IBOV 205,079.25 ▼ 0.17% IPSA 10,972.40 ▲ 0.02% IPC MEX 69,010.67 ▲ 0.12% MERVAL 3,017,221 — — COLCAP 2,521.34 ▼ 1.75% BVL PERÚ 59,664.64 ▲ 0.40% USD/BRL5.05▲ 0.28% USD/MXN18.38▼ 0.23% USD/CLP980.00▼ 0.13% USD/COP3,157▼ 0.57% USD/PEN3.44▼ 0.27% USD/ARS1,524▼ 0.02% USD/UYU40.10▲ 2.63% USD/PYG5,741▲ 3.76% USD/BOB11.62▲ 2.52% USD/DOP61.30▲ 2.85% USD/CRC448.31▲ 1.67% USD/GTQ7.64▲ 2.99% USD/HNL26.86▼ 0.02% USD/NIO36.62▲ 2.57% USD/VES879.67▼ 0.03% USD/PAB1.00— 0.00% USD/BZD2.00— 0.00% USD/JMD 157.28 — 0.00% USD/TTD6.73▲ 2.19% EUR/BRL5.67▼ 0.27% BRENT 88.88 ▼ 0.03% WTI 83.11 ▼ 0.11% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.61 ▲ 0.03% GOLD 4,461 ▲ 1.78% SILVER 65.59 ▲ 1.26% SOY 1,184 ▲ 3.20% CORN 480.50 ▲ 10.02% WHEAT 655.00 ▲ 3.93% COFFEE 317.25 ▼ 5.51% SUGAR 16.43 ▼ 1.79% ORANGE JUICE 138.55 ▼ 0.47% COTTON 85.03 ▲ 2.33% COCOA 5,719 ▲ 3.18% BEEF 223.60 ▼ 3.93% CATTLE 339.10 ▼ 3.16% LITHIUM 75.20 ▲ 1.47% PETR4 41.64 ▼ 0.05% VALE3 72.97 ▲ 0.83% ITUB4 38.60 ▼ 1.03% BBDC4 16.85 ▲ 0.36% ABEV3 14.89 ▼ 0.80% BBAS3 19.37 ▲ 0.47% B3SA3 14.26 ▼ 0.21% WEGE3 47.59 ▲ 0.49% PRIO3 59.14 ▼ 0.19% SUZB3 41.33 ▲ 2.35% RENT3 34.68 ▼ 0.09% AZZA3 15.89 ▼ 2.63% CSAN3 3.22 ▼ 1.83% RAIZ4 0.25 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.75 ▼ 0.36% GMAT3 3.65 ▼ 1.08% PSSA3 48.13 ▼ 0.54% CVCB3 1.33 ▼ 2.92% POSI3 3.36 ▲ 2.44% SLCE3 13.34 ▲ 0.30% NATU3 8.14 ▼ 0.73% IBOV 205,079.25 ▼ 0.17% IPSA 10,972.40 ▲ 0.02% IPC MEX 69,010.67 ▲ 0.12% MERVAL 3,017,221 — — COLCAP 2,521.34 ▼ 1.75% BVL PERÚ 59,664.64 ▲ 0.40% USD/BRL 5.16 ▲ 0.01% USD/MXN 17.06 ▼ 0.24% USD/CLP 913.98 ▲ 0.04% USD/COP 3,140 ▲ 0.03% USD/PEN 3.36 ▼ 0.66% USD/ARS 1,493 ▲ 0.10% USD/UYU 40.27 ▲ 1.24% USD/PYG 5,939 ▲ 1.68% USD/BOB 11.64 ▼ 0.76% USD/DOP 58.34 ▲ 1.25% USD/CRC 445.92 ▲ 0.89% USD/GTQ 7.62 ▲ 2.21% USD/HNL 26.79 ▲ 1.57% USD/NIO 36.62 ▲ 0.69% USD/VES 762.44 ▼ 0.13% USD/PAB 1.00 — 0.00% USD/BZD 2.00 — 0.00% USD/JMD 157.28 — 0.00% USD/TTD 6.70 ▲ 0.61% EUR/BRL 5.95 ▲ 1.01% BRENT 88.88 ▼ 0.03% WTI 83.11 ▼ 0.11% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.61 ▲ 0.03% GOLD 4,461 ▲ 1.78% SILVER 65.59 ▲ 1.26% SOY 1,184 ▲ 3.20% CORN 480.50 ▲ 10.02% WHEAT 655.00 ▲ 3.93% COFFEE 317.25 ▼ 5.51% SUGAR 16.43 ▼ 1.79% ORANGE JUICE 138.55 ▼ 0.47% COTTON 85.03 ▲ 2.33% COCOA 5,719 ▲ 3.18% BEEF 223.60 ▼ 3.93% CATTLE 339.10 ▼ 3.16% LITHIUM 75.20 ▲ 1.47% PETR4 41.64 ▼ 0.05% VALE3 72.97 ▲ 0.83% ITUB4 38.60 ▼ 1.03% BBDC4 16.85 ▲ 0.36% ABEV3 14.89 ▼ 0.80% BBAS3 19.37 ▲ 0.47% B3SA3 14.26 ▼ 0.21% WEGE3 47.59 ▲ 0.49% PRIO3 59.14 ▼ 0.19% SUZB3 41.33 ▲ 2.35% RENT3 34.68 ▼ 0.09% AZZA3 15.89 ▼ 2.63% CSAN3 3.22 ▼ 1.83% RAIZ4 0.25 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.75 ▼ 0.36% GMAT3 3.65 ▼ 1.08% PSSA3 48.13 ▼ 0.54% CVCB3 1.33 ▼ 2.92% POSI3 3.36 ▲ 2.44% SLCE3 13.34 ▲ 0.30% NATU3 8.14 ▼ 0.73%
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Chinese spokesman tweets U.S. and not Al-Qaeda staged the 9/11 attacks in 2001

By · August 21, 2022 · 2 min read

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lijian Zhao tweeted on Aug. 16, 2022, that the United States (not al-Qaeda) staged the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Until now, Chinese officials have privately expressed skepticism about the official version of the 9/11 attacks. They have now taken a step forward.

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Only Sheikh Zayed, Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Fidel Castro, and Donald Trump had allowed themselves to raise the issue publicly.

Americans and much of the world watched in disbelief and horror on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as the World Trade Center collapsed, the Pentagon burned, and a field in Pennsylvania smoldered.

The most significant terrorist attack on U.S. soil in history displayed that some of the most potent symbols of American power were vulnerable to hate imported into the country from an area of the world that most Americans couldn’t point out on a map.

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But for some, the idea that 19 people could harbor so much hate that they voluntarily hijacked four jetliners and used them as missiles against innocent people was too likely a story to believe.

More than two decades later, those skeptics who developed conspiracy theories are still alive and well.

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