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FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends an event at the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas, Venezuela, December 4, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends an event at the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas, Venezuela, December 4, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo

US is reimposing oil sanctions on Venezuela, officials say

WASHINGTON/HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. will not renew a license set to expire tomorrow that had broadly eased Venezuela oil sanctions, moving to reimpose punitive measures in response to President Nicolas Maduro’s failure to meet certain election commitments, senior U.S.

The smelter complex in the Andean highland town of La Oroya, Peru. January 30 2017. Mitchell Gilbert/Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation
The smelter complex in the Andean highland town of La Oroya, Peru. January 30 2017. Mitchell Gilbert/Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation

Peru pollution ruling a ‘gigantic step’ for environmental justice

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A court’s ruling that residents of a polluted Peruvian mining town have the right to a healthy environment could be a milestone for similar cases in Latin America, though the blighted community still faces hurdles in its fight for justice.

Panama Canal increases crossings as drought eases

(Reuters) – The Panama Canal will increase booking slots for its Panamax locks from May 16 due to estimated water levels of the artificial lake which it draws from, the canal authority said yesterday, pointing to an easing of a drought that had caused cuts in daily crossings.

Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh

Trinidad Health Ministry launches probe into deaths of babies

(Trinidad Guardian) CARIRI and PAHO have been engaged, while the Health Ministry has launched a separate investigation into the deaths of seven babies at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Port of Spain General Hospital between April 4th and 7th, according to Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh.

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