Garcia | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Latin America's political arena has intensified with fallout from the pandemic, war in Ukraine, spiraling inflation plus fears of global recession. Those hardships have all hit voters' wallets in one of the world's most unequal regions, driving deeper political wedges ahead of key elections and in some countries threatening democracy itself. In long-dysfunctional Peru, leftist President Pedro Castillo, who took office just over a year ago, is battling a corruption probe amid plummeting approval ratings. read moreYet Bukele remains very popular, with an approval rating of 85% according to an August CID Gallup poll. "El Salvador is a dictatorship, a populist, beloved dictatorship, but it's a dictatorship," said Guatemalan-American novelist Francisco Goldman.

☆ Migrants who landed on Martha’s Vineyard were tricked by misleading brochure, lawyers say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

When roughly 50 migrants were flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, under a new program by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to highlight illegal immigration, they were given a brochure about housing, cash assistance and jobs for refugees. DeSantis said he chose the tony and exclusive island of Martha’s Vineyard for Wednesday's trip because it calls itself a sanctuary destination. Many seek and are granted asylum in the U.S., and most of the migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard were asylum-seekers or plan to be, according to Lawyers for Civil Rights. And then, when they landed on the ground in Martha’s Vineyard, those people were nowhere to be found,” Sellstrom said.

☆ Former DHS secretary says Biden administration is being 'unfairly' viewed as 'lax' on border issues: 'We are sending back over 100,000 people a month'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

GOP governors have been sending migrants to eastern cities in protest of Biden's immigration policies. The lawmakers say Biden's administration isn't doing enough at the border. Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said it's unfair to say the Biden administration is "lax" on immigration. Johnson added that border security is a lot tougher since he served as DHS Secretary eight years ago. His remarks come as several GOP governors began sending migrants to northern US cities.

☆ Un tadjic și un moldovean - urmele bulgărești ale lui Chepiga și Mishkin în războiul Rusiei împotriva Ucrainei
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-22 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +6 min

Nu oricine este în stare, prefăcându-se într-un tadjic și un moldovean, și devenind pentru câteva zile lunetist, să arunce în aer 50 de tone de muniții. Șapte ani mai târziu, când acest lucru a ieșit la iveală, Europa a aflat mai multe lucruri despre cum a început războiul hibrid al Rusiei împotriva Ucrainei. Au explodat depozitele companiei private Imex Group, care a fost angajată oficial să transporte mărfuri militare, în special muniții. După ce a început să se apere de Rusia după ocuparea Crimeei, Ucraina a început să caute urgent armament. Acest lucru este confirmat de Boiko Noev, care de două ori a fost Ministru al Apărării al Bulgariei (1994-1995 și 1999-2001) și a condus misiunea bulgară în NATO în 1996-1999.

Persons: Petrov, Boșirov, Emilian Ghebrev, bulgarul, Zeman, Boiko Borisov, Gebrev, Grozev, Boshirov Organizations: ceh, Imex Group, GRU, Bulgariei, NATO Locations: Salisbury, Europa, Rusiei, Ucrainei, Cehia, Vrbetice, Moravia de Est, Sofia, Rusia, Crimeei, Ucraina, Eritreea, Pakistan, Nicaragua, Georgia, expirată, Moscova, Mishkin, Crimeea, Republicii Cehe, Britanii, Bulgaria, Bulgariei, Orientul Mijlociu, Sopot, american, Republica Cehă

☆ Vaccin de la torționar? Studii de caz
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-25 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +4 min

Cum ar trebui să reacționăm la o astfel de situație, de exemplu: vecinul nostru are o casă plină de copii anemici și o grădină de zmeură. Copiii nu primesc zmeură, pentru că vecinul o vinde pe toată. Doar că din banii de pe zmeură vecinul își cumpără un tanc nou, chiar dacă are deja mai multe tancuri. Și o să mâncați zmeură. Prețul oricărei tranzacții are și o componentă etică.

Persons: Varlamov Locations: Moldova, Federația Rusă, Rusia, Confidencial, Nicaragua, Federației Ruse, America Latină, abuzatori

☆ Tracking Coronavirus Vaccinations Around the World
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-29 | by ( Josh Holder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

69.7% of the global population Received at least one dose Received additional dose Fully vaccinated Partially vaccinatedMore than 5.35 billion people worldwide have received a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, equal to about 69.7 percent of the world population. of population Doses administered Vaccinated Fully vaccinated Additional dose Per 100 people Total Additional doses World 70% 64% 31% 164 12,588,986,878 2,407,736,567 Samoa >99% >99% 38% 255 503,069 74,882 Brunei >99% * >99% * 76% 291 * 1,259,753 * 328,836 * U.A.E. · Source: Vaccinations data from local governments via Our World in Data. The data is compiled from government sources by the Our World in Data project at the University of Oxford. Circles are sized by country population.

Cetățenii Moldovei pot călători fără vize, cu viza la intrare sau viză electronică în 120 de țări. Totuși în contextul pandemiei, multe țări care permit ca cetățenii Republicii Moldova să intre fără viză, au limitat accesul cetățenilor noștri. Guinea (eVisa, 90 de zile)#9. Guinea-Bissau (eVisa, 90 de zile)#10. Zambia (eVisa, 90 de zile)#37.

Persons: St . Kitts, St . Vincent, Djbouti, Sierra Leone Organizations: Armenia, Columbia, Sierra Locations: Moldova, Republicii Moldova, Albania, Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, Belarus, Bosnia, Herțegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, Croația, Dominica, Ecuador, Gambia, Haiti, Namibia, Macedonia de Nord, Panama, Peru, Serbia, Slovacia, Slovenia, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, Turcia, Ucraina, Uzbekistan, Bahamas, Bolivia, Comore, Cuba, Etiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Bissau, Iran, Jamaica, Kenya, Liban, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldive, Mauritania, Mozambic, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Palau, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudanul de Sud, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Fildeș

☆ Argentina legalizează avortul printr-un vot istoric în Parlament
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-30 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Din momentul promulgării, în Argentina avortul va fi legal până în săptămâna a 14-a. În prezent, în Argentina, este permis avortul numai atunci când o sarcină rezultă din viol sau pune în pericol viața sau sănătatea femeii. În toată America Latină și regiunea Caraibelor, numai Cuba, Uruguay, Guyana Franceză și Guyana permit avorturile la alegere. Columbia, Costa Rica, Guatemala și Panama permit avortul numai dacă are ca scop păstrarea sănătății femeii sau pentru a-i salva viața. Papa a comparat întreruperea voluntară a sarcinii cu recurgerea la un "asasin plătit": "Întreruperea sarcinii este ca eliminarea cuiva.

Persons: Fernández, El, Francisc, argentinian, Papa Organizations: CNN, Columbia Locations: Argentina, America Latină, Caraibelor, Cuba, Uruguay, Guyana Franceză, Guyana, Mexico City, mexican Oaxaca, Mexicului, El Salvador, Republica Dominicană, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Surinam, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama

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