Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/16/ecuador-cuenca-votes-to-ban-future-mining-projects Analysis: Residents of the city of Cuenca and the country’s rural outskirts voted on February 7th to prohibit future large-scale mining activities in five nearby watershed zones. These zones stretch over 3,100 square kilometers, 1,197 square miles, and are home to more than 580,000 people who depend on its water. Each of the five questions on… Read more »
Paraguay signed a contract with the Russian Direct Investment Fund so Paraguay can have access to the Russian developed Sputnik V vaccine. Argentina will also be using this vaccine. The Lancet international medical journal reports that the Russian vaccine is nearly 92% effective. The Paraguayan Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni said at a press conference, “We are awaiting the return of… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/26/puerto-rico-declares-state-of-emergency-over-gender-violence Analysis: Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency over it’s deep rooted problems of violence against women. This declaration is welcomed by activists who have been calling for it for years. This decision came on Sunday in the US territory, which has seen sustained levels of violence that on average results in one woman’s death… Read more »
Article Link: In Colombia, President Ivan Duque has promised an investigation into a death threat made against an 11 year old. Francisco Vera is just a sixth grader, but he has been on the rise to fame as an environmental activist. He has been compared to Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, since both have begun movements in their countries to push… Read more »
The Biden administration will continue to recognize Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the legitimate president of the country and won’t negotiate with President Nicolás Maduro. A similar policy was promoted by President Trump before Biden and was supported by many Venezuelans living in the United States. Ned Price, State Department spokesperson, said, “I certainly don’t expect this administration to… Read more »
Article Link: View Post Lawmakers in Honduras are fighting to make a change to the nation’s constitution to lock in a ban on abortion for the whole country. The new amendment states that “those who are yet to be born will be considered born, for the purposes of the law,” and further goes on to say that an abortion carried… Read more »
Article Link: This upcoming Sunday, Ecuador will be holding presidential elections. This election will determine the future of the country. The economic crisis has only been exacerbated because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past year, numbers of people going into poverty and businesses closing have skyrocketed, especially in the capital, which is one of the most economically significant cities…. Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/2/brazil-congress-elects-bolsonaro-allies-as-new-leaders Brazil has recently elected two new members to the Brzillian senate. Both are close allies with Brazil’s current leader President Jair Bolsonaro who was elected in 2018. This was an extremely important victory for Bolsonaro as he now has even more people with power that support his far-right agenda. The addition of these two new members will also greatly… Read more »
There are 12 Tamaulipas state police officers in custody due to their involvement and responsibility of homicide, abuse of authority and falsifying information. They were involved in the killing of 19 people last month. One of the two vehicles involved in the killings was a pickup truck where bodies were found, had been hit with 113 bullets and was found… Read more »
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/vaccines-canada-production-trudeau-1.5897343 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a plan for Canada to domestically produce covid vaccines. Production will start later this year. This decision was made because of the extremely high demand for vaccines around the world and being able to obtain them is getting more and more difficult. The National Research Council will produce tens of millions of the vaccine… Read more »
