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Venezuela

In Venezuela, acting president Delcy Rodriguez stated that lifting sanctions is the only way to provide long term legal certainty for investments in the country. The leader's statement followed the announcement by the United States Department of Treasury, which lifted sanctions on the Central Bank of Venezuela and three state owned banks, Banco de Venezuela, Banco de Gital de Lothrabajadores, and Banco del Tesoro, once again allowing financial transactions and operations in dollars with the US system. 

Africa

Pope Leo fourteen travels today to Cameroon to begin the second stage of his ten day tour of Africa. The pope will remain in that country until April eighteenth, having a ride from Algeria and will continue then his visit to Angola. During this papal tour, he seeks to bring global attention to Africa, promote peace, and encourage dialogue with Islam. 

Colombia

In Colombia, this Wednesday sees a new day of social pressure with a twenty four hour nationwide teachers strike across different regions of the country. The mobilization aims to highlight failures in the teachers' health care system and demands government responses to delays in appointment scheduling, lack of continuity in medical treatments, and limitations in service coverage. And that's our news.