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Tag: South America
Senate Democrats Challenge Trump’s Venezuela Boat Strikes
Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff and Tim Kaine have introduced a joint resolution under the War Powers Act to block the U.S. military from engaging in hostilities with certain nonstate actors ...
Outlawry in the Caribbean
On Sept. 2, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the sinking of an outboard motor-powered, open boat somewhere in the Caribbean, killing 11 people. The Trump administration claims that the boat ...
Venezuela buzzed an American destroyer with US-made F-16s amid a Caribbean standoff
Two Venezuelan F-16s flew near a US Navy destroyer on Thursday.FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty ImagesTwo Venezuelan F-16 fighter aircraft buzzed a US Navy destroyer in international waters on Thursday. The ...
The U.S. Is Inching Toward Regime Change in Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump was reelected as a self-declared pro-peace candidate. But his administration is now setting up the dominoes for what could be a ruinous and unnecessary war: a ...
Oregon father dies on flight home from birthday trip in South America after he ‘suddenly stopped breathing’
A 39-year-old Oregon father suffered a fatal heart attack as he sat next to his wife during a flight home from a birthday trip in South America — and his family ...
China’s Yuan Ambitions Are an Uphill Struggle
Earlier this month, China pledged $9.2 billion of credit to Latin American leaders gathered in Beijing. But there’s a twist: It wants to lend all this money in Chinese yuan, ...
Uruguay’s José Mujica Aimed to Change the World
José Mujica woke up on Feb. 15, 2005, prepared to make history. That afternoon, the Uruguayan former leftist guerrilla was due to be sworn in as a senator, and because ...
GOP Rep. Luna: We Have to Talk ‘in Helping South American Countries Stabilize’ to Get to ‘Root’ of Illegal Immigration
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) stated that to get to the “root” of the issue of illegal immigration, “we need to start talks in ...
Trump’s First 100 Days on the Global Stage
Next week marks 100 days since U.S. President Donald Trump took office for a second term. In the last three months, Trump and his team have taken steps that have ...
