Digital editions
SEARCH
Media
Home Blog Page 29

A Week In Review

Joseph Rios
-
0
A Week In Review

Africa 

Mozambique bans protests 

Officials in Mozambique have banned protests after the country’s elections. Protests have taken place in the past month, leaving several people dead and dozens injured. They started after last month’s disputed presidential election, won by Frelimo, the party who has controlled Mozambique since 1975. 

TikTokers arrested in Uganda 

At least two Ugandans were detained for insulting the country’s president and his family on TikTok. The group is accused of hate speech and spreading malicious information against the first family and musicians. The two men, who are age 21 and 28, denied the charges. Last year, the United States accused Uganda in a report of restricting internet freedom through the use of criminal punishments. 

Asia 

Eight killed at Chinese school 

Eight people were killed while 17 others were injured because of a stabbing incident outside a school in eastern China. The suspect, a 21-year-old man, allegedly carried out he attack after failing to earn his diploma because of poor test scores. Police said the suspect confessed to the crime “without hesitation.” 

Delhi closes schools 

Officials in Delhi announced that all primary schools will be closed because of air pollution. Students will now take classes online until further notice because of a thick smog that has spread throughout the city. India faces smog each year during the winter because of dropping temperatures, smoke, dust, low wind speeds, and vehicle emissions. 

Europe 

Ukraine struggles with blackouts 

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said a “massive” Russian missile and drone attack damaged the country’s power infrastructure. The country’s largest private energy company said its thermal energy plants had significant damage, causing blackouts across the country. Meanwhile, at least 10 people were also killed in the strikes. 

Women candidates on the ballot in Ireland 

Data from Women for Election shows that a record number of women candidates are registered to stand in this month’s general election in Ireland. At least 247 women are running for seats in the country, marking a 53% increase from the last election in 2020. Ireland’s elections are set to take place on Nov. 29. 

Latin America 

One person killed at Brazil’s Supreme Court 

Officials in Brazil said a man who tried to attack the country’s Supreme Court in Brasilia died after allegedly detonating explosives he was carrying. Brazilian leaders said the incident was a deliberate attack, and nobody else was injured. Police are investigating the possible motive behind the attack. 

Dozens of people freed in Venezuela 

At least 100 people have been freed in Venezuela after being arrested during the summer after the country’s presidential election. In total, 107 political prisoners were released. Over the summer, Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro was declared winner of the country’s presidential election. But that claim has been widely rejected by the international community. Shortly after the election, protests erupted across the country. 

North America 

Plane struck by bullet in Texas 

Authorities in Texas said a flight with passengers onboard was struck by gunfire as it was preparing to take off. The incident occurred at Dallas Love Field Airport, and the flight was set to depart to Indianapolis. Police are investigating the shooting, and nobody was injured. No other details have been formally released about the incident. 

Malcom X family sues FBI, CIA and NYPD 

The family of Malcom X, a Black civil rights activist who was killed in 1965, has sued the FBI, the CIA and the New York Police Department. His family accuses the organizations of having roles in his death. The lawsuit reads that the groups were involved in the plot and failed to stop the killing. Malcom X was killed when three armed men shot him 21 times.  

Americans await Trump’s agenda

Ernest Gurulé
-
0
Americans await Trump’s agenda

In just a bit more than two months the nation begins its second go round with Donald Trump as President. While many, certainly those who voted to make him our next chief executive will be elated, others are living with anxiety, perhaps even high anxiety.

But Trump not only won the 2024 presidential election, he won it comfortably. He won the three ‘blue wall’ states and, when every last vote is counted, the four swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina. He also somehow won nearly half the votes from Latino men, increased support among Latinas and showed stronger support from African American men. He painted the country crimson red.

But the breadcrumb trail Trump left over the course of his nearly two-year campaign to regain the office has created a fraught perspective of what may come in a second term.

At various times he has promised, sometimes bullhorn loud, other times in his softer Trump timber dog whistle, plans he intends to carry out as he transforms the nation’s institutions and everyday life.

Whether his post-January 20th agenda mirrors his campaign bluster remains to be seen. But his promises have found hope among the various constituencies, including ultra-right blocs that elected him.

An abridged list of Trump’s plans for his soon-to-begin second term include: mass deportations, tariffs, dramatic foreign policy shifts, prosecution of the “Biden crime family,” end to veteran homelessness, legislation establishing only two genders, elimination of the Department of Education and $10,000 payments to home school parents. 

Many, if not most, of these plans are contained in the 900-page blueprint, Project 2025, assembled by the right-wing Heritage Foundation. Its authors include a number of key former Trump staffers.

There are also other, more fanciful ideas floated during the campaign that include the promotion of research and development for vertical takeoff flying cars and creation of a “great American state fair.” 

But of all the ideas contained in Project 2025, none seems to be as dark as mass deportation. If implemented, it would include deporting DACA recipients, young adults brought to the country as infants and children, and breaking up families that include spouses and children of undocumented immigrants.

Estimates of undocumented in the country range from ten to twenty million. Many have lived and worked here for decades. But, as signs from his rallies, along with Trump surrogates, say ‘mass deportation awaits.’“I’m very concerned,” said retired Pueblo chief Judge Dennis Maes. Mass deportation, as Stephen  Miller, Trump’s architect of the plan, has said, means everyone. But there are safeguards that may delay the plan, at least in the way Team Trump envisions it. “It’s a violation of civil rights.” Still, said Maes, “I believe him when he says he’s going to do all this stuff.” Trump can and will do almost anything he wants, said the retired jurist. “If we depend on the Supreme Court to stop him, we’re in real trouble.” The Court, he said, “will do Trump’s bidding.”

Over the course of his marathon campaign, Trump often suggested implementation of the Insurrection Act, a federal law that allows a president to use the U.S. military in certain domestic situation. “That is totally wrong,” said Maes, “unless someone can convince me there is a massive revolution.” 

Twenty-first century mass deportation, say critics, including LULAC, should remind everyone of the federal government’s draconian fifties and sixties-era mass deportation fiasco known as ‘Operation Wetback.’

Begun In 1954, nearly 1.1 million Mexicans were rounded up and returned to Mexico, including many Mexican Americans. The program continued until 1962.

(It should be noted that the program began as a joint agreement between the U.S. and Mexico. It was originally proposed to stem the flow of labor leaving Mexico for the U.S. At the same time, U.S. agribusiness was recruiting massive numbers of Mexican labor.)

While costs to implement mass deportation have been estimated as high as $80 billion in year one and as much as $950 billion over ten years, Trump told NBC News in a post-election interview, “It’s not a question of a price tag. It’s not…really, we have no choice.”

Still, Team Trump seems  enthusiastically supportive of mass deportation despite its unknown consequences which may include huge tax increases and higher prices, especially for food. Still, it’s all systems go for his supporters. “It’s my hope that we deport every single one of them,” said Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), adding it should begin the day Trump takes office.

But while there is great concern that implementing Trump’s plan and parts of Project 2025, others like Pueblo Mayor Heather Graham, say it is premature to begin worrying. “I’m not frightened at all,” Graham said in a recent phone interview. “The President-elect has issues more important,” including the economy, crime, inflation. “At the end of the day,” she said, “people want to buy groceries and spend time with their families and live in a safe community.”

Jason Crow, forever a soldier

Ernest Gurulé
-
0
Jason Crow, forever a soldier

The single image that introduced Colorado Congressman Jason Crow to the nation first appeared on January 6th, 2021. It continues to be shown today when he appears on national television  speaking on military matters or when he’s featured locally talking about the things affecting Coloradans.

Photo courtesy: Rep. Jason Crow Facebook

In the image, you see Crow, laser-focused helping a fallen colleague overcome by the threat of insurrectionists trying to breach the doors of the House of Representatives. It wasn’t Crow’s first time facing a literal enemy, but this time it was a domestic enemy. The horrific moment represents but a single frame in the day Donald Trump calls “a day of love.

In a previous life, the three-term Democrat who represents the state’s 6th Congressional District, was an Army Ranger in the 82nd Airborne. But the smell of war—or insurrection—is something Crow knows well, having deployed three times to hot zones in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Born in Wisconsin, Crow first joined the Army National Guard straight out of high school. “I first enlisted,” Crow said in a recent phone interview, “as a way to pay for college.” But, like a lot of altruistic and adventure-driven young men and women, the mission soon became far more sharply focused. It became, he said, “something bigger than myself,” and the beginning of a “journey of service to country.”

He transitioned from the Guard and the role of citizen soldier to full-time soldier. Crow found his then life-calling. It was in the Army, the 24/7 Army and not the once-a-month call of duty.

There he took it up a notch, some might say, several notches. He volunteered for Ranger school. But despite the brutal training required to become a Ranger, training that washes out even the biggest, the strongest and the toughest, Crow said it was perfect preparation for the moment he knew would come, the proverbial ‘baptism by fire.’ The ‘moment’ would arrivesoon after pinning on his Ranger badge.

It arrived March 3rd, 2003, in a place called Samawah, a city unknown to most Americans, one situated next to a river whose historic nameis far more familiar, the fabled Euphrates. “We were given the mission of clearing the city,” recalled Crow. It was, at least to anyone who knows combat, also the place and moment when the (expletive) gets real.’

Today, no longer the battle-weary young captain, Crow still remembers the endless sounds, the smells, the images of that day. “It was the machine guns opening up…radios crackling.” 

The screams of older men, younger ones, too. There was also the silence that ebbed and flowed like slow moving shadows. It was by no means a quick-strike battle.

“We fought for hours,” Crow remembered. The memory of Samawah is invisibly etched on the Bronze Stars, the medals that later rained down on Crow and his team for the valor put on full display that one interminably endless and bloody day. 

Crow is today one of 80 veterans out of 435 members in the House of Representatives, a number that also includes seven women who have served. It is a different time, he said, a different world with different priorities. It is a time when too many, the three-term Congressman says, want to run the country, but too few are willing to do the dirty work that goes along with it. 

When the ‘greatest generation,’ returned from World War II, it changed the nation, Crow says. One of Congress’s most significant acts after the war was the passage of the G.I. Bill, a single piece of legislation that so positively impacted the lives of millions of veterans, their families and, perhaps, the course of the nation. “It helped reform and change our country.” The G.I. Bill continues to play an important role in the post military lives of veterans.

While the distance between Crow’s workplace, the House of Representatives, and Arlington National Cemetery—perhaps the nation’s most hallowed ground—is only seven miles, there are constant reminders for Crow that forever bind him to the soldiers he once went to war with and the many sacrifices each made to the nation.

“Yeah,” he sighs as he thinks about those long ago moments and the young man who once wore the uniform, the young man he once was. “It does seem surreal. It never leaves you. It is seared into you as a person, (changes) your view of the world, seeing what humans can do to other humans.”

Crow, a University of Denver Sturm College of Law graduate, says being a veteran is as significant a part of his résumé as his job serving the 6th Congressional District. He says, if at all possible, he will take part in as many veterans’ events in the district that he can. “I’ll go and I’ll participate,” including being present at those that might take him to Fort Logan, Colorado’s military burial ground. 

One thing he says he’ll also do this Veterans Day and one that won’t require an official presence is just picking up the phone. “I’ll just reach out and call a buddy who served and just chat.”

Broncos los heartbreaker in Kansas City

Brandon Rivera
-
0
Broncos los heartbreaker in Kansas City

The Denver Broncos have exceeded expectations for fans this season sitting in a position to potentially make the playoffs, an achievement they’ve fell short of since winning the Super Bowl almost 10 years ago. 

Unfortunately, despite outplaying arguably the best team in football on Sunday the Denver Broncos experienced a heartbreaking loss to divisional opponents the Kansas City Chiefs in the final seconds of the game. 

On Sunday Denver’s quarterback Bo Nix became moved into the third spot for Denver Bronco rookie quarterbacks for most touchdown passes behind Marlin Briscoe and Mickey Slaughter, who both played in the 60’s. Nix is just four touchdowns from breaking that record. 

Nix went 22 of 30 for 215 yards, 2 touchdowns and no interceptions, accumulating a 115.3 quarterback rating in Sunday’s game. 

Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix (10) throws a pass during the Broncos’ Week 10 game against the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri on November 10, 2024. Photo by Gabriel Christus / Denver Broncos

For four quarters, Denver’s defense stopped one of the leagues top offenses holding them to one touchdown and three field goals while scoring two of their own. The Broncos Defense bent several times but never broke giving Denver’s rookie QB with enough time to move the ball down the field one last time to secure the win. Denver managed to move the ball without much resistance moving down into field goal range with just second’s left on the clock. 

Denver kicker, Will Lutz who previously missed a 60-yard field goal at the half that was almost returned to midfield, lined up for a short kick. The ball was snapped and the entire left side of Denver’s offensive line collapsed with Chiefs defenders diving for the block. Lutz’ kick was blocked and Kansas City won 16-14, maintaining their perfect record. 

This week the Broncos return home after road visits to Missouri and Baltimore. On Sunday, November 17th, the Broncos will play host to the Atlanta Falcons who are coming off a loss to divisional rivals the New Orleans Saints over the weekend. The Falcons are first in their division at 6-4 with notable wins over the Buccaneers (twice this season) and the Philadelphia Eagles back in mid-September. 

In other sports the Denver Nuggets have extended their winning streak to five after defeating the Dallas Mavericks Sunday night at Ball Arena. Both Nikola Jokic and Mavericks star, Kyrie Irving put on a show for fans a Ball Arena, both ending the night with over 35 points each. Jokic recorded his 6th triple double on Sunday and is now averaging a triple double for the season. 

With the streak the Nuggets have moved from number 8 in the Western Conference last week to number 4 this week, one game behind a three-way tie between the Golden State Warrios, the Phoenix Suns and the Oklahoma City Thunder. 

Despite a injury prone start to the Colorado Avalanche’s season, the Avs have won two of their last three games including a win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday (Avs 6 – Hurricanes 4). The Avs are at home this week to face the L.A. Kings and the Washington Capitals before heading out East for a four-game road trip that starts in Philly and ends in Tampa Bay.  

Heavy winter storm hits southern Colorado

Ernest Gurulé
-
0
Heavy winter storm hits southern Colorado

November. We already know that it’s a new season and snow’s on the horizon. But after a prolonged Indian Summer, Colorado’s first substantial snowfall was anything but a dusting. It was more of a surprise attack, especially in the southern part of the state.

The snow which was accompanied by winds of up to 40 mph, encompassed a swath of southern Colorado that included El Paso, Pueblo and Fremont counties. Baca and Las Animas County, both east of Pueblo, were also hit hard with up to two feet of snow. La Veta Pass, connecting Walsenburg with Fort Garland on U.S. Highway 160 got nearly three feet of snow.

The town of Beulah, an off the interstate hamlet 25 miles southwest of Pueblo got more than a first snowfall baptism. The National Weather Service reported more than two feet of snow fell on the town. Other nearby towns, including Rye and Colorado City, were each covered by nearly a foot of snow.

While Colorado Governor Jared Polis was declaring a disaster emergency authorizing the National Guard to lend a hand where it was needed, the Colorado State Patrol was closing I-25 from the outskirts of Pueblo to the New Mexico state line.

In Pueblo, where the NWS measured nine inches of snow, Mayor Heather Graham declared a temporary housing and shelter emergency. The declaration, which went into effect on November 5th was extended through Friday, November 15th.

Graham’s order says “local churches, synagogues, mosques, temples and other religious institutions may utilize their buildings as temporary shelters for the city’s homeless.”

“The city recently took over the (Pueblo) rescue mission,” at 710 W. 4th Street and opened it up as a warming shelter, Graham said. The mayor’s order Iallowed the Pueblo’s Fire Department to outfit the shelter with cots and blankets recently purchased by the city for these seasonal emergencies.

Pueblo routinely enacts temporary housing and shelter emergency edicts once the temperature drops “under thirty (degrees),” Graham said. Decisions on when to open the facility, she added, are “day to day and (depending on) what the weather is going to be.” The mayor’s emergency declaration may have come just in time.

“In the last three months,” Graham said, “we have cleaned out three of the largest encampments in Pueblo.” The largest of the homeless camps, euphemistically called ‘the Jungle,’ was occupied by as many as 75 men and women. 

But despite no longer having a gathering place, the newly displaced homeless have not flocked to the city’s shelters, including the Rescue Mission. “It has a capacity of about a hundred,” said Graham. It remains only half full.

In order to stay in any of the city’s shelters, Graham said you have to be age 18 or older. While families now make up one of the newest segments of the homeless population, Pueblo’s shelters have been little draw for families. But Graham said the city has made provisions for families. “If there is an unhoused family,” Graham said, “there are (other) locations to shelter them.”

November 20th, a key date in Mexican history

David Conde
-
0
November 20th, a key date in Mexican history
David Conde, Senior Consultant for International Programs

November 20th marks the 114th year since the beginning of the Mexican Revolution. The day has become a major symbol of acurrent bloodless revolution designed to transform the country into a state without marginalized citizens.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the populist President of Mexico until October 1st of this year, did a lot in his 6-year term to reform the legislative and executive branches of the government, build safety nets in the areas of health, education and old-age pensions and realign Mexican identity. By far, initiatives given the most visibility were the infrastructure projects in the Yucatan Peninsula and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec that has been mentioned as a potential alternative to the Panama Canal.

There was great fanfare added to the culmination of a railroad project called “El Tren Maya.” This railroad initiative is designed to touch all of the major ancient Maya sites in the peninsula and southern Mexico.

Added to the program is the construction of new airports like the international airport of Tulum that promise to increase tourism even more in the region. Travelers now will be able to land at this and other airports along the Maya Riviera and not just enjoy the beaches but also travel by an upscale rail system to all of the rich cultural sites of the region.

President Claudia Sheinbaum’s term is expected to take on infrastructure projects in the north. Along with building new universities and hospitals accessible to the rural poor there are two major railroad systems planned.

She is prioritizing the need for fast passenger trains that can be an effective alternative to flying and driving. One route will take passengers across various states to Nuevo Laredo and the other along the Sea of Cortes to the Arizona border.

The emphasis on the north is a pointed reminder that this part of the country has been the center of historical change. The region also represents what can be called the cradle of the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

When President Porfirio Diaz, the dictator of Mexico for over 30 years, went back on his word not to stand for election in 1910, Francisco Ignacio Madero Gonzalez, the first democratically elected President during the Revolution, gave President Diaz until November 20th to change his position or face armed conflict. When Diaz refused, Madero rose against him from the northern State of Coahuila.

This is how and why November 20, 1910 became the official date of the Mexican Revolution. It was a bloody affair that took some 2.7 million lives including civilians during almost a decade of war.

As chaotic as the Revolution was, it aspired to reestablish the democratic foundations of a free people. The Constitution of 1917 that, in a sense, helped to end the chaos of war, emulated and improved on the great Benito Juarez Constitution of 1857 that had created the benchmarks of a democratic state.

Mexico is in its second 6-year government dedicated to a legal, economic and cultural transformation that looks to base its identity on its pre-Colombian heritage and bring the lowest classes into the national mainstream. The motto for the effort is “for the good of all, the poor come first.”

The Mexican Revolution sought to restructure the lives of a people and their institutions. The current effort to get back to those ideals, that resulted from so much sacrifice, is a noble experiment that tests the sustainability of national will.

We in America share many of the same aspirations. They are worth fighting for.

The views expressed by David Conde are not necessarily the views of LaVozColorado. Comments and responses may be directed to News@lavozcolorado.com.

Student of the Week – Ashlyn Romero

Brandon Rivera
-
0
Student of the Week – Ashlyn Romero

Ashlyn Romero – Antonito High School

Photo courtesy: Ashlyn Romero

Profile: Ashlyn Romero is a high school senior at Antonito High School who currently holds a 3.81 GPA while participating in many activities. Romero’s academic achievements include awards in Algebra, World History, ELA Excellence, Knowledge Bowl, Honor Roll, and Honor Society.  Romero has worked as a teacher’s assistant in the library and is a member of the Student Mental Health Committee.  Romero is active in volleyball, basketball, and cheerleading. Romero will be valedictorian of her class.

Favorite Book: Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan

Favorite Movie: Flipped

Favorite Subject: Art

Favorite Music: Romero says, “I love all music”

Future Career: Animator

Hero: My dad, Rikardo because he works hard to provide for our family.

Favorite Hobby: Drawing

Words to live by: “Talent is a pursued interest, in other words, anything that you’re willing to practice you can do.”

Community Involvement: Romero is an active member of Antonito Mental Health Committee, volunteers for Town Trash Cleanup, serving meals, Thanksgiving donation drive, cemetery clean up and pet drive. Romero serves as a teacher’s assistant, official keeping stats for the Basketball/Volleyball Team, and provides support for the children’s (HeadStart) school play.

Why is Community involvement important? Hernandez Garcia says, “Many people have inspired me to become the person I am today.  I want to be that person for others.  In addition, a good community uses community asset building and being involved in the community allows you to identify and flourish those individual assets.”

If I could improve the world I would…

 “…. advocate for more federal funding to animal shelters.”

College of choice: Los Angeles Film School

New program will grow VA’s Telehealth capabilities in rural communities

admin
-
0
New program will grow VA’s Telehealth capabilities in rural communities

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is proposing to eliminate copayments for all VA telehealth services and establish a grant program to fund designated VA telehealth access points in non-VA facilities, with a focus on rural and medically underserved communities.

These proposed changes would advance VA and the Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing efforts to lower costs and expand access to care for all those who served. The proposed grant program, called Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations (ATLAS), would provide funding to organizations — including nonprofits and private businesses — to offer Veterans comfortable, private spaces equipped with high-speed internet access and the technology to meet with VA providers remotely. Grants would also provide designated funding to train on-site personnel to support the program.

These proposed changes are part of VA’s ongoing efforts to expand access to VA health care — at a time when VA care is outperforming non-VA care, earning Veteran trust at record rates, and delivering more appointments than ever before. In September, VA announced the availability of tele-emergency care nationwide, an important step in increasing timely access to emergency care. This year, VA also began waiving Veterans’ copays for their first three outpatient mental health care visits of each year, decreased wait times for new patient appointments to primary care and mental health, and expanded offerings of night and weekend clinics and increased the number of Veterans scheduled into daily clinic schedules.

“Waiving copays for telehealth services and launching this grant program are both major steps forward in ensuring Veterans can access health care where and when they need it,” said VA Secretary Denis McDonough. “VA is the best and most affordable care in America for Veterans — with these steps, we can make it easier for Veterans to access their earned VA health care.”

The rulemaking can be viewed in the Federal Register under public inspection tomorrow, and will be published and open for comment beginning Wednesday (findable by searching for the rule on VA’s Federal Register webpage). VA anticipates a notice of funding opportunity for this grant program to be published following publication of the final rule.

For more information about VA telehealth, visit the VA Telehealth Services website.

Our Government

admin
-
0
Our Government

White House

On Monday, President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris participated in the Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath-Laying Ceremony on Veterans Day in Arlington Virginia. 

Colorado Governor

Governor Polis released the following statement congratulating the newly elected Colorado Senate Leadership and House Republican Leadership. “Congratulations to the members of the 75th General Assembly who were elected to lead the Colorado State House and Senate for the next term,” said Governor Jared Polis. “I look forward to working with the new legislative leaders to build on our work to protect freedoms, save Coloradans money, and make life in our beautiful state even better,” said Governor Jared Polis.

Denver Mayor

Downtown Denver voters approved ballot measure 6A, allowing the city to invest a historic $500 million into Denver’s economic core through the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and bring transformative changes to the city center.  “As cities across the country struggle to bring their downtown back to pre-pandemic levels, Denver has decided to face this seemingly unsolvable challenge head-on and bet on our cultural, civic, and economic core by passing 6A with more than 80 percent support,” said Mayor Mike Johnston.

A Week In Review

Joseph Rios
-
0
A Week In Review

Africa

Niger offers free C-sections to women

In an effort to curb mothers dying in childbirth, Niger is offering free emergency Caesarean sections to “poor and vulnerable” women. Niger has the fourth highest maternal mortality rate in the world. The country’s National Bureau of Statistics shows that more than 40 percent of Nigerians live below the international extreme poverty line.

Nigeria army chief dies

Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, Nigeria’s army chief, has passed away at the age of 56. Lagbaja died after suffering from an undisclosed illness. His status as Chief of army staff had made him the highest-ranking military officer in the Nigerian army.

Asia

Railway bomb kills dozens in Pakistan

At least 25 people were killed after a bomb exploded at a railway in Pakistan. The incident occurred when a popular morning train was about to leave. The militant group Baschistan Liberation Army said it was responsible for the attack.

Endangered Indian bird born

Officials in India performed the first successful hatching of a great Indian bustard chick through artificial insemination. The great Indian bustard is a critically endangered bird that primarily lives in India. The new chick was called an important development by scientists in the country as habitat loss and poaching has made the bird endangered.

Europe

Ukraine targets Moscow

Russia announced it intercepted 84 Ukrainian drones, some of which were near Moscow. Meanwhile, Ukraine said Russia launched 145 drones toward every part of the country, but most of them were shot down. Ukraine’s attack on Moscow was its largest strike on the city since the war began.

Irish murder suspect arrested

An unnamed 37-year-old Irish man, who is accused of murdering an American nurse, was arrested in Hungary. The victim, Mackenzie Michalski, was reported missing after a night out in Budapest, Hungary’s capital. The suspect confessed to killing Michalski and showed police where he disposed her body.

Latin America

Pig’s head thrown on Brazil soccer field

A pig’s head was thrown on a soccer field during a Brazilian championship game. The match was between rivals Corinthians and Palmeiras, whose symbol is a pig. Two fans were arrested after the incident.

Bodies found in pick truck in Mexico

Police in a southern Mexican city discovered the remains of 11 people inside a vehicle. Among the victims included two children. The incident occurred in the city of Chilpancingo, a region where a mayor was beheaded last month days after taking the job. The case is being treated as a homicide.

North America

FBI investigates racist texts

The FBI is investigating racist text messages that were sent to Black Americans across the country. The texts included a message telling Black people to report to a plantation to “pick cotton.” People received the texts in states like Alabama, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Monkeys escape lab

Around 43 monkeys escaped a research facility in South Carolina. The animals broke out of Alpha Genesis, a company that breeds monkeys for medical testing and research. The company located the monkeys eventually and were enticed with food. The monkeys were able to escape because a keeper left a door open to their outdoor enclosure.

1...282930...175Page 29 of 175
Síguenos
12021 Pennsylvania St., Ste 201©
Thornton, CO. 80241

© 2023 La Voz Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved | Privacidad