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Venezuelan President Maduro Faces Intensified Pressure To Step Down

6:47am January 30, 2019

by Philip Reeves

Massive nationwide protests are planned in Venezuela Wednesday, as Venezuela officials try to block the self-declared president Juan Guaidó from leaving the country and freeze his bank accounts.

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Cemetery workers prepare burial sites for the victims of the collapsed dam in Brumadinho, Brazil, on Tuesday.

Brazil Arrests 5 In Dam Collapse As Death Toll Rises To 65

10:51pm January 29, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

Reports say three of those arrested were involved in getting the mining project licensed, and two were consultants with a company that certified the dam for safety.

Carlos Catarldo Gomez, of Honduras, center, is escorted by Mexican officials after leaving the United States, the first person returned to Mexico to wait for his asylum trial date, in Tijuana, Mexico

Trump Administration Begins 'Remain In Mexico' Policy, Sending Asylum-Seekers Back

10:37pm January 29, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The new procedure is designed to prevent applicants from remaining in the U.S. while they await a hearing before an immigration judge.

Venezuela's top prosecutor, Tarek William Saab, talks to reporters in Caracas on Tuesday. He announced that Juan Guaidó, now President Nicolás Maduro's most prominent opponent, is barred from leaving the country because of an investigation.

United States Warns Americans Not To Travel To Venezuela As Tensions Rise

8:26pm January 29, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The U.S. supports the main opposition leader who has been barred by Venezuela's Supreme Court from leaving the country.

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Venezuela's State-Owned Oil Company Is Hit With U.S. Sanctions

6:38am January 29, 2019

by Camila Domonoske

The U.S. Treasury has announced new sanctions on Venezuela, targeting that country's oil sales — as part of a larger effort to support the opposition and push for the ouster of Nicolas Maduro.

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News Brief: Roger Stone, Huawei Probe, Venezuela Sanctions

5:01am January 29, 2019

Stone is to be arraigned Tuesday as part of the special counsel's Russia probe. U.S. indicts Chinese telecommunications giant on 13 criminal counts. U.S. announces new sanctions against Venezuela.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (right) and National Security Adviser John Bolton announce sanctions against Venezuela at the White House Monday.

U.S. Imposes Sanctions On Venezuelan State Oil Monopoly

5:19pm January 28, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says payments from U.S. refiners will go into an escrow account until Juan Guaidó or another leader replaces President Nicolás Maduro.

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Episode 1905

4:50pm January 28, 2019

Our broadcast show for January 25, 2019

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Episode 1905

4:40pm January 28, 2019

Our broadcast show for January 25, 2019.

The Vale mining company says that Dam I of the Córrego de Feijão mine was more than 280 feet high and 2,360 feet wide, holding a volume of 11.7 million cubic meters. The ruined mine near Brumadinho, Brazil, is seen here in a satellite photo from Jan. 26

Brazil Dam Disaster: 60 People Are Dead, With Hundreds More Missing

3:39pm January 28, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The dam that collapsed last week held more than 3 billion gallons of mud and mine waste. A mine worker says he heard a loud sound — and when he turned, he saw a "mountain of mud" sweeping toward him.

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