Thursday, August 25, 2016
Daily Headlines: August 25, 2016
* Ecuador: President Rafael Correa of Ecuador and visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed methods both countries can attempt to boost lagging oil prices.
* Venezuela: Organization of American States chief Luis Almagro claimed Venezuelans are a "victim of bullying" from the government the same week President Nicolas Maduro threatened with firing public workers who signed a petition backing a recall referendum.
* Peru: Peruvian investigators officially launched a probe against eighteen police officers accused of participating in the extrajudicial killings of at least twenty people since 2012.
* United States: A group of mothers originally from Latin America and detained in an immigration center ended their two-week long hunger strike purportedly due to “threats from immigration officials.”
YouTube Source – Ruptly TV
Online Sources – Yahoo News, BBC News, UPI, The Guardian
Labels:
Daily Headlines,
Ecuador,
immigration,
Iran,
law enforcement,
Luis Almagro,
Nicolas Maduro,
oil,
Peru,
U.S. politics,
Venezuela
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