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26.08.26 - 14:18
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Colombia′s New President Orders Immigration Raids, Vows To Deport Illegal Immigrants (ZeroHedge)
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Colombia's New President Orders Immigration Raids, Vows To Deport Illegal Immigrants
Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times,
Colombia's new president has ordered immigration raids this week and promised deportations of immigrants without legal status.
Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella speaks during a press conference at the Palacio de San Carlos in Bogota, Colombia, on August 12, 2026. (Esteban Vega La-Rotta/AFP via Getty Images)
President Abelardo de la Espriella, sworn in three weeks ago, described the move as a crucial step in reducing crime.
The order went out during a security council session in Barranquilla, with police and the national migration agency tasked with the job. Operations are set to begin this week.
"I will not accept any illegal immigrants, wherever they come from," De la Espriella said in a video posted Sunday on his X account. "They will have to leave and be deported. It is a political decision I am taking responsibility for."
He is prioritizing tho...
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23.08.26 - 01:51
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For Decades, The United States Ignored Latin America. All That Changed Under Trump. (ZeroHedge)
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For Decades, The United States Ignored Latin America. All That Changed Under Trump.
Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times,
In a pre-dawn raid in January, Delta Force soldiers burst in on a sleeping Nicolás Maduro, capturing the Venezuelan leader wanted on U.S. narco-terrorism charges.
Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images, Public Domain
The dramatic end of Maduro's control over a country emblematic of left-wing politics underscored Latin America's shift to the political right.
Since late 2025, the leadership has flipped from left to right in five Latin American countries: Bolivia, Chile, Honduras, Peru, and Colombia. Uruguay did the opposite, shifting from right to left in November 2024, the same month Trump was reelected.
The conservative realignment under Trump comes as his administration has refocused on America's southern neighbors in what has been dubbed the "Donroe Doctrine" - a play on the Monroe Doctrine, which asserted U.S. dominance over the ...
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07.08.26 - 17:00
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Meta Ordered To Pay $567 Million In New Mexico For Children′s Mental Health Fund (ZeroHedge)
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Meta Ordered To Pay $567 Million In New Mexico For Children's Mental Health Fund
A New Mexico state judge on Aug. 6 ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a fund dedicated to remedying the harm caused to children's mental health by the company's social media platforms.
Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
State judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a 68-page order that most of the total youth mental health fund, or $420 million, would go toward treatment services for children harmed by social media.
The remainder of the fund would be directed toward awareness and prevention, screening and assessment, referrals and coordination, and implementation, according to the order.
“The Court finds that the weight of the evidence presented demonstrates that Meta's platforms are a cause of and substantial contributing factor to the youth mental health crisis in New Mexico,” the judge wrote.
Furthermore, as Aldgra Fredly reports for The Epoch Times, in his ruling, Biedscheid ord...
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07.08.26 - 08:24
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New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children′s mental health (The Guardian)
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Ruling comes as part of second phase of landmark trial that found social media company enabled harm against usersA New Mexico court has ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to pay $567m into a fund aimed at redressing adverse mental health impacts from the social media giant's platforms.The Thursday ruling comes as a part of the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March. At the time, a jury found that the company knowingly harmed children's mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms, and imposed the maximum penalty: a $375m fine. Continue reading......
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05.08.26 - 18:30
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Trip Slowdown in Brazil Hurt Uber, CEO Says (Bloomberg)
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Uber Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi says the business continues to grow and they're doing 300 million trips per week. But he admits there was a trip slowdown in Brazil because of more competition from local food delivery bikers. He speaks on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)...
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