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Financial Crisis

Eurozone unemployment falls to decade low of 8.2 percent

Aug 31, 2018

Unemployment across the 19-country eurozone has fallen to its lowest level since the most acute phase of the global financial crisis a decade ago

Brazil president: closing Venezuela border 'unthinkable'

Aug 30, 2018

Brazilian President Michel Temer says it would be "unthinkable" to close his country's border to Venezuelans fleeing political and economic turmoil

Brazil suggests limiting Venezuelan entries, then backs off

Aug 29, 2018

Brazilian President Michel Temer said Wednesday that authorities are considering significantly reducing the number of Venezuelans entering Brazil each day but backtracked hours later

Venezuelans find US asylum surprisingly elusive

Aug 29, 2018

Venezuelans, whose country has grown increasingly authoritarian and lawless amid an economic collapse, now make up the largest group by nationality of people seeking asylum in the United States

Brazil to deploy military in state flooded with Venezuelans

Aug 29, 2018

Brazilian President Michel Temer says he'll deploy the military to help restore order in a state at the heart of the Venezuelan migrant crisis, as new data showed a surge in killings in the state meant it now has the highest homicide rate in the country

Colombia, Peru pledge joint response to Venezuela exodus

Aug 28, 2018

Immigration authorities in Colombia and Peru are vowing to build a joint database to share information on the rapidly rising number of Venezuelans fleeing their nation's crippling economic and humanitarian crisis

Iran president fails to appease lawmakers in economic crisis

Aug 28, 2018

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to convince parliament that his plans will pull the country out of an economic nosedive worsened by America's withdrawal from the nuclear deal

US government advocate for student loan borrowers resigns

Aug 28, 2018

The nation's roughly 44 million student loan borrowers have lost their advocate inside in the U.S. government

Venezuelan migrants accept government offer for flight home

Aug 28, 2018

Nearly one hundred Venezuelan migrants in Peru are making an unexpected journey back home after fleeing their nation's economic and humanitarian crisis

Venezuelan migrants pour into Peru before new rules enforced

Aug 24, 2018

Thousands of Venezuelans are crossing into Peru hours before authorities begin enforcing stiffer rules that will make entering the South American nation more difficult