BUENOS AIRES—Argentine President Alberto Fernandez has tested positive for the new coronavirus and is in good spirits despite a light fever, the first-term Peronist leader said on Saturday. “I am in good physical condition,” the president, who turned 62 on Friday, said in a tweet. He had received Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus…
Argentine Leader Alberto Fernandez Says He Tests Positive for the Coronavirus
US Sen. Rick Scott Calls on Australian PM to Support Relocating Winter Olympics
April 2, 2021
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U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has written to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison encouraging him to join the senator’s push for the Winter Olympic Games to be relocated away from China over its human rights violations. The U.S. senator says he has also written to U.S. President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and…
Honduran President’s Brother Sentenced to Life in Prison in US for Drug Trafficking
NEW YORK—Tony Hernandez, a former Honduran congressman and brother of the sitting president, was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years for drug trafficking by a U.S. judge on Tuesday. Hernandez, 42, was convicted on the drug charges and related weapons charges in October 2019. Hernandez will also be forced to pay $138.5 million…
3 Brazilian Military Chiefs Quit Following Bolsonaro’s Replacement of Defense Minister
The leaders of all three branches of Brazil’s armed forces jointly resigned Tuesday following President Jair Bolsonaro’s replacement of the defense minister. The Defense Ministry reported the resignations—apparently unprecedented since at least the end of military rule 36 years ago—in a statement released without giving reasons. Replacements were not named. The announcement came after the…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Shuffles Cabinet
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro made six Cabinet changes on Monday in the biggest ministerial reshuffle since he took office. Three ministers left the government, including Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, a China hawk whose departure followed mounting criticism from lawmakers of his failure to guarantee additional COVID-19 vaccine supplies from Beijing and Washington. There had been…
Guatemala Declares Emergency Measures as New Caravan Rumored
GUATEMALA CITY—Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei decreed a “state of prevention” Monday along the country’s border with Honduras, amid reports that a new migrant caravan may be forming in Honduras. The emergency decree would restrict open-air gatherings and demonstrations without permits, and will be in effect for two weeks in the five Guatemalan provinces along the…
Olympic Committee Rejects Hong Kong Activist Group’s Call for Beijing Boycott
March 29, 2021
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A call by Hong Kong activists in Australia to relocate the 2022 Winter Olympics away from China to a country not tarnished by genocide and human right abuses has been knocked back by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Australia-Hong Kong Link, a group that supports democracy, freedom, rule of law, and human rights in Hong Kong,…
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Juan Guaido Says He Tested Positive for Covid-19
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Saturday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and has mild symptoms. Guaido said on his Twitter account that he is in isolation and expressed concern about the number of infections in the country. “I want to express my solidarity with the thousands of Venezuelans suffering during…
Facebook Freezes Maduro’s Page Over COVID-19 Misinformation
CARACAS—Facebook has frozen Venezuelan regime leader Nicolas Maduro’s page for violating policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19 by promoting a remedy he claims, without evidence, can cure the disease, a company spokesman said on Saturday. Maduro in January described Carvativir, an oral solution derived from thyme, as a “miracle” medication that neutralizes the coronavirus with…
Beijing’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ Part of Long Term Influence Campaign Against US and Its Neighbors
March 26, 2021
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Internal documents reveal that China’s recent “vaccine diplomacy” amid the COVID-19 pandemic is consistent with its past influence tactics, as about 80 countries and 3 international organizations will receive China-made vaccines, according to Chinese authorities. Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a video speech to the Colombian people at the invitation of Colombian President Ivan Duque,…
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