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Montevideo, August 11th 2020 - 21:57 UTC

 

 

Venezuelan court sentenced two former US soldiers to 20 years in prison over a failed coup to oust Maduro
Former Green Berets Luke Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, admitted to participating in the May 4 operation, prosecutor Saab wrote on his Twitter account.

A Venezuelan court sentenced two former US soldiers to 20 years in prison for their role in a failed incursion aimed at ousting President Nicolas Maduro in early May, chief prosecutor Tarek Saab said over the weekend.

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Falklands elected government rejects point blank Argentina's threatening and bullying tactics
Gilbert House, seat of the democratically elected government of the Falkland Islands
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Brazil's Covid-19 death toll shoots above 100,000 with no relief on sight
The virus took three months to kill 50,000 people, and just 50 days to kill the next 50,000.
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Beirut port explosion left a 43-meter deep crater; angry protests against the political class
The blast on Tuesday, which was felt across the county and as far as Cyprus, was recorded by the US Geophysics as having the magnitude of a 3.3 earthquake.
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Latin America becomes the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths
The world's worst-hit region had reported 213,120 fatalities, 460 more than Europe, according to a tally based on official data.
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Most of the new positions will be “to modernize the lines and assist in production,” the company said in a statement

Brazilian food processor JBS hiring additional workers in many plants plagued with the coronavirus

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Abrafrigo said Chinese purchases have more than compensated for the drop in sales to the EU and Arab countries, caused mainly by the Covid-19 epidemic

Record export of Brazilian beef in July; China becomes the insatiable client

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Disagreements between UK’s constituent nations, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England, have increased over coronavirus and Brexit

Scottish independence rapidly becoming a serious challenge for Boris Johnson

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“It's almost impossible to make money at these oil prices”, Mr Robin Allan, who is a director of Premier Oil, said. “It's a huge crisis.”

UK's oil industry close to collapse, says Premier Oil director; North Sea not profitable below US$ 60 a barrel

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