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US Expands Sanctions Against Iran to Target Nuclear, Military, Ballistic Missile Programs – Pompeo

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United States sanctions against Tehran were reimposed after President Donald Trump in 2018 announced a unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear deal. … Read More >US Expands Sanctions Against Iran to Target Nuclear, Military, Ballistic Missile Programs – Pompeo

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US Sanctions Former Officials of Venezuelan Ministry of Electric Power

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Earlier this month, the United States, which backs Venezuela’s self-proclaimed interim president, Juan Guaido, imposed sanctions on two Venezuelans for providing financial support to the legitimately elected president, Nicolas Maduro, and the Venezuelan government. … Read More >US Sanctions Former Officials of Venezuelan Ministry of Electric Power

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Brazilian Government Forced To Take Down ‘Sexist And Racist’ Material From Website After Uproar

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Jair Bolsonaro, a former army officer, was elected President of Brazil in 2018. He has praised the military junta which ruled the country between 1964 and 1985 and has criticised abortion, gay rights and other liberal issues. … Read More >Brazilian Government Forced To Take Down ‘Sexist And Racist’ Material From Website After Uproar

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Brazilian President’s 3rd Coronavirus Test Comes Back Positive

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has again, for the third time already, tested positive for COVID-19 while remaining quarantined in his official residence under medical surveillance, media in Brazil reported on Wednesday, citing a statement by the presidential administration. … Read More >Brazilian President’s 3rd Coronavirus Test Comes Back Positive

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US puts $5 MILLION bounty on president of Venezuela’s supreme court, accusing him of ‘corruption’

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Washington is offering $5 million for the arrest of the presiding judge of Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice, accusing Maikel Moreno of accepting bribes in criminal cases and of being a “crony” of President Nicolas Maduro. … Read More >US puts $5 MILLION bounty on president of Venezuela’s supreme court, accusing him of ‘corruption’

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Exclusive: Venezuela’s FM Arreaza Accuses EU of Sticking to Pro-US Stance in Its Policy on Caracas

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Relations between Brussels and Caracas deteriorated in late June, when President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of the EU’s envoy to Venezuela, Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, in a move that came in response to the bloc expanding sanctions against the South American country. … Read More >Exclusive: Venezuela’s FM Arreaza Accuses EU of Sticking to Pro-US Stance in Its Policy on Caracas

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Cuba Ends War With Dollar in Attempt to Kickstart Economy Amid US Sanctions Pressure, Coronavirus

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The Caribbean island nation first opened the door to the redollarization of the economy in late 2019, rolling back a 15-year-old policy established by Fidel Castro in 2004 to stop accepting the US currency as payment in some stores amid the intensification of banking sanctions pressure by Washington. … Read More >Cuba Ends War With Dollar in Attempt to Kickstart Economy Amid US Sanctions Pressure, Coronavirus

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Blockbuster oil bribery scandal exposes corrupt double-dealing of Guaidó ‘attorney general’

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Jose Ignacio Hernandez has raked in lucrative fees as a legal mercenary for the corporate looters of Venezuela’s PDVSA oil company. His recent resignation as “attorney general” in Guaidó’s shadow administration raised serious questions about possible ethical and legal violations. … Read More >Blockbuster oil bribery scandal exposes corrupt double-dealing of Guaidó ‘attorney general’