Monthly Archives: January 2018

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Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela, has declared a ban for opposition parties to not be able to run in next years election. This means that the people that have been trying to take Maduro out of power will now not be able to vote against him. Key figures like Leopoldo Lopez, who has been holding massive protests against his brutal… Read more »

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/honduras-76-earthquake-triggers-tsunami-alert-180110083932153.html The epicenter was located 202 kilometres from the Honduran town of Barra Patuca, and 245 kilometres from the municipality of Puerto Lempira (Honduras). Translation: In face of the earthquake registered in our country, we have activated the emergency system, please remain calm, report any emergency to @ 911Honduras, Honduran president Juan Orlando tweeted.  Juan Orlando H. ✔@JuanOrlandoH Ante el… Read more »

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42647501 Mexico posted record homicide records at the end of 2017, with more than 27,000 murders that year. Recently, the United States has issued a travel warning against five Mexican states, advising tourists against visiting those areas. One of the largest factors of the rise in homicides are Mexican drug cartels. The United States essentially labeled these areas of Mexico… Read more »

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42647501 The US state department has warned tourists to “completely avoid” five states in Mexico because of rampant crime levels and gang activity. Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas have all been classified as a level-four risk, the highest in the scale. That puts them at the same levels as conflict-ridden countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Preliminary figures… Read more »

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42636868   Colombian President Juan Manual Santos has recalled the head of his negotiating team from peace talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN). A fresh round of peace negotiations was due to start on Wednesday in the Ecuadorean capital, Quito. But after the rebels carried out attacks on an oil pipeline and a navy base, Mr Santos said the… Read more »

  http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/thousands-forced-tents-brazils-sao-paulo-180111075137994.html In Brazil, the shortage of affordable housing has forced many residents to set up temporary tents outside the country’s largest city, Sao Paulo. Up to 8,000 families now live in a camp set up four months ago, to pressure the government to build more subsidised homes. Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Sao Paulo.