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Hiroki Sakai scores, concedes penalty in Japan's draw with Venezuela
Hiroki Sakai struck his first senior international goal before conceding a penalty Friday night as Japan drew 1-1 with Venezuela but stayed unbeaten under head coach Hajime Moriyasu. Having arrived at Oita Bank Dome less than 45 minutes before kickoff after their bus was stuck ...
Cuba to pull thousands of doctors from Brazil amid Jair Bolsonaro row: official
Cuba announced Wednesday it will pull thousands of its doctors out of Brazil in response to President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's "direct, contemptuous and threatening" remarks about its medical aid program. The far-right leader repeatedly criticized the communist-run island's "More Doctors" program — which sends thousands of ...
Trump signs sanctions order targeting Venezuela gold exports: John Bolton
Washington ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday with new measures aimed at disrupting the South American country's gold exports, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said. Bolton promised a tough stance by the Trump administration toward "dictators and despots near ...
Angelina Jolie, as U.N. envoy, seeks support for Venezuelan refugees
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie said Tuesday the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans from their country has led to a "shocking" migrant crisis in South America that was "predictable and preventable." Jolie was ending a three-day visit to Peru as a special envoy for ...
Mike Pence alleges Venezuela-financed leftist groups organized migrant caravan
Vice President Mike Pence suggested Tuesday that leftist groups financed by Venezuela might be behind the caravan of Central American migrants headed toward the U.S. border. Speaking at a forum hosted by The Washington Post, Pence said he had been in contact with the presidents ...
Urgent donations needed to deal with 'avalanche' of Venezuelan migrants: U.N. envoy
The U.N. special envoy for Venezuelan migrants called Tuesday for international donations to help South American countries deal with an "avalanche" of migrants from the crisis-wracked country. "We will be appealing to donors ... who can channel this emergency aid in the shortest time possible," ...
Venezuela activist's 'jumped out of the window' death reminiscent of Franco times: Spanish minister
Spain's foreign minister on Thursday compared the death of a Venezuelan activist in government custody with cases that took place during his country's fascist dictatorship when prisoners being interrogated suddenly "jumped out of the window. Fernando Alban, a Caracas city council member accused of taking ...
Over half Venezuela's doctors and quarter of nurses have left since 2012: NGOs
More than half Venezuela's doctors have been forced to flee the country's crushing economic and political crisis, according to a report by health NGOs released Thursday. "Between 2012 and 2017, 22,000 Venezuelan doctors migrated" — 55 percent of the total 39,000 doctors registered by the ...
Venezuela's annual inflation hit 488,865% in September: congress
Venezuelan consumer prices rose 488,865 percent in the 12 months ending in September, a member of the opposition-run congress reported on Monday, as the OPEC nation's hyperinflation continues to accelerate amid a broader economic collapse. Daily inflation is now 4 percent, according to opposition legislator ...
The Japan Football Association announced Friday that the men's national team will face Venezuela in a friendly on Nov. 16 in Oita. The match between Samurai Blue and the South American side will be held at the Oita Bank Dome. Venezuela, whose squad includes Torino midfielder ...
U.S. ramps up pressure on Caracas with sanctions, warns Venezuela military could oust Maduro
The United States cranked up the pressure on Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday, imposing sanctions on his wife and more of his inner circle and issuing harsh warnings about his vulnerability to an overthrow. President Donald Trump said the "repressive regime" in Caracas that ...
Chinese Navy ship makes maiden visit to Venezuela after Beijing visit by Nicolas Maduro
A Chinese naval ship has traveled to Venezuela for the first time, following a visit by President Nicolas Maduro to Beijing this month, where he had been looking to gain China's support for the Latin American nation's struggling economy. The naval medical ship, known as ...
