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How the US captured Maduro!
Photo credit:Modern Diplomacy For months, US spies had been monitoring Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s every move. The BBC reports that a small team, including one source within the Venezuelan government, had been observing where the 63-year-old slept, what he ate, what he wore and even, according to top military officials, “his pets”. In early December, a…
Maduro’s first five words as he arrived at New York detention centre!
Photo credit: Daily Express Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro spoke for the first time about 24 hours after US forces seized him during an operation in Caracas. Daily Star reports that he spoke as a heavy presence of local and federal law officers surrounded him. A convoy of dark SUVs, patrol cars, and white vans departed…
Venezuela’s interim government says it’s united behind Maduro!
Photo credit: Aljazeera A top Venezuelan official declared on Sunday that the country’s government would stay unified behind President Nicolas Maduro, whose capture by the US has sparked deep uncertainty about what is next for the oil-rich South American country. GMA News Online reports that Maduro is in a New York detention centre awaiting a Monday…
British national might be deported from Australia!
Photo credit: The Guardian The Albanese government has cancelled the Australian visa of a British national who was charged with displaying Nazi symbols as it clamps down on hate speech. The Daily Mail reports that the man has been moved to an immigration detention in Brisbane and faces deportation. He has been charged with four…
Canada to end border entry program largely used by Americans!
Photo credit: the Wall Street Canada will scrap a border entry program next year that made it easy for thousands of people annually, predominantly Americans, to travel into remote areas of Ontario and Manitoba without having to report to a customs check post. National :Post reports that by next September, those people will have to…
US to stop issuing visas in Nigeria, 18 other countries from January 1.
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has confirmed that it will partially suspend visa issuance from January 1. The Daily Post reports that Nigeria is one of the 19 countries affected by President Donald Trump’s new directive on immigration. Included are Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burundi, Côte D’ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania,…