Link to Article: “MSF suspends work in San Salvador area after ambulance attacked” After a recent attack on an ambulance, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has temporarily suspended activity in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. This event comes after the ambulance, occupied by a doctor and an assistant, was targeted in an attack launched by an armed gang, one… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/28/us-backs-philippines-against-chinas-maritime-pressure Analysis: Top US diplomat and Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reaffirmed the United States commitment to support the Southeast Asian states in a long running dispute with China over sovereignty in the South China Sea. The new top diplomat for the US made the commitment in a phone call with his Filipino counterpart, Teodoro Locsin…. Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/28/colombia-court-charges-former-farc-commanders-with-war-crimes Analysis: Columbia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), a tribunal created under the 2016 peace deal to prosecute former FARC’s members and military leaders for alleged war crimes, accused eight former commanders of war crimes and crimes against humanity for taking hostages during the country’s internal armed conflict. This is the first time since the signing of… Read more »
Link to Article: “Bolivian doctors demand lockdown as virus overwhelms hospitals” Bolivia has recently been experiencing a surge of new COVID-19 cases, overwhelming doctors and hospitals to their breaking point. Statistics have begun to show that about one healthcare provider dies of the virus each day in the nation, and they want to see an end to it. Because of… Read more »