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Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva participates in an academic event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 16, 2019. | Photo: EFE

'Leave Venezuela Alone': Brazil's Lula Tells Trump in Interview

In an interview aired Tuesday from the Federal Prison in Curitiba, Brazil, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva commented on the behaviour of right-wing governments and recommended to the United States President Donald Trump that he takes care of his own country and leave Venezuela in peace.

May 22, 2019
Published in Latin America

Amal Clooney speaks during a Security Council meeting on sexual violence at United Nations headquarters last week while Nadia Murad Basee Taha, right, listens. (AP/Seth Wenig)

U.S. obstructs UN resolution on rape. Why? A long history of religious nationalism

Last week, the U.S. used the threat of its veto power and generalized clout to weaken a United Nations Security Council resolution against rape in war zones. The watered-down version, which passed on April 23, excludes all references to sexual and reproductive health.

May 2, 2019
Published in Lifestyle

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is seen in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in 2018. (Bas Czerwinski/AP)

By not investigating the U.S. for war crimes, the International Criminal Court shows colonialism still thrives in international law

On April 5, the United States revoked the visa of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, for her attempts to open an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by the U.S. in Afghanistan. A week later, judges at the ICC rejected Bensouda’s request to open a probe into U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.

April 20, 2019
Published in Justice

Mueller report: How Congress can and will follow up on an incomplete and redacted document

The release on April 18 of a redacted version of the Mueller report came after two years of allegations, speculation and insinuation – but not a lot of official information about what really happened between the Trump campaign and Russia.

April 20, 2019
Published in World News

A view of the U.S. and Cuban flags prior to the signing of agreements between the Port of Cleveland and the Cuban Maritime authorities in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 6, 2017. | Photo: Reuters

CUBA | US Marks Bay of Pigs Anniversary by Imposing New Sanctions Against Cuba

WASHINGTON DC, April 17, 2019 - The Trump administration today marked the US defeat at The Bay of Pigs, by imposing fresh sanctions against Cuba with the re-imposition of limits on the amount of money Cuban Americans can send to relatives on the island and ordering new restrictions on U.S. citizen, non-family travel to Cuba.

April 17, 2019
Published in Latin America

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media during the NATO Foreign Minister's Meeting at the State Department in Washington, U.S., April 4, 2019. | Photo: Reuters

Mike Pompeo Plans Anti-Venezuela Tour in Latin America

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Colombia, from April 11 to 15, to promote President Donald Trump's interventionist agenda against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, the U.S. State Department announced Tuesday.

April 9, 2019
Published in World News

President Donald Trump, right, meets with Caribbean leaders at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach on Friday. From left, Saint Lucia's Allen Michael Chastanet, Haiti's Jovenel Moise, Dominican Republic's Danilo Medina, Jamaica's Andrew Holness; and Bahama's Hubert Minnis. (Carolyn Kaster / AP)

More Venezuela Sanctions as Trump Meets Carib leaders at Mar-a-Lago

PALM BEACH, Florida, March 22, 2019 - Against the background of his meeting with leaders from the five Caribbean countries that generally support the U.S. call for an end to Maduro's rule in Venezuela, US President Donald Trump today slapped additional sanctions against the South American nation, in response to the kidnapping of a top aide to Juan Guaido who the U.S wants to see replace the embattled President Nicolas Maduro.

March 22, 2019
Published in Caribbean

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amour Mottley

CARICOM | Rowley Flays Trump Snub - Mottley wants zone of Peace

PORT-OF-SPAIN- Trinidad, March 22, 2019 - The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley is not perturbed by what is said to be a snub by the US President Trump in excluding TT from his meeting on Friday with five Caribbean leaders.

March 22, 2019
Published in CARICOM

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