Al Jazeera- The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti lowered its blue flag on Thursday, 13 years after it began. While the mission has been credited with helping bring stability to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, it has also been mired in controversy. The mission is blamed for bringing cholera to the country, and at least 134 of its peacekeepers… Read more »
Al Jazeera- President Michel Temer of Brazil has been charged with obstruction of justice and racketeering, according to a statement posted on the prosecutor general’s office website. It is the second set of criminal charges filed against Temer on Thursday based on the plea-bargain testimony of the owners of the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS SA. They accused Temer of taking bribes in… Read more »
Insight Crime- September in El Salvador saw 435 homicides — almost 15 per day — making it the country’s most violent month in 2017, according to official figures. And this escalation in bloodshed comes against a backdrop of contradictory public policies promoted by the government of President Salvador Sánchez Cerén. Most of the murders occurred in the last 10 days of the… Read more »
France24- The Congress of Guatemala has voted against lifting President Jimmy Morales’ immunity from prosecution, hours after a congressional commission recommended the protection be withdrawn to open the way for a possible trial on campaign finance accusations. Congress voted overwhelmingly on Monday not to lift the leader’s immunity, but since the measure failed to meet a threshold of 105 votes… Read more »
It is without a doubt that any person can say nearly every place throughout the world right now is facing corruption. Unfortunately, it seems to be an inevitable by-product of human nature. The media tends to focus their eye on the middle-east and the crisis taking place there. News outlets place emphasis on terrorist and extremist groups; ever since the… Read more »
The approach between the Colombian Government and the ELN to achieve a peace agreement it is not new. During the last 30 years, both sides have had a long history of meetings in the hopes to reach a deal leaving the country without an internal war. However, the process during the presidency of Juan Manuel Santos keeps the hopes of… Read more »
Juan Pablo Medina is a union leader of the UOCRA, Argentinean Building Workers Union, of the city of La Plata, capital of the Buenos Aires province. The authorities accuse him of blackmailing, money laundering, illicit association, and intimidation. He is also accused of organizing a gunfire shooting in a railway construction. However, hours before his capture, “El Pata” entrenched himself… Read more »
This past Sunday, the Spanish Government tried to stop the Catalonian independence referendum. The Spanish president, Mariano Rajoy, decided to send over the Spanish police, instead of the Mossos d’esquadra, which are the official Catalonian authorities, to prevent voters from issuing their suffrage in Catalonia. However, Rajoy’s actions seemed to be everything but ideal. The Police clashed with several pro-referendum… Read more »
Batteries are made out of lithium and batteries are needed for smartphones, wind turbines, electric cars, and electric mechanisms, in general. Since in the future the most sought after goods will require lithium, markets have increased their interest in the soft metal, thus increasing its price. Demand for lithium is expected to triple by 2025 according to The Economist. Even… Read more »