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Trump says he has a very good dialogue with Moscow and Kiev to stop the “slaughter” in Ukraine

US President Donald Trump assured on Tuesday that he is having “very constructive” talks with Moscow and Kiev to end the conflict and stressed that the “massacre” that is taking place in Ukraine cannot be allowed to continue.

“An absolute slaughter is taking place on the beautiful farmland of Ukraine and we have to stop it. We cannot allow this to continue. It is a human tragedy and we will work hard to stop it,” he said at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump said that he is having “very good and constructive” talks with the Ukrainian leadership of Kiev and also with the Russian leadership of Moscow.

“This should not have happened,” added the Republican president, who began his second term on January 20, about that war.

The US leader therefore stressed that it must be put to an end. “We cannot allow this to continue. It is a human tragedy and we will do our hard effort to stop it,” he said alongside Netanyahu, the first foreign president he receives in the White House since his return to power.

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Trump said on Monday that he wants Ukraine to deliver rare earths to the United States, key minerals for technological innovations ranging from electric vehicles and wind turbines to state-of-the-art aircraft, in exchange for the help that Washington is providing.

“We are telling Ukrainians that they have very valuable rare earths. We want what we offer to be guaranteed in some way. We want a guarantee,” Trump told the press in the Oval Office of the White House, insisting that Ukraine should give something to Washington in exchange for the aid it provides.

According to Trump, the previous president, Joe Biden, “never asked them for money” and only “gave them money,” in reference to the military and other aid that the United States has given to Ukraine worth more than 180 billion dollars since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022.

In the opinion of the president, the European Union is not putting itself at the level of the United States in terms of aid to Ukraine and that has to be “rebalanced”, because “we have an ocean in between and they don’t.”

Trump advocated before his arrival at the White House to end the conflict in Ukraine immediately, something he has not achieved for the moment.

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He has also said that he hopes to be able to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin to be able to “end the war” in Ukraine, while last Friday he was again cryptic about whether or not he has already spoken to Putin.

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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.