What role you played in the simulation ? My role in the simulation as ARM (Association for refugees and minorities) was to call out and bring awareness to the violence going on in Budan to try to stop the refugee crisis. Our other main goal was to provide aid to these refugees through fundraising and donations to make camps to… Read more »
[embeddoc url=”http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/14/feared-ms-13-gang-leader-blanco-captured-guatemala/” download=”all”] The MS 13 gang has always been a feared group in the US and most of South Africa. The gang that originated from LA in the US has kept going since the 1980’s. They’re an international group, with a major presence in more poor countries like Mexico, Columbia, and Guatemala. And, in Guatemala, the leader of the… Read more »
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/03/new-york-financier-killed-costa-rica-shark-attack/
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/honduras-police-refuse-crackdown-protesters-171205204351857.html Over the last 24 hours, scores of Honduran police units rebelled against orders to crack down on demonstrations over suspected electoral fraud in the presidential election. The National Police followed on Tuesday, issuing a statement that said it “ratifies its commitment before Honduran society and firmly maintains [its stance] of not repressing the Honduran people”. The police rebellion began on… Read more »
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/hrw-urges-colombia-promote-officers-linked-killings-171206104541027.html Human Rights Watch is urging the Colombian government to halt the promotion of five senior military officers. They are being investigated for allegedly executing civilians who were wrongly accused of being “guerrilla” fighters. As many as 3,000 Colombians – many of them farmers – were allegedly killed by the army in what’s become known as the “false positive” scandal, to… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42264157 A professional clown in Brazil who ran for congress and won by a huge margin says he will not stand again in 2018. Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, better known as Tiririca, is coming to the end of his second term in the Chamber of Deputies. He complained that he was one of only eight out of more than 500… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42264165 Impoverished countries are no stranger to political corruption. A lot of that political corruption festers in the 3rd world countries of Latin America. Argentina isn’t exempt from these problems. In 1994, there was a bomb attack against the Jewish population in Buenos Aires. 85 people were killed in these explosions, and the eyes turned on the government for answers…. Read more »
Last week there was a presidential election in Honduras where the winner was uncertain. The votes came very close so there was a call for a recount. Many of the people of Honduras believe that there is voting fraud going on and that the current president Juan Orlando Hernandez messed with the vote. President Hernandez is unconstitutionally running again for a second… Read more »