Neoliberalism, the developed world’s policy framework of the past 40 years, is now in serious crisis. The slogan is pithy—Neoliberalismo nunca más (Neoliberalism Never Again). It was chanted in the streets of Santiago, Chile; it ...
As Ecuador endures a financial crisis, protesters took to the streets to express their anger at newly imposed IMF-forced austerity measures. An International Monetary Fund (IMF)-backed austerity program that cut a decades-long fuel subsidy and ...
During the trial of Tony Hernández, a US prosecutor alleged that his brother, President Juan Orlando Hernández received 1.5 million in bribes. (By Peoples Dispatch) The long-awaited trial of Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernández on charges ...
Haiti, perhaps the country most affected by the energy crisis derived from the embargo against Venezuela, is being used as a launch point of the offensive against the government of Nicolás Maduro. (By Lautaro Rivara, ...
There is evidence that Mexicans migrating to the U.S. today are significantly different than their counterparts making the move more than a decade ago. (Rogelio Sáenz, The Conversation) Once upon a time, not long ago, ...
“As hundreds of thousands of Bahamians seek refuge or start to rebuild after Hurricane Dorian, we cannot have the kind of confusion that occurred last night in Freeport.” Hundreds of Hurricane Dorian survivors were told ...
“Legally exported U.S. firearms have been used in massacres, disappearances, and by security forces that collude with criminal groups in Mexico on a broad scale.” (By Parker Asmann, InSight Crime) U.S. firearms have flowed into ...
French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are engaged in an ongoing public spat that has now put an Amazon aid package in limbo. A financial aid package of $22 million pledged to ...
Mexico, already the most dangerous country for journalists in the Western Hemisphere, recorded more journalists deaths in the first seven months of 2019 than in all of 2018. (By Parker Asmann, InSight Crime) Reporters in ...
An average of 1,688 corruption cases were registered for every 1,000 active-duty police officers in Mexico in 2017. (By Juan Camilo Jaramillo, InSight Crime) The arrest of a town’s entire police department in Mexico’s state ...
A recent weapons seizure by Argentine authorities of about 1,000 guns and hundreds of explosives is the nation’s largest in history, according to officials. (By Josefina Salomón and Carolina Sampó, InSight Crime) While the seizure of ...
Both Germany and Norway are pulling donations to Brazil’s Amazon fund over concerns that the Brazilian government is promoting the spread of deforestation. The Norwegian government has reportedly suspended donations allocated to the Brazilian government’s ...
A huge cattle ranch business is flouting bans designed to protect the rainforest and selling its cows to the world’s largest meat company. (By Andrew Wasley, Alexandra Heal, Dom Phillips, Daniel Camargos, Mie Lainio, André Campos, Diego Junqueira, The Bureau of Investigative ...
People and movements from across the world are standing in solidarity with Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution after the latest imperialist offensive and demanding #NoMoreTrump. (Peoples Dispatch) Tens of thousands of Venezuelans took to the ...
Greenwald, co-founder of The Intercept, applauded the court for protecting journalism against “repressive, retaliatory acts threatened by the Bolsonaro government.” (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) The Brazilian Supreme Court delivered a major victory for press freedom on Thursday ...
“With this flying skull, [I feel] like I’m in a jungle and they are hunting beasts. I feel like an animal trapped in my own home.” (By Yuri Neves, InSight Crime) Rio de Janeiro police ...
Dozens of social movements and organizations mobilized on Saturday to denounce the report presented by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. (Peoples Dispatch) On July 13, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took ...
Due to the strike, about 130 stores of various supermarket chains owned by the company remained closed, while more than 100 operated for half day. (Peoples Dispatch) On July 10, more than 17,000 workers, working ...
“The report is devastating for Moro’s reputation. Devastating for the reputation of Brazil’s legal system. And this is only just the beginning.” The tides have turned against Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro, formerly idolized by ...
Former UN special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas slams UN High Commissioner Bachelet’s report on Venezuela as a politicized collection of baseless accusations by “advocates of regime change.” (By Anya Parampil, The Grayzone Project) When United ...
After 70 days in preventive detention without formal charges, Ola Bini’s request for habeas corpus was granted, and shortly after, he was released from prison. (By Zoe PC, Peoples Dispatch) Privacy activist and software developer ...
Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno has tried to settle the controversy and denied the possibility of a foreign military base in the country. (Peoples Dispatch) On June 17, dozens of environmentalists and citizens demonstrated in front ...
Guaido’s representative in the US, Carlos Vecchio, is also being accused of fraud in CITGO worth US $70 million. (By Paul Dobson, Venezuela Analysis) Venezuelan authorities have opened a new criminal investigation against self-declared “Interim ...
“This is how the United States operates these days. They have written rules, and then they call you to explain that there are also unwritten rules that they want you to follow.” While the mystery ...
Since June 3, the primary and secondary education teachers in Chile are mobilizing against the deterioration of public education, infrastructural problems, long-standing teachers’ debts and curricular changes, among other issues. (Peoples Dispatch) On June 17, ...
To avoid another embarrassing defeat like Vietnam, the United States evolved its warfare strategy to include the battle for hearts and minds. On April 30, 1975, the United States learned an important lesson. The capture ...
“This reporting confirms what we knew all along — that Moro was a bad actor and part of a larger conspiracy to send Lula to jail.” Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro is facing calls to ...
“This is happening because the Bolivarian revolution confronted the hegemonic global interests and didn’t subordinate to the American imperialism.” “It’s all the fault of our leaders. The so-called economic war doesn’t exist; it’s only a ...
The U.S. Homeland Security Department is helping to stem migration from Guatemala. In a new effort to tackle immigration issues, the United States is sending additional homeland security agents to Guatemala, where they will assist ...
Mexico is one of the U.S.’ biggest trading partners, and the new Mexico tariffs complicate the president’s goal of creating a revised trade pact between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. President Trump announced new tariffs ...
“There’s a lot of talk about looking for alternatives, but the detention centers are full, the massive operations continue … they separate families and even a child lost her life.” The Mexican immigration agency is ...
“With gratitude and hope I accept the award on behalf of all the brave journalists who are doing their job every day,” – Anabel Hernández as she received the 2019 DW Freedom of Speech Award. ...
“The talks have begun nicely to move toward agreements of peace, agreement, and harmony, and I ask for the support of all Venezuelan people to advance on the path of peace.” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ...
“The Trump administration just ignored bedrock environmental and public health laws to plow a disastrous border wall through protected, spectacular wildlands.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Wednesday that it is waiving 41 ...
“So this is all a fallacy. This war on drugs, war against drug-trafficking, war against terrorism is a lie. Which terrorists are they even referring to?” (By Zoe PC, Peoples Dispatch) Honduran president Juan Orlando ...
When migrants arrive in Tijuana, they add their name to a list, which has been managed by a series of volunteers who are waiting their turn to speak with CBP. 13,000 immigrants are currently on ...
“It’s ironic that the US government attacked Venezuela’s electric grid, and now they’re attacking the embassy of Venezuela’s electricity.” (Peoples Dispatch) On the night of May 8, members of the Embassy Protection Collective reported that ...
“Attempts at a violent coup in Caracas have nothing to do with the democratic process and only frustrate prospects for political settlement of the crisis.” The political crisis in Venezuela has spread to its diplomatic ...
The measure would have privatized education and healthcare services in a country where access to these services is already highly limited. (Peoples Dispatch) On April 30, the National Congress of Honduras officially announced the nullification ...
As Venezuela struggles through an economic and political crisis there is an inconvenient truth about the roots of the crises that is rarely talked about. So we delved deep, and we found a lot. In ...
The practice of blood testing asylum seekers will deter false family asylum cases, or so the Trump administration hopes. The Trump administration will phase in DNA testing of families applying for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico ...
Citizen Truth Reporter Jenna Mulligan is traveling across the U.S.-Mexico border and reporting on immigration issues. In the latest video, Jenna visits the Benedictine Monastery in Tucson, AZ. The church recently converted into a migrant ...
Since January, Guaidó with support from his foreign allies has orchestrated several media charades in order to push the situation in Venezuela to a breaking point, hoping to force Nicolás Maduro to step down. (Peoples ...
Free software developer and privacy activist Ola Bini, who is in prison in Ecuador, reflects on the responsibilities of privilege, his commitment to privacy and the risks poses by the rise of surveillance. (Peoples Dispatch) ...
“Our immigration system has reached a breaking point as we continue to see an overwhelming surge of migrants, with more than 100,000 arriving at our border in March alone.” In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, ...
Juan Guaido urged the military to join the “final phase” in Caracas on Tuesday morning and declared “the moment is now.” US-supported opposition leader Juan Guiadó initiated a full-fledged uprising against President Nicolás Maduro on ...
This video is part of a series on immigration at the border. In a previous video Citizen Truth reporter Jenna Mulligan rode along on a water drop and aid drive in the Arizona desert which ...
Citizen Truth reporter Jenna Mulligan is reporting live from the border as she travels through Arizona, California and Mexico to get a firsthand account of immigration issues at the U.S.-Mexico border. Look for her video ...
“Early this morning, #USBP Agents found a 3-year-old boy alone and crying in a cornfield in TX. He had his name & phone numbers written on his shoes.” Last Tuesday morning, US Customs and Border ...
“I’m confident it will be obvious that there’s no substance to this case, and that it will collapse into nothing.” On April 11 Ecuadorian authorities arrested the Swedish cryptographer and privacy advocate Ola Bini in ...
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