Category: Americas

Trudeau to Use ‘Terrorist Financing Act’ to Target Trucker Protests; Putin—To Invade or Not to Invade Ukraine.

Not so long ago we were hearing from corporate (mainstream) media of swastikas and confederate flags flying high among the trucker protestors assembled in Ottawa. Symbolic depictions by the protesters of vaccine mandates being Nazi-like were distorted by the press to paint the protesters themselves as Third-Reich fascists. And as if that devastating association wasn’t…


Guatemala Earthquake Kills 2, Triggers Landslides

GUATEMALA CITY—An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck southwestern Guatemala early on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, killing two people, collapsing roofs, and triggering landslides. The quake was at a depth of 96 km (60 miles), with the epicenter 16 km east of Tiquisate, Guatemala, EMSC said. Tiquisate is in a mostly poor…


Death Toll Rises to 78 From Mudslides After Storm in Brazil

PETROPOLIS, Brazil—The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 78, Gov. Claudio Castro said Wednesday afternoon. The city of Petropolis was slammed by a deluge Tuesday, and Castro said almost 400 people were left homeless. Searchers picked through the wreckage throughout the…


16 Republican Governors Urge Biden to Reinstate Vaccination Exemptions for Cross-Border Truckers

Sixteen governors and two Canadian premiers on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reinstate COVID-19 vaccination exemptions for cross-border truckers. Failing to reinstate the exemptions will worsen the supply chain pain, the governors and premiers said in a letter. “We are deeply concerned that terminating these exemptions has had…


GiveSendGo Donors From United States Account For Roughly 50 Percent of Canadian Freedom Convoy Campaign

Around 50 percent of donations to the Freedom Convoy anti-mandate protests in Canada have come from small donations made from the United States, according to the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo. There was “a pretty even split between donations coming from Canada and donations coming from the U.S.,” said Jacob Wells, CFO and co-founder of GiveSendGo, to…


US-Peru Human Trafficking Operation Sees 3 Arrests, 4 Victims Rescued

Three individuals were arrested and four sex trafficking victims were rescued in a human trafficking operation conducted by the United States and Peru in the Peruvian town of La Pampa, Madre de Dios. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Peruvian National Police (PNP) Human Trafficking Investigations Division on Feb….


Surf’s Up and the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach Hawaii Is On

The Men’s Hurley Pro Sunset Beach Championship Tour surfing event has begun, with unruly sets in the 10′ to 14′ face range arriving at the iconic break on O’ahu’s North Shore on Tuesday. The event, covered by World Surf League (WSL), had been put on hold for four days due to relatively small surf. In…


Police Detain Ex-Honduras President Hernandez as US Seeks Extradition

TEGUCIGALPA—Honduran police detained ex-President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Tuesday, escorting him from his home in handcuffs and chains, following a U.S. extradition request on drug charges that marked a dramatic fall from grace only weeks after Hernandez left power. In live footage shown on national TV, police officials gave Hernandez a bullet-proof vest and placed…


Latin America’s Renewable Energy Gambit Aggravates Drought and Pollution

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia–Only a year after the Paris Climate Agreement was adopted in 2015, Latin American countries quickly gained recognition for boosting existing “green energy” initiatives and paving the way for new ones to follow. Yet, over the past six years, negative environmental consequences from projects like hydroelectric dams and mining operations to supply the manufacturing side…


TD Bank Freezes Accounts With $1.1 Million for ‘Freedom Convoy’ Protest

TD Bank confirmed that it has frozen the bank accounts that had $1.1 million paid to them to support the trucker-led protests in Canada. A spokesperson for TD Bank told news outlets on Feb. 12 that the financial institution appealed to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to obtain the funds with the intention of…