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Trump’s Response to Hurricane Maria Resulted in the Deaths of Nearly 3,000 People

The comments of Carmen Yulin Cruz came after Puerto Rico’s official death toll from Hurricane Maria soared from 64 to 2,975.

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The Mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz, said U.S. President Donald Trump’s negligent response to Hurricane Maria in September 2017 was responsible for the deaths of almost 3,000 people. "The Trump administration killed the Puerto Rican with neglect," Cruz told CNN. "The Trump administration led us to believe that they

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Red Cross: Colombian Government Must Find 83,000 Disappeared Persons

The ICRC asked the Colombian government to implement more effective measures to prevent further disappearances.

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U.S. Navy Adm. Kurt Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), escorts Colombian President-elect Ivan Duque at the command’s headquarters in Doral, Fla., July 14. Photo | SOUTHCOM

The ICRC asked the Colombian government to implement more effective measures to prevent further disappearances. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has urged the new Colombian government to search for the over 83,000 people who disappeared in the country, in commemoration of the International Day of the Disappeared, which takes

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US Police Militarization Leads to More Violence, Targets Black People: Study

«The routine use of militarized police tactics by local agencies threatens to increase the historic tensions between marginalized groups and the state,” Mummolo said.

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Rosemarie Melbourne, of the Bronx, holds a sign in protest of police brutality after the funeral services of Ramarley Graham, 18, who was shot in his home by a police officer who mistakenly thought he had a gun, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in the Bronx borough of New York. Civil rights activist Al Sharpton spoke during the service and pledged that Graham will not be forgotten and called the Feb. 2 killing unjust. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

A new study shows that militarizing police units has a reverse effect on communities, triggering higher levels of violence, distrust towards law enforcement, and discrimination. Some 9,000 law enforcement agencies were under inspection in a recent analysis published by the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science Journal last week when a

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Palestinian Prisoners Express Solidarity With U.S. National Prison Strike

“We extend a special revolutionary salute to the imprisoned strugglers of the Black Liberation Movement,» the statement read.

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Several members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, all of whom have been jailed by Israel for their participation in the struggle for national independence, have released a statement in solidarity with the national U.S. prisoners strike, which began on Tuesday. “We write today as imprisoned Palestinians of the Popular Front for

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Venezuela’s New Bolivar is Anchored to Cryptocurrency and It Just Went Into Effect

The new bills (2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500) are already in the hands of public and private banks. The Sovereign Bolivar will be anchored to the cryptocurrency Petro, which is backed by the oil reserves of the Caribbean country.

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The monetary measures announced by the Venezuelan government, as part of the Recovery, Growth and Economic Prosperity Program, went into effect Monday, as the circulation of the Sovereign Bolivar began around the country. The new Venezuelan currency known as the Sovereign Bolivar, whose symbol is Bs.S., has five fewer zeros compared to the

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Israel’s Shin Bet Interrogate, Threaten US Scholar Reza Aslan

According to Aslan Israeli officers threatened him saying things like “we can make it so you don’t see your kids for a long time,” and asking “you think because you’re a public person I can’t do whatever I want with you?”

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Reza Aslan speaks at the UTA "United Voices" Rally at United Talent Agency headquarters on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Willy Sanjuan | Invision | AP

The Iranian-American scholar and writer said he was threatened by Israel's Shin Bet of not seeing his children "in a long time." Iranian-American scholar Reza Aslan tweeted Tuesday that he was detained and questioned for hours by Israel’s Security Agency, known as the Shin Bet, while he was crossing into Israel from Jordan two weeks

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Steve Bannon to Advise Brazil’s Far-Right Presidential Candidate

During his one-year stint as chief strategist for the Trump administration, Bannon pushed for tougher immigration policies, including the notorious “Trump Wall” and the “Muslim ban” as part of his white-economic-nationalist agenda.

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Former White House strategist Steve Bannon addresses members of the far right National Front party at the party congress in the northern French city of Lille, March 10, 2018. Photo | AP

Political strategist Steve Bannon, a founding member of the far right-wing news website Breitbart News and former chief advisor to United States President Donald Trump, will be an advisor to Brazilian Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro for the upcoming elections in October. The announcement was made by Bolsonaro's son and congressman, Eduardo

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