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In his final days as President, Donald Trump travelled to the Rio Grande Valley to survey the project that he had made his signature political issueâthe border wall with Mexico. Behind Trump, dozens of American flags lined an unfinished stretch of barrier; helicopters and all-terrain vehicles from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol stood nearby. âWe gave you a hundred per cent of what you wanted,â he boasted to a small crowd of supporters. âUnlike those who came before me, I kept my promises.â Trump glossed over the fact that his Administration had, in fact, completed less than a fourth of the two thousand miles of wall that he had promised. Of the roughly four hundred and fifty miles of wall constructed, all but forty-seven replaced existing barriers. But none of that seemed to matter to the outgoing President. The wall was an emblem of Trumpâs divisive political project. One in which deserts were bulldozed, mountains dynami
Panama defends hiring Cuban doctors to fight pandemic Tue 09th February 2021 | 10:00 AM
Panama City, Feb 9 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Feb, 2021 ) :Panama s health minister defended the deployment of more than 200 Cuban doctors to help the Central American country battle the coronavirus, despite criticism of the island government s human rights record at home. We are eternally grateful to the Cuban doctors because they came here to save the lives of Panamanians, Luis Francisco Sucre said during an appearance before the National Assembly to answer questions about the management of the pandemic.
Several deputies criticized the Panamanian government s decision to hire the 220 Cuban doctors, calling it a violation of human rights. But Sucre defended the agreement between his ministry and its Cuban counterpart, which he said complies with all due legal processes. He said his government would not hesitate to sign it again. The same people who today criticize
The Guatemalan Congress has sworn in a judge, who is under investigation by the Attorney General’s Office for corruption offenses, as the newest member of the Constitutional Court, the country's highest judicial authority. The move paves the way for political mafia groups to infiltrate Guatemala's courts.
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