Mitchell G. Patton

daniel brownBBC World, Caracas22 September 2014image source, BBC World Servicecaption, Although internet access in Venezuela has grown, the speed has gone down. Watching a video without having to wait for it to load is a luxury few have in Venezuela.Although it is possible to buy a fast connection for several thousand bolívares, the majority of Venezuelans - who pay several hundred - consume the internet that recent studies have described as one of the slowest in the world.Indeed, a study by Cepal reduces that it is the worst in Latin America.According to the speed measurement company Ookla, the average internet…

Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, began erupting again in Hawaii on Thursday, nearly a month after federal officials said activity there had ceased.The United States Geological Survey said Webcam images showed lava flow. inside the Halemaʻumaʻu crater in the volcano's summit caldera.The agency upgraded the volcano's alert level from a watch to a warning and said it was evaluating possible dangers. So far, the eruption has been contained in the crater, she said.Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, looking east from the western edge of the summit caldera, Thursday in a webcam image provided by the US Geological Survey.US Geological…

The postponed Buffalo Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game will not resume and has been called off, the NFL announced Thursday night.The game was postponed after Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after making a tackle on Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins. Hamlin had to be resuscitated in the field and remains in the hospital, where his condition has improved since he received 100 percent oxygen from a ventilator."This has been a very difficult week," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "We continue to focus on Damar Hamlin's recovery and are encouraged by the improvements in her condition, as…