Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, simply known as Lula, surrendered to police last week in the southern city of Curitiba. He was convicted of corruption and is due to start his new ...
Despite the arrests of several prominent Hondurans in a massive healthcare scandal that took the lives of thousands of Honduran civilians the crisis still plagues the national healthcare system. With the start of 2018, Honduran courts ...
A beloved Brazilian activist who fought against police brutality and the oppression of indigenous, LGBT and other minorities was gunned down two weeks ago and many think the Brazilian government pulled the trigger. On the ...
A new epidemic of Honduras corruption and conflicts of interest within the healthcare system of Honduras has left thousands dead from adulterated medicine. The first evidence of widespread Honduras corruption in the healthcare industry occurred as ...
On Tuesday, the El Salvador court released a 34-year-old woman who spent 15 years in jail for abortion crimes. Some see the woman’s release as a sign of abortion laws worldwide becoming increasingly sympathetic to ...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the pre-sale for its Petro cryptocurrency hit $735 million on the first day. The Venezuelan economy has plummeted since 2013 when Nicolas Maduro was elected to replace the beloved dictator, ...
Venezuela may become the next Syria: How mainstream media mistakenly writes about Colombia. The prolonged economic crisis in Venezuela is triggering citizens to leave their own country. Economists feared that the once oil-rich nation might ...
Venzuelan President Nicolas Maduro claims the new Venezuela cryptocurrency will be backed by the country’s deep oil, gold, and gas reserves. Venezuela’s socialist president Nicolas Maduro announced a plan to issue nearly 100 million units ...
The once booming Venezuela economy is near collapse. Basic necessities like oil and food are in short supply. Political parties are fighting over rewriting the constitution while citizens turn to gas smuggling, bitcoin, and selling ...
The majority of these deaths were men and women over 50 years old who died in hospitals and nursing homes. (Centro de Periodismo Investigativo) Omaya Sosa Pascual It’s official. In the 40 days after Hurricane María ...
The Paradise Papers spur governments around the world into action. (Reveal News, by Sasha Chavkin) Governments around the world are swinging into action in response to the Paradise Papers, launching investigations, audits and issuing the first ...
“We are united in lifting up our fellow Americans.” (Common Dreams, by Jake Johnson) As President Donald Trump continues to come under fire for failing to deliver sufficient help to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria—which killed ...
Renegotiation should address the NAFTA trade deal’s impact in Mexico, where it has devastated the rural sector while creating huge opportunities for wealthy oligarchs like Carlos Slim. (Inequality.org, by Malú Huacuja del Toro) I am a ...