Section: South America
Trump Denies Telling Bolton That Ukraine Aid Hinged on Biden Investigation
President Donald Trump denied on Monday ever telling his former national security adviser, John Bolton, that military aid to Ukraine would be conditioned on Kyiv’s announcing a corruption investigation into Democratic presidential hopeful and former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Democrats: Trump’s Conduct Is Not America First, It’s Trump First
The Democratic lawmakers who are acting as “managers” – or prosecutors – in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate continued on Thursday to present their argument to try and show that the president has abused his office and that the only thing that has guided him in his relationship with Ukraine has been his...
More Politicians Than Survivors at Jerusalem Holocaust Memorial
Ukraine has given up its seats at a Holocaust memorial on Thursday after it emerged that there would be more politicians than survivors at the event. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Trump Calls for Senate Trial to Be Halted, Says Supreme Court Can Stop It
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his impeachment trial in the US Senate should not be allowed to go forward and that the Supreme Court can halt it, his comments on Twitter coming just days before the anticipated start of the trial on counts of abusing his office and obstructing Congress’s investigation of his withholding of...
Canada and US believe Ukrainian airliner was downed, unintentionally, by Iranian missile; Iran denies
Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was likely brought down by an Iranian missile, Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said on Thursday, citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources. …read more Source::...
Western intelligence believe the Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran was not a missile target
The initial assessment of Western intelligence agencies is that a Ukrainian airliner which crashed in Iran on Wednesday was not brought down by a missile, said a Canadian security source. The source said the agencies believed the Boeing 737 plane had suffered a technical malfunction. …read more Source::...
Brazilian ‘Che Guevara’ of Donbass Freed in Ukraine Prisoner Swap
The first foreigner tried in Ukraine for fighting on behalf of pro-Russian rebels in the Donbass conflict was among those liberated in a prisoner swap between Kiev and the breakaway Luhansk republic. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Putin, Zelensky Back Another Bilateral Prisoner Swap
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine have given their backing to another prisoner swap between the two countries. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
US Secretary of State to Visit Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sets off next Friday on a four-day tour that will take him to Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Cyprus, the US government announced this Monday. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Republicans Try, Fail to Eliminate Abuse of Power Charge against Trump
The Republican minority on the House Judiciary Committee tried on Thursday – but failed – to eliminate the “abuse of power” accusation against President Donald Trump in the debate before the vote on the articles of impeachment against him for exerting improper pressure on Ukraine. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...