[ad_1] BBC Verify has been investigating the US Coast Guard’s “active pursuit” of a ship – believed to be the Bella 1 – in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. The oil tanker issued distress signals while moving northeast from the Caribbean into the Atlantic. US authorities have already…

[ad_1] Ciénaga, Colombia — On December 6, during a speech to commemorate the 1928 “Banana Massacre,” President Gustavo Petro recognized Colombian state complicity in the massacre, which has become a milestone of the labor rights movement in the country.  “The president at the time [Miguel Abadía Méndez] ordered General [Carlos]…

[ad_1] Vanessa Buschschlüterand Seher Asaf Watch: Moment US intercepts a second oil tanker off Venezuela The US Coast Guard is still pursuing a vessel in international waters near Venezuela as tensions in the region escalate, President Donald Trump has confirmed. “We’re actually pursuing” the tanker, Trump said on Monday. “It…

[ad_1] Environmental lawyer and human rights defender Alejandro Henríquez, along with Pastor José Ángel Pérez, a leader of a rural farming community, were released after spending seven months in prison for taking part in a peaceful protest in El Salvador. The demonstration called on president Nayib Bukele to halt the…

[ad_1] At least five people have been killed after a Mexican Navy plane crashed in foggy conditions near Galveston, Texas on Monday while transporting a child burns victim. According to flight tracking website Flight Radar, the plane was last recorded at 15:01 local time (21:01 GMT) over Galveston Bay, near…

[ad_1] Mexico City, Mexico — Coatlicue is no longer just a mythological name from Aztec culture; it’s now also the name of what could be the most powerful supercomputer in Latin America and one of the Mexican government’s most ambitious technological ventures in decades. In November, Mexico announced plans to…

[ad_1] Donald Trump has said the US will keep or sell the crude oil contained on tankers it has seized off the coast of Venezuela, as well as the vessels themselves. The US president’s comments came as Washington continues to pressure the South American country’s leader Nicolás Maduro to stand…

[ad_1] Santiago, Chile – President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered U.S. naval ships in the Caribbean to block the entry and exit of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers. Eighteen tankers are now being monitored, and he is considering seizing them, according to U.S. reports.  On Thursday, the New York Times reported…