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Month: February 2021

«Casi el 90% de mis conversaciones con Trump fueron sobre Venezuela», dice el presidente del BID a CNN

(CNN Español) — A poco más de cuatro meses de su llegada al Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), Mauricio Claver-Carone reflexiona sobre el escenario que vendrá después de la pandemia de covid-19, habla de sus planes para darle una impronta más joven a la institución y recuerda cómo fue trabajar como asesor del expresidente Donald

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A college student made big bucks off GameStop stock. Now he’s donating video games to a children’s hospital

After making thousands off GameStop stock last week, a 20-year-old college student used his newfound riches to pay it forward to a local children’s hospital. Hunter Kahn, a mechanical engineering student at Cornell University, donated multiple Nintendo Switch consoles and games to Children’s Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis after cashing out almost $30,000 in GameStop stock

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How Myanmar’s opening to democracy got crushed

In a precision operation early Monday, Myanmar’s armed forces chief Gen. Min Aung Hlaing summarily deposed the country’s government, arresting state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and dozens of other key officials. The military blocked roads in the capital Naypyidaw and Rangoon, disrupted television, telephone and internet service and imposed a curfew.

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Tennessee principal apologizes for ‘All Lives Matter’ theme for Black History Month

The principal at a Chattanooga, Tennessee, middle school has apologized after announcing that the school’s Black History Month theme would be “All Lives Matter.” East Ridge Middle School announced the theme in its weekly newsletter, which was sent out to families Sunday. Principal Christy Caldwell Drake issued an apology Monday, explaining that her inspiration for

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