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Friday, February 28th 2020 - 07:45 UTC
Amnesty International: Major human rights events in the Americas 2019

Amnesty International has documented grave violations of human rights in 2019 in 24 countries across the Americas. Examples of the major human rights events analyzed include:
Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:31 UTC
Argentine ambassador in US meets Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Argentine ambassador in Washington Jorge Argüello held a meeting on Monday with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, with the purpose of strengthening bilateral relations and which was described as “highly productive”.
Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 06:40 UTC
Goldman Sachs facing charges in Malaysia for misleading investors on a US$ 6,5bn bond sale

Three units of Goldman Sachs pleaded not guilty to charges of misleading investors regarding US$6.5 billion in bond sales that the U.S. investment bank helped raise for state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Bernama state news agency reported on Monday.
Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 06:38 UTC
Trump receives a hero's welcome in Gujarat, India, Prime Minister Modi's home state

Emerging in a stadium to the appropriate strains of the Village People's “Macho Man” as 100,000 people cheered on, US President Donald Trump looked like he was at a campaign rally in America's Midwest.
Monday, February 24th 2020 - 06:30 UTC
US Treasury Secretary welcomes Argentina's talks with IMF on Article IV

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday welcomed Argentina's talks with the International Monetary Fund after the heavily indebted country said it would launch consultations, starting Monday, that could lead to a new funding program.
Saturday, February 22nd 2020 - 09:35 UTC
US open market to Brazilian raw beef; breeders lobby protests and promise “an eagle eye” to ensure sanitary quality

The United States government has decided to once again allow raw beef products to be imported into the US from Brazil, a move that has angered some cattlemen and food safety groups who are voicing concerns about the quality of the meat.
Saturday, February 22nd 2020 - 09:17 UTC
“El Menchito”, son of a powerful Mexican drug lord extradited to the US

The son of a powerful Mexican drug lord was this week extradited to the United States, where he is wanted for trafficking, a government source revealed. Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez, known as “El Menchito,” “was extradited this day on the charge of conspiracy to smuggle drugs” into US territory, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:33 UTC
US government expects China to honor its commitment to buy more US goods despite COVID-19

The US government expects China to honor its commitments to buy more US goods under a trade deal signed by the world's two largest economies in January despite the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, a senior US official said on Thursday.
Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 13:23 UTC
LATAM sued for the alleged rape of a child flying unaccompanied

A man in Florida is suing one of Latin America's largest airlines, saying his 6-year-old son was sexually assaulted by an airline employee while traveling as an unaccompanied minor from Brazil to the U.S.
Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 08:25 UTC
Beijing/US media war: three WSJ newsroom journalists expelled over an OPED column

China on Wednesday ordered three reporters from The Wall Street Journal to leave the country over what Beijing deemed a racist headline, in one of the harshest moves against foreign media in years.