Article Link: Canada has been lagging behind with vaccinating their citizens, but it’s because Canada doesn’t have any manufacturing companies to produce the COVID-19 vaccine. Instead, they have been relying on other countries that are producing the vaccine and bidding on doses, but have not been supplied with any from the U.S. Manufacturers in the U.S. have withheld selling the… Read more »
Article Link: In Cuba in 2018, a movement of artists and poets formed in San Isidro, Cuba. It came as a direct reaction to a decree passed by the government that gave the Ministry of Culture arbitrary and discretionary power to censor artistic expression. Recently, a new song called Patria y Vida has started a new revolution. The song calls… Read more »
Article Link: Former President Lula of Brazil was recently acquitted by the Supreme Court of corruption charges. After being president from 2003 to 2011, he was found guilty and charged with counts of corruption. He was involved in a money laundering scheme called the Lava Jato Case and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Recently the Supreme Court found discrepancies… Read more »
Article Link: The upcoming elections in El Salvador may completely change the political field in the country. For nearly three decades there had been frustration with the government, and this frustration led to Bukele being elected president in 2019. Throughout his campaign and presidency, he has promised to control criminal activity in El Salvador, and now this year he has… Read more »
Article Link: In the late 1800s and early 1900s in Mexico, the indigenous Yaqui group were almost completely eliminated by the Mexican government. Throughout the 1900s they were moved off their land. The Yaqui group has endured the most persecution in Mexico, and recently the government has continued to build on their land and setting up railway lines, water pipelines,… Read more »
Article Link: As global warming gets worse, catastrophic events like floods and hurricanes are predicted to get worse. Island nations have been projected to receive the worst hits. Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere, and unfortunately, it makes it one of the most vulnerable nations to climate change. To combat the already existing damaged infrastructure… 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 »
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 »