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Uruguayan Pepe Mujica thanks the president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, for “living with a cause”

The former president of Uruguay José Mujica (2010-2015) thanked on Monday the Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, who was visiting Uruguay, for “living with a cause” in a meeting in which he also reflected on humanism and the love of life.

“I thank this boy, who has many years to be bitter and feel defeated, for living with a cause thinking that humans can contribute to building societies a little better than those in which we were born and less selfish,” the former Uruguayan president told the press after finishing the meeting on his farm on the outskirts of Montevideo.

In that sense, ‘Pepe’ specified that human beings must allow themselves to dream and live with the idea that there may be a future and that all children who are born have “a side of opportunity.”

“We say that we are left-wing but we are neither left nor right, we are humanists and we think about what suits the future and humanity and we are going to die dreaming of that,” he said.

In addition, Mujica emphasized that “it is not money” that is needed in the world but “heart, compassion and love of life”.

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The Chilean president did not hide his joy after meeting Mujica and his wife Lucía Topolansky, whom he described as references of “conviction, honesty and principles” during his visit to Montevideo.

“They are for me personally, but also for our generation, references of conviction, references of honesty, references of principles, of not forgetting where we come from and why we are in the political struggle,” Mujica’s house, on the outskirts of Montevideo, told the press when he left the meeting.

The Chilean president said that “it is exciting” to be able to talk to both of them and Mujica’s energy to “pass the post” despite the esophageal cancer he suffers from and pointed out that he left the meeting with “many ideas for the future.”

“With that energy I’m going to Chile again, which we’ve been trying to do permanently. We also talked about how important it is to advance step by step so as not to get out of runh,” he said.

Boric arrived in Montevideo in the morning where he held a meeting with his counterpart, Luis Lacalle Pou, in which in addition to Mujica he will also visit the president-elect, Yamandú Orsi, who will take over on March 1.

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“We see that there are those who sow hatred to do politics. I think that to that we have to oppose a resistance of hope, of affection, of public policies that improve the quality of life of our people and with Yamandú I have no doubt that we will work firmly in the integration of Latin America,” said Boric.

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Marco Rubio warns Venezuela against military action against Guyana

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Venezuela on Thursday that a military attack on Guyana would be “a big mistake” and “a very bad day for them,” expressing his support for Georgetown in its territorial dispute with Caracas.

“It would be a very bad day for the Venezuelan regime if they attacked Guyana or ExxonMobil. It would be a very bad day, a very bad week for them, and it would not end well,” Rubio emphasized during a press conference in Georgetown alongside Guyanese President Irfaan Ali.

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Ecuador oil spill worsens as containment dam collapses

The collapse of a containment dam holding back part of the 25,000+ barrels of oil spilled from a pipeline rupture nearly two weeks ago has worsened the environmental crisis in northwestern Ecuador, contaminating rivers and Pacific beaches.

The Ecuadorian government attributed the March 13 pipeline rupture—which led to the spill of 25,116 barrels of crude—to an act of sabotage. The spill affected three rivers and disrupted water supplies for several communities, according to authorities.

On Tuesday, due to heavy rains that have been falling since January, a containment dam on the Caple River collapsed. The Caple connects to other waterways in Esmeraldas Province, a coastal region bordering Colombia, state-owned Petroecuador said in a statement on Wednesday.

Seven containment barriers were installed in the Viche River, where crews worked to remove oil-contaminated debris. Additional absorbent materials were deployed in Caple, Viche, and Esmeraldas Rivers, which flow into the Pacific Ocean.

Authorities are also working to protect a wildlife refuge home to more than 250 species, including otters, howler monkeys, armadillos, frigatebirds, and pelicans.

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“This has been a total disaster,” said Ronald Ruiz, a leader in the Cube community, where the dam was located. He explained that the harsh winter rains caused river levels to rise, bringing debris that broke the containment barriersthat were holding the accumulated oil for extraction.

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Federal court blocks Trump’s use of Enemy Alien Act for deportations

A federal appeals court upheld the block on former President Donald Trump’s use of the Enemy Alien Act on Wednesday, preventing him from using the law to expedite deportations of alleged members of the transnational criminal group Tren de Aragua.

With a 2-1 ruling, a panel from the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed previous decisions by two lower court judges, maintaining the legal standoff between the White House and the judiciary.

On March 14, Trump invoked the 1798 Enemy Alien Act, a law traditionally used during wartime, to deport hundreds of Venezuelans whom he accused of belonging to Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that originated in Venezuelan prisons.

The centuries-old law grants the president the power to detain, restrict, and expel foreign nationals from a country engaged in a “declared war” or an “invasion or predatory incursion” against the United States, following a public proclamation.