Venezuelan troops blockade bridge to stop aid from Colombia Venezuelan troops have barricaded a bridge on the country’s western border with Colombia in an apparent attempt to prevent the entry of humanitarian aid sent by opposition leaders trying to force Nicolás Maduro from power. On Wednesday at lunchtime, a fuel tanker and two shipping containers blocked the Tienditas international bridge, which connects the… Read more »
Four women have been killed every day so far this year in Brazil, a rate the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) called “alarming” on Monday. The IACHR, the human rights arm of the 35-member Organization of American States, said more must be done to prevent and prosecute femicides in Brazil. Femicide is the killing of a woman by a man… Read more »
Fading hopes for survivors of a deadly dam collapse in Brazil were further dashed on Sunday when rescue efforts were temporarily halted because of concerns that another dam operated by the same company was also at risk of rupturing. As the search was paused authorities began evacuating several neighbourhoods in the south-eastern city of Brumadinho that were within range of… Read more »
It’s no secret that Brazil profits greatly off of its mining industry, harvesting minerals from the earth such as gold and iron ore, a main component in steel. However, the waste produced due to this large amount of mining has largely been swept under the rug so to speak. Brazil alone holds over 800 mining sites, each of which have… Read more »
The catastrophic collapse of a dam at a mine in Brazil has exposed a darker side of an industry that the world depends on.
he United States announced sanctions this week that are intended to produce the most damage possible to the government of President Nicolás Maduro: the oil sector and its state company, PDVSA.
In this dingy building in a suburb of Caracas, Hugo Chávez is very much alive. A statue of Venezuela’s late president, dressed in military uniform, stands prominently at a corner of the main room as if welcoming everyone who enters.
While Donald Trump remains steadfast in his plan to build a wall along the US-Mexican border, Mexico’s new president wants fewer of his countrymen and women to feel the need to emigrate in the first place.
Endure Crowded Conditions Amid Venezuela’s crises, overcrowded prisons and an overburdened justice system have forced women awaiting trial — and even some convicted of crimes — to spend months in crowded cells at detention centers that were never intended for such use. Whether from nihilism, hopelessness or grim resignation, that sentiment fits the setting: a packed Venezuelan jail cell where… Read more »
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis expressed a potential willingness on Tuesday to mediate a peaceful resolution to the tense political conflict in Venezuela if asked by both President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition leader who is increasingly recognized as the country’s legitimate leader. “We are always willing,” said Francis on the papal plane returning to Rome from Abu… Read more »