LA PAZ, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — Bolivia’s opposition had planned to block all major roads in every region of the country on Wednesday; however, the government and transport authorities have confirmed that no major roads are blocked and called the protest a ‘failure’. The protesters believe that President Evo Morales should…

BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — After blaming the fires on the drought, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday that environmental charities are behind the forest fires hitting the Amazon Basin because they have lost international financing and want to hit him. Bolsonaro, however, provided no evidence of his allegations. “Bolsonaro said ‘everything…

BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR0 — The Foreign and Defense Committee of the Brazilian Congress has approved by majority vote the U.S.’ commercial use of the Alcântara Base along Brazil’s north Atlantic coast.  This move comes just months after President Jair Bolsonaro inked a deal with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to…

GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) presented on Tuesday a closing report that summarized its work in the defense of human rights with more than 120 high-impact cases analyzed, 70 disjointed criminal structures and 120 formal requests for trial. “I contributed with…

CARACAS, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s government announced that the petition to collect signatures calling on the United States to lift the unilateral blockade under the “#NoMoreTrump” campaign has reached four million rubrics with about three weeks still to go. “We already reached four million signatures. Do not be left…

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump’s administration announced Wednesday that it would remove tough legal limits on how long migrant children can be detained as part of its broader crackdown on undocumented immigrants.The Department of Homeland Security said it was terminating the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, a binding…