Some 700 years ago, human civilization was facing a pandemic: The Black Death (or the Plague) killed somewhere between 75 million and 200 million people in Eurasia and North Africa. But there was a secondary disaster to the plague that also had a massive death toll, and that modern society would do well to take…
NY Hospitals Asked to Make Clear Whether ‘COVID Patients’ Are Actually Hospitalized Because of COVID
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Is Released From Hospital After 2 Days
SAO PAULO—Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from a hospital on Wednesday morning in Sao Paulo, and addressed the press. He had been hospitalized for two days after an intestinal obstruction, which forced him to cut short his vacation. On Tuesday, the medical team accompanying him had ruled out the need for surgery. Bolsonaro, 66,…
ExxonMobil Discovers More Oil Off Guyana’s Coast
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—ExxonMobil said Wednesday that it made two additional oil discoveries off the coast of Guyana as the South American country prepares to become the world’s newest major oil producer. The discoveries occurred in an area where officials believe they can extract at least 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels. The company said a vessel…
Vaccine Mandates Dividing Bolivia, Sparking Protests and Legal Action
Protest groups in the cities of Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, and La Paz organized demonstrations against two hardline anti-COVID-19 decrees, which the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party government issued and went into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. Both mandates outline vaccination requirements and dictate residents must inoculate against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, or present a negative…
25-Year-Old Guatemalan Soccer Star Dies After Suffering Cardiac Arrest in Training
Guatemalan soccer player, Marcos Menaldo, has died after suffering from a heart attack during a training session on Jan. 3 in preparation for the new season, according to reports. The 25-year-old central defender, who plays with Club Deportivo Marquense based in the Guatemalan city of San Marcos, collapsed during practice and was rushed to a…
US Takes Custody of Suspect in Haitian President Slaying
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—U.S. authorities have taken custody of a main suspect in the killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, and he is scheduled to appear Tuesday in federal court in Miami. Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios was arrested in Jamaica in October and was scheduled to fly to his native Colombia on Monday. However, Interpol…
Mexico Asylum Applications Nearly Double in 2021, Haitians Top List
MEXICO CITY—The number of asylum applications in Mexico nearly doubled in 2021, the head of the country’s commission for refugee assistance said on Monday, with most applications being from Haitian and Honduran migrants. When compared to the previous year, the 131,448 applications mark an increase of 86.84 percent, according to the Mexican Commission for Refugee…
Biden Admin Expands Remain-in-Mexico Program to San Diego
The Biden administration expanded the Trump-era “remain-in-Mexico” policy to San Diego, California, on Monday, complying with a federal court order even as it continues efforts to end the policy, administration officials told reporters on a call. Implemented in 2019, the policy, officially called the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until…
Brazilian President Bolsonaro Hospitalized in Sao Paulo
SAO PAULO, Brazil—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to a Sao Paulo hospital for tests early Monday after experiencing abdominal discomfort, the government said. Bolsonaro is “doing well” and further information will be provided later in a medical bulletin, a government statement published by the Globo media outlet said. Bolsonaro returned to the financial capital…
Christmas Crackdown in China on Underground Churches; ‘Why I Had to Leave China:’ Dr. Graceffo
“Then the police came on campus and they had all the teachers come in and fill out a religious declaration form. They wanted to know what our religion was, and they were warning us again, not to celebrate.” After completing his Ph.D. at Shanghai University, Dr. Anthony Graceffo found the communist impositions on his life…
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