2020-12-24: News Headlines

Online News Editor (2020-12-23). Bangkok's vibrant nightlife torn between normalcy, bankruptcy. laprensalatina.com By Noel Caballero Bangkok, Dec 23 (efe-epa).- Bangkok's vibrant nightlife, a benchmark in Asia, is reeling under the pandemic crisis and faced with two opposite realities: closed or deserted bars in tourist areas contrasting with the busy establishments frequented by locals. The closure of international borders has drastically affected the sector that earned $5.5 billion …

Orinoco Tribune (2020-12-23). US Attack: Treasury Department Imposes New Sanctions on Cuba and Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca The US imposed sanctions on three Cuban entities and three Nicaraguan citizens, the US Treasury Department reported today. | The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Treasury Department sanctioned the Cuban companies Grupo de Administración Empresarial, Financiera Cimex and Kave …

teleSUR (2020-12-22). Nicaragua: National Assembly Approves Law To Defend Its People. telesurenglish.net Nicaragua's National Assembly approved on Monday the "Law for the defense of people's rights to independence, sovereignty, and self-determination for peace." The legislation aims at ensuring that individuals who act against the country's independence will lose the right to be elected for public service. | RELATED: | The law establishes that "Nicaraguans who lead or finance a coup, who alter the constitutional order, w…