Article link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/canada-muslim-group-murder-investigated-hate-motivated-200918214123249.html On September 12 Mohammad Aslim Zafis was stabbed outside of the International Muslim Organization of Toronto mosque. Zafis volunteered at the mosque as a caretaker and helped ensure the safety of the congregation by maintaining COVID-19 protocol. His murder heightened the anxiety within the Muslim community in Toronto. Following the city’s police making an arrest, the National… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/a6c347c672595611a9ce6004b59a1f79 Jair Bolsonaro, the 38th President of Brazil, spoke last week to the UN about his country’s global effect due to his choices in leadership. Bolsonaro spoke out about his belief that the media is slandering his administration’s actions with regards to the Amazon Rainforest and its handling of COVID-19. During Bolsonaro’s 2019 presidential campaign, he promised… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/07/in-colombia-climate-smart-villages-could-show-future-of-farming.html Colombia is known for its fertile land and the major products it produces like coffee, sugarcane, bananas, cocoa, and rice. In Cauca, Southwest Columbia, farming practices are working to develop a sustainable plan for the future. Global policy research at the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security is working on a Cauca Climate-Smart… Read more »
link to article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/22/mexicos-drug-war-leaves-39000-unidentified-bodies-in-its-morgues 39,000 bodies have been left unidentified in Mexico’s morgues due to the Governments militarized crackdown on organized crime. This has overloaded the morgues which are unequipped to handle the amount of bodies brought in for autopsies. 27,271, 70% of the total, bodies left the morgue unidentified, and put down into common graves. Many of these bodies… Read more »
Link to article: Barbados revives plan to remove Queen as head of state and become a republic Since 2015, Barbados has had running plans to join Trinidad, Tobago, Dominica, and Guyana in removing the Queen as it’s head of state to become a republic. So far, every target date proposed has gone unfulfilled, but still another has been set for… Read more »
Link to article: https://latinamericanpost.com/34202-narcotunnel-in-mexico-and-3-other-latin-american-news A Narco tunnel was recently discovered under the Rio Grande River on August 24. The tunnel was an illegal passage crossing the border from Mexico to the United States of America. However, this has not been the only tunnel; in previous years multiple tunnels have been discovered similar to this one. These tunnels are believed to… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/americas/venezuela-crimes-against-humanity-un-report-intl/index.html The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has recently accused Venezuela’s government of committing over 200 cases of extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary detentions and torture. The United Nations Mission believes that the Venezuelan government has been committing these crimes against humanity since 2014. These crimes, including random killings and the… Read more »
