The White House this Monday welcomed the agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to extend for two more days the truce that began on Friday and expired this Monday. As a result of this extension of the pause, the United States “certainly wait” see the release of more Americans who remain hostages […]
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Biden urges Netanyahu to allow immediate increase in humanitarian aid to Gaza
The president of United States, Joe Bidenurged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow the immediate entry of more humanitarian aid to Gaza and reiterated that he must comply with international law, which “prioritizes the protection of civilians,” the White House reported in a statement. Biden had a telephone conversation with Netanyahu this Sunday in […]
US maintains that Israel “is not responsible” for bombing of Gaza hospital
USA analyzed intelligence information, including “aerial images and intercepted communications”and for the moment concludes that Israel is not behind the rocket launch at a hospital in Loop that caused hundreds of deaths, reported this Wednesday the White House. “While we continue to gather information, our current assessment, based on analysis of aerial imagery, intercepted communications […]
Violence in the capital of power: crimes skyrocket in Washington DC
Jess, Lauren and Sasha are very worried. Last week they heard shots from between some trees a couple of streets from their houses. The other day, there was a carjacking just up the road. Fear has seized these neighbors who agree with the same idea: this did not happen before. Woodridge is a residential neighborhood […]
Promoting the Latino vote in local elections would help avoid laws like SB1718
Make the Hispanic community of USA. get involved and participate in local elections and not only in the presidential ones is essential to avoid laws like SB1718 of Floridasays Soraya Márquez, state director of the organization Mi Familia Vota. In an interview with EFE in Miami on the occasion of the entry into force last […]
Latino groups denounce Harvard for giving preference to children of former students
Two organizations defending the rights of the Latino community denounced this Monday the Harvard University which they accuse of giving priority access to the children of former students, who are mostly white. The lawsuit was filed just a few days after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against positive discrimination on racial grounds […]
Countdown to Trump’s court appearance for confidential documents
donald trump He will appear Tuesday before a court of Miami accused of having kept confidential documents after leaving the White Housebut continues to have the support of his followers for the 2024 presidential elections. The billionaire, who aims to return to power in 2024, faces 37 charges, including “illegal withholding of information related to […]
Would it be serious if the United States lost its triple A?
An eventual loss of the triple A USAfollowing Wednesday’s warning from the rating agency fitchwould be above all symbolic, just when the possibility of a default weighs on the country, due to a political blockade. Even so, this degradation would not be unprecedented and its consequences in the world’s largest economy could be limited, since […]
White House and Republicans see progress in US debt limit negotiations.
Negotiators for the Democratic president, Joe Biden, and the main Republican congressman, Kevin McCarthy, held on Wednesday what both sides described as productive talks to try to reach an agreement that allows raising the debt ceiling of the United States, from US$ 31.4 trillion, and avoid a catastrophic default. After a four-hour meeting at the […]
Biden believes that the US will manage to “avoid a default” despite tense political negotiations
The American President, Joe Bidendeclared himself optimistic again on Saturday to reach an agreement with the Republican opposition to increase the country’s debt limit and avoid a default, despite tense negotiations to achieve it. “I still think we can avoid a default and get something (a deal) decent,” Biden declared to the press during the […]