Education
Nicaraguan dictatorship shutters opposition universities
The Polytechnic University of Nicaragua stands out as it was an epicenter of the 2018 anti-government protests, which left more than 350 dead at the hands of security forces
Human Rights
Democrats Surrender Florida: Republican lawmakers slam Biden's 'concessions to brutal Cuban dictatorship'
Biden administration waves white flag, surrenders Florida by easing Trump era sanctions by risking huge Cuban American vote of millions. State Dept. says changes will help entrepreneurs and democracy groups that were already granted a general license under OFAC
Politics
Free-market champion José Antonio Kast tied with left-wing Gabriel Boric ahead of Sunday's election in Chile
Kast has promised Chileans that he would not allow the country to further deteriorate and head down the same path as Cuba or Venezuela
Coronavirus
Over 200 million Americans are fully vaccinated, COVID cases spike
Drugstores are experiencing shortages, as more Americans seek to get their booster to combat the omicron variant.
Politics
EU claims Venezuela violated the rule of law during elections
Since the start of the elections, witnesses denounced irregularities such as the use of false credentials and changes of voting centers without notification.
Politics
Democrat-led abortion bill fails in the Senate
The bill failed 51-49, with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin siding with Republicans
Politics
Nicaragua withdraws from the OAS, closes its offices
The regime claimed that the OAS was a “diabolical instrument” of “intervention and domination” by the U.S.
Drug trafficking
MS-13 gang members fleeing El Salvador could reach Mexico
After months of decline, murders in El Salvador reached numbers that had not been seen in nearly 30 years
Politics
China defends Russia after Bucha massacre: 'Accusations should be based on facts'
Xi Jinping's regime referred to the images of the massacre in Bucha and said that "humanitarian issues should not be politicized"
Drug trafficking
Ecuador prison death toll rises to 20, authorities warn of Mexican cartel involvement
“The violence; the dismemberment, the decapitation, is a strategy to sow terror among the prisoners to gain territorial control – not just inside the prison but outside"