Analyst says freezing of Venezuela’s assets “an act of war”The freezing of Venezuela’s assets by the United States, at a time when the Latin American country is grappling with a huge economic crisis, is tantamount to “an act of war,” according to a U.S.-based attorney.

New massacre reported in northern ColombiaIn Colombia, a new massacre, with a toll of three people dead, was reported this Monday in the department of Antioquia, as part of the wave of political violence that shakes the South American country.

Bill Gates rejects opening vaccine patents A suggestion to waive patent restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines has been rejected by multi-billionaire Bill Gates, who said he doesn’t believe the intellectual property has anything to do with the drawn-out global effort to rein in the pandemic.

More than 150 billion dollars of Venezuelans' money would be delivered to opposition forcesVenezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has denounced that the money frozen and sequestered to his country in the banks of the world and the federal reserve of the United States are being delivered to the "mafias" of the opposition right-wing.

U.S. was by far the world's biggest spender, with Washington accounting for 39 percent of total global military expenditure in 2020  Lockheed Martin/Handout via ReutersGlobal military expenditure rose by 2.6 percent to $1.98 trillion last year even as some countries reallocated their defense funds to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report issued on Monday.