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More than 7.2 million people have left Venezuela since the country’s political, economic and social crisis began last decade PACARAIMA, Brazil -- As the sun rose, Miguel Gonzalez, partner Maryelis Rodriguez and their four young children got off a passenger bus after an 18-hour ride south from the eastern Venezuelan community they desperately wanted to leave. The parents, with minds still muzzy from sleep, retrieved two duffel bags and assessed needs before entering the station: Diaper change for the 1-year-old. Restrooms for the 2-, 4- and 6-year-old. Directions to Brazil. “Taxi? Taxi?” hawkish cab drivers asked everyone walking through the Santa Elena de Uairen station, where thousands of people every month walk through Venezuelan territory one last time. Roughly a half hour later, the Gonzalez family, like dozens of others every day, became migrants for the first time when they exited a taxi in Pacaraima, Brazil. More than 7.2 million people have left Venezuela since the country’s p...

An Irish U.N. peacekeeper has been killed and several others were wounded after unidentified attackers fired at a convoy in southern Lebanon BEIRUT -- An Irish U.N. peacekeeper was killed and several others were wounded after unidentified attackers opened fire on a convoy in southern Lebanon, Irish and Lebanese military officials said Thursday. The Irish Defense Forces said in a statement that a pair of armored vehicles carrying eight Irish UNIFIL peacekeeping troops was fired on as they drove north, toward Beirut on Wednesday night from the town of Al-Aqbiya. The Irish military identified the killed peacekeeper as Pvt. Seán Rooney of Newtwoncunningham. It noted that one of the three wounded soldiers was in serious condition. It did not identify the assailants. UNIFIL confirmed that one peacekeeper was killed and three were wounded but did not share further details. “Our thoughts are also with the local civilians who may have been injured or frightened during the incident,” UNIFIL spok...