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Portal:Current events/2019 February 22

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
  • Venezuelan National Guard (GNB) troops open fire on a group of indigenous Pemon protesters that attempted to block a military convoy heading to the Brazil–Venezuela border, killing at least two people and wounding 14 others, several seriously. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/one-dead-multiple-injured-after-venezuelan-national-guard-opens-fire-on-opposition-supporters/2019/02/22/09d60f1a-3518-11e9-8375-e3dcf6b68558_story.html?utm_term=.a6e407ea2afc (The Washington Post)] [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article226624859.html (Miami Herald)]
  • American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War
  • U.S. President Donald Trump agrees to keep about 400 U.S. troops in Syria. [https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/22/politics/syria-us-troops-donald-trump/index.html (CNN)]

;Arts and culture

;Disasters and accidents

  • List of earthquakes in 2019
  • A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Ecuador, near the border with Peru. It is relatively deep, with a depth of {{convert|152|km|mi|abbr=on}}. [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00pnbol0/executive (USGS)]
  • Flooding is reported throughout Tennessee amid heavy rain. Rain is expected to continue, possibly making the flooding worse. [https://www.wsmv.com/news/flooding-already-reported-in-several-counties-in-middle-tennessee/article_4147cb50-36c1-11e9-b1ca-6b7e6af2d215.html (WSMV)]

;Law and crime

  • R. Kelly sexual abuse case
  • American musician R. Kelly is indicted for raping a minor. A judge in Cook County, Illinois, issues an arrest warrant for Kelly in regard to 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. [https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/22/entertainment/r-kelly-indictment/index.html (CNN)] [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/r-kelly-charged-multiple-counts-sexual-abuse-minor-n974621 (NBC News)]
  • New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is charged in a prostitution sting in the U.S. state of Florida. [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/sports/robert-kraft-jupiter-orchids-arrest.html (The New York Times)] [https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/patriots/2019/02/22/robert-kraft-florida-prostitution-sting-what-we-know/2951063002/ (USA Today)]

;Politics and elections

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