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**The [[United States Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo]] announces that the U.S. will be withdrawing all remaining diplomatic staff from [[Venezuela]]. The withdrawal follows televised remarks from [[Nicolás Maduro]] calling ''[[colectivo (Venezuela)|colectivos]]'' (paramilitary groups) to active resistance, and alleging that [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] masterminded the ongoing nationwide power outage as part of a "demonic plot" to oust him, by crippling the country's [[Electricity sector in Venezuela|electricity sector]] with an "electromagnetic attack". [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/12/nicolas-maduro-blames-demonic-trump-plot-for-blackout-crippling-venezuela (''The Guardian'')] [https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2019/03/12/en-medio-del-masivo-apagon-en-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-llamo-a-los-colectivos-chavistas-a-la-resistencia-activa/ (Infobae)] |
**The [[United States Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo]] announces that the U.S. will be withdrawing all remaining diplomatic staff from [[Venezuela]]. The withdrawal follows televised remarks from [[Nicolás Maduro]] calling ''[[colectivo (Venezuela)|colectivos]]'' (paramilitary groups) to active resistance, and alleging that [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] masterminded the ongoing nationwide power outage as part of a "demonic plot" to oust him, by crippling the country's [[Electricity sector in Venezuela|electricity sector]] with an "electromagnetic attack". [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/12/nicolas-maduro-blames-demonic-trump-plot-for-blackout-crippling-venezuela (''The Guardian'')] [https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2019/03/12/en-medio-del-masivo-apagon-en-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-llamo-a-los-colectivos-chavistas-a-la-resistencia-activa/ (Infobae)] |
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*In an annual report, the [[Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service]] warns that Russia will "very likely" try to intervene in European parliamentary elections this May to undermine unity with the European Union "by sowing disorder and disbelief" within and between the 28 [[European Union]] member states. [https://news.sky.com/story/russia-very-likely-to-meddle-in-european-parliament-elections-warns-estonia-spy-chief-11663051 (Sky)] |
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*[[2019 college admissions bribery scandal]] |
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Revision as of 03:07, 13 March 2019
March 12, 2019 (Tuesday)
Disasters and accidents
- Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, 2019 Boeing 737 MAX groundings
- The European Union, Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Turkey ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets. This means 40% of the global fleet is now grounded, with Indonesia, China and several airlines grounding their aircraft yesterday. Boeing states they will issue a software update for the model within weeks. (The Guardian) (BNO) (AFP)
International relations
- United States–Venezuela relations, Crisis in Venezuela
- The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that the U.S. will be withdrawing all remaining diplomatic staff from Venezuela. The withdrawal follows televised remarks from Nicolás Maduro calling colectivos (paramilitary groups) to active resistance, and alleging that U.S. President Donald Trump masterminded the ongoing nationwide power outage as part of a "demonic plot" to oust him, by crippling the country's electricity sector with an "electromagnetic attack". (The Guardian) (Infobae)
- In an annual report, the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service warns that Russia will "very likely" try to intervene in European parliamentary elections this May to undermine unity with the European Union "by sowing disorder and disbelief" within and between the 28 European Union member states. (Sky)
Law and crime
- 2019 college admissions bribery scandal
- A college admission scheme across the United States results in the arrest of actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, as well as other CEOs, who are being accused of using bribery and fraud in order to cheat their offspring into prestigious universities such as Yale and Stanford. (CNN) (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Micronesian parliamentary election
- President Peter M. Christian is defeated for re-election to his at-large seat in Congress by David Panuelo. (Pacific Islands Times)
- Brexit negotiations
- British parliament rejects Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal. A vote for leaving the European Union without a deal is scheduled for tomorrow. If Parliament rejects the decision to leave with no deal, Britain could request its withdrawal from the EU be postponed with the unanimous consent of the other 27 member states. (New York Times)