Venezuela targets Guaido with probe, travel ban, asset freeze
Venezuela’s government struck back at self-declared interim president Juan Guaido on Tuesday, with the Supreme Court imposing a travel ban and freeze on his bank accounts despite a warning from Washington of “serious consequences” if it did so.
Vale to cut output, shut down dams after Brazil disaster
Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, on Tuesday vowed to take as much as 10 percent of its ore output offline in order to decommission 10 more dams like the one that burst last week, killing scores of workers and nearby residents.
Indigenous village faces existential threat from Brazil dam burst
Miles (km) downstream from where a dam owned by miner Vale SA burst on Friday, killing hundreds, a small indigenous village in Brazil faces doubts about its very existence as the river at the center of life here runs dark with mining waste.
Venezuela top court freezes Guaido’s accounts, imposes travel ban
Venezuela’s Supreme Court imposed a travel ban and financial restrictions on self-declared interim president Juan Guaido on Tuesday, including freezing his bank accounts, the president of the court said.
Factbox: U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry
The United States imposed heavy sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry on Monday, looking to cut off President Nicolas Maduro’s primary source of revenue.
Vale sacrifices output to decommission dams after Brazil disaster
Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, on Tuesday vowed to take as much as 10 percent of its ore output offline in order to decommission 10 more dams like the one that burst last week, killing scores of workers and nearby residents.
Exclusive: Vale eyed dam design changes in 2009 that may have prevented disaster
Brazilian miner Vale SA identified concerns around its tailings dams in 2009 and studied but did not implement several steps that could have prevented or lessened the damage from last week’s deadly disaster, according to a corporate presentation seen b…
British lawmakers instruct May to change Brexit deal; EU says ‘No’
British lawmakers on Tuesday instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen a Brexit treaty with the European Union to replace a controversial Irish border arrangement – and promptly received a flat rejection from Brussels.
Vale to end use and dismantle all upstream dams after disaster: CEO
Vale SA , the world’s largest iron ore miner, on Tuesday vowed to take as much as 10 percent of its ore output offline in order to decommission 19 dams like the one that burst last week, killing scores of workers and nearby residents.
Arrival of Russian passenger jet fires up Venezuela’s rumor mill
(This Jan. 29 story was corrected to show plane flew to Caracas in December)
