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World Page 23

World news: wars, diplomacy, elections and the forces reshaping the globe.

  1. World

    Leaked State Department Cable Orders U.S. Diplomats to Threaten Palestinian Visas Unless U.N. Ambassador Riyad Mansour Withdraws His Bid for a General Assembly Vice Presidency

    The May 19 'sensitive but unclassified' cable directs the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem to pressure Palestinian officials to abandon one of the 21 vice-president slots at the next U.N. session, citing Mansour's record of accusing Israel of genocide and warning of possible visa revocation in what former diplomats call an unprecedented threat.

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  2. World

    Bolivia's La Paz Under Siege as Two Weeks of Nationwide Road Blockades Empty Markets, Drain Hospital Oxygen and Kill at Least Three, Pushing Six-Month-Old Paz Government Into Its Worst Crisis

    The Bolivian Workers' Central, peasant unions and miners have closed roads across nearly the entire country after the government imported 'junk gasoline' that damaged transport fleets — and now Argentina has launched a humanitarian airlift while eight Latin American governments warn against any attempt to topple the democratic order.

    4 min read