The State Department announced a $10 million reward on Oct. 22 for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a Colombian national that the United States accused of partaking in a bribery scheme. Colombian national Alvaro Pulido Vargas and four others were charged on Oct. 21 by the Department of Justice. They were accused of…
State Department Posts $10 Million Reward for Colombian National Over Alleged Bribery Scheme
Tropical Storm Rick Strengthens Off Mexico’s Pacific Coast
MEXICO CITY—Tropical Storm Rick formed Friday off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and is forecast to hit that coast at hurricane strength early next week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Rick was located about 305 miles (490 kilometers) south of the resort of Zihuatanejo, which is west of Acapaulco. The storm had winds of 45…
Haiti Gang Leader Threatens Killing 17 US and Canadian Captives
A man who identified himself as the leader of a notorious Haitian gang threatened police on Thursday that he will kill 17 abducted missionaries—mostly Americans—if he doesn’t receive a $1 million ransom per hostage. “I swear by thunder that if I don’t get what I’m asking for, I will put a bullet in the heads…
Colombians Blame CCP Virus Lockdowns for Surge in Crime and Poverty
Residents in Bogotá, Colombia, have expressed fear and anger over a rise in violent crime that followed on the heels of pandemic restrictions, which caused inflated poverty and unemployment rates beginning in March 2020. “It doesn’t feel safe anymore,” Camila Garcia, 23, told The Epoch Times. “My family lives in Rosales [in Bogotá]. It was…
US Justice Department Charges Five Individuals For Alleged Venezuela Bribery Scheme
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday that it was charging three Colombians and two Venezuelans for money laundering in connection with a Venezuela bribery scheme. The individuals allegedly laundered the proceeds of inflated contracts through a Venezuelan state-owned food and medicine distribution program called CLAP. In order to operate through CLAP, DOJ said the individuals bribed…
100s More Archaeological Sites Found on Mexico Train Route
MEXICO CITY—Mexican experts said Thursday they have detected the ruins of almost 2,500 pre-Hispanic structures and 80 burial sites on just one-sixth of the route of the president’s controversial “Maya Train” project on the Yucatan peninsula. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History did not say whether any of the remains were disturbed or destroyed…
Manufacturing a Campus Rape Crisis
October 21, 2021
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Commentary U.S. President Joe Biden is working hard to secure his legacy as the founder of America’s campus kangaroo courts, firmly tilted towards believe-women justice. Back in 2011, he was the prime mover in the Obama administration’s use of Title IX anti-discrimination rules to force colleges to set up tribunals to adjudicate sexual misconduct. The…
Brazil Nixes Welfare Expansion Announcement Amid Currency Sell-Off
BRASILIA—Brazil’s government canceled an announcement for a generous new welfare program on Thursday, after a central bank currency intervention failed to calm market concerns about looser government spending ahead of next year’s election. President Jair Bolsonaro, who has seen his poll numbers fall over his mishandling of the pandemic, a weak economy, and rising inflation,…
Brazil Superior Court Rejects Brumadinho Indictments on Procedural Grounds
BRASILIA—Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice threw out on procedural grounds an indictment of 16 people in relation to the collapse of the Brumadinho dam owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA, a disaster that killed 270 people in 2019. A chamber of the court known as the STJ ruled on Tuesday that the charges filed by…
US Captives in Haiti Were Helping Rebuild Quake-Damaged Homes
The work of U.S. and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti over the weekend included helping rebuild homes following an August earthquake on the island, according to their Ohio-based organization that has aid projects all over the world. Christian Aid Ministries (CAM) said in a statement Tuesday that the 17 captives—among them, five children, one just…
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