http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/brazil-unemployment-rent-drive-housing-occupations-171101122417430.html Sao Bernando do Campo, Sao Paulo – As the sky cleared after a morning of rain, two young men hammered wooden beams into wet earth on a stretch of land, covered by thousands of tents made from plastic sheeting and timber. It is here where squatters have built a teeming tent city, named the People without Fear Occupation, in the… Read more »
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/key-opposition-parties-boycott-venezuela-mayoral-elections/2017/10/30/bdee8f2e-bdbc-11e7-9294-705f80164f6e_story.html?utm_term=.4fef4bf0cf7f Jose Bestilleiro, 83, from Spain, performs for tips at an street intersection in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017. Bestilleiro said he’s been performing every day for the past 15 years, and brings in at least 5,000 Bolivars a day, which on the black market is 11 cents and is the price of a cheap “arepa” sandwich…. Read more »
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/immigration-canada-2018-1.4371146 Canada will welcome nearly one million immigrants over the next three years, according to the multi-year strategy tabled by the Liberal government today in what it calls “the most ambitious immigration levels in recent history.” The number of economic migrants, family reunifications and refugees will climb to 310,000 in 2018, up from 300,000 this year. That number will… Read more »
The conflict arose when Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in the summer vote determining the new legislative body of Venezuela. Since then, things have only gotten worse. Now in november, the conflict is still in full force. Just a few days ago, the three key opposition parties of Venezuela announced that they’re boycotting the… Read more »