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TeleSur

TeleSur is a Latin American multimedia platform oriented to lead and promote the unification of the peoples of the SOUTH. It is a multi-state funded, Latin American terrestrial and satellite television network headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela. It is sponsored primarily by the government of Venezuela, but also by Uruguay, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Cuba.

Immigration
Democrats To Deny Funding to Trump's Muslim Visa Ban on 2nd Anniversary

Democrats To Deny Funding to Trump’s Muslim Visa Ban on 2nd Anniversary

TeleSur

(TeleSur) – “We are dropping American made bombs on countries … the United States then made the decision to block those people inside those countries…” Democratic members of the United States Congress rallied against President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban Monday which reached its second anniversary. “I know first-hand how destructive this policy is to millions […]

Feminism
Social Media Ridicule: Emirates' Gender Equality Award Winners All Men

Social Media Ridicule: Emirates’ Gender Equality Award Winners All Men

TeleSur

The award was meant to promote female participation in government, however, this year only men were honored. A storm of tweets bombarded the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after it was clear women had been completely excluded from this year’s gender-equality awards ceremony. “Gender balance has become a pillar in our governmental institutions,” said UAE vice […]

Immigration
US Uses Migrant Children as 'Bait' to Catch Sponsors: Lawsuit

US Uses Migrant Children as ‘Bait’ to Catch Sponsors: Lawsuit

TeleSur

Some 10,000 migrant children being held in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) shelters are being denied due process rights as asylum seekers, the lawsuit argues. “We have over 10,000 children in custody right now because this administration is using them as bait. This deplorable, deliberate policy means that these children are languishing in detention for […]

Immigration
Trump Gov't Separated 'Thousands' More Immigrant Children Than Originally Reported

Trump Gov’t Separated ‘Thousands’ More Immigrant Children Than Originally Reported

TeleSur

The administration of President Trump implemented a ‘zero tolerance’ policy to criminally prosecute and jail all illegal border crossers even those traveling with their children. The U.S. government may have separated “thousands” more immigrant children from their parents than previously known but inadequate record-keeping means the exact number is still unclear, an internal watchdog said […]

Saudi Arabia
Congress trying to de-fund Trump/Saudi War in Yemen

Congress trying to de-fund Trump/Saudi War in Yemen

TeleSur

(TeleSur) – United States President Donald Trump is expected to face a new vote, this time in the U.S. House of Representatives, which could limit his authority to continue waging war in Yemen. The action is limited by internal politics and the option of a presidential veto. In December last year, the U.S. Senate passed […]

Uncategorized
Tucker Carlson's 'Daily Caller' Photoshop-shames AOC to Preserve Male Chauvinist Plutocracy

Tucker Carlson’s ‘Daily Caller’ Photoshop-shames AOC to Preserve Male Chauvinist Plutocracy

TeleSur

Far-right media has been attacking Ocasio-Cortez by posting old videos and fake nude photos. Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has come out against news organizations who are working hard to discredit or embarrass her. Far-right and right-wing media outlets and random social media trolls have been ramping up their attacks against progressive candidates and politicians, […]

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Men can no Longer Divorce Wives without Telling Them

Saudi Men can no Longer Divorce Wives without Telling Them

TeleSur

Saudi courts now have to inform wives by text message that their husbands want a divorce in a bid to end surprise separations on the part of their husbands. Starting Sunday, courts in Saudi Arabia are required to notify wives by text on any rulings confirming their divorces. However, women still remain subject to male […]

Germany
Germany: MSM won't Tell you White Nationalist Drove into Muslim Refugees

Germany: MSM won’t Tell you White Nationalist Drove into Muslim Refugees

TeleSur

A 50-year-old driver injured Syrian and Afganistan migrants and shouted racist comments as he was being arrested. A 50-year-old man has been arrested after driving his car into a crowd of people in Germany in what police say appears to be a racist attack. A group of migrants from Syria and Afghanistan was attacked in […]

Israel/ Palestine
Europe, UK, France & Turkey Reject Israel's Plans for new Squatter Homes in Palestine

Europe, UK, France & Turkey Reject Israel’s Plans for new Squatter Homes in Palestine

TeleSur

Israel’s settlements in the West Bank are a violation of the 4th Geneva Convention, according to the United Nations. France, the United Kingdom (UK), the European Union (EU) and Turkey have rejected Israel’s newly approved expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. “The European Union’s position on Israeli settlement construction and related activities […]

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