Honduras was trying to pass a bill for new health and education reforms. However, it was meet with intense backlash from both communities who believe the bills will cause privatization and a loss of jobs. There have been mass protests which have escalated into violence. Protestors carrying stones, sticks and Molotov cocktails. The class with police has left 3 people… Read more »
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Pope Francis should visit Argentina to meet victims of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and intervene on their behalf, said international groups fighting clerical abuse on Thursday. “If Pope Francis cannot make zero tolerance (of abuse) happen in Argentina, he’s not going to be able to make it happen anywhere else,” said Peter Isely, a… Read more »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Close to triple the usual number of Venezuelans fled to Brazil on Tuesday, when Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido led an attempt to oust socialist leader Nicolas Maduro from power, according to Brazilian government data released on Wednesday. Some 850 Venezuelans came to Brazil on Tuesday by foot, the government said, compared with the usual range… Read more »
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Honduran Congress announced on Tuesday it will suspend ratification of new health and education reforms that critics say would lead to privatization and job losses, after mass protests against the policies left three people wounded and several buildings aflame. Marches and roadblocks continued in Honduras’ capital city for a second day on Tuesday, with some schools… Read more »
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) – Ana Luz, sister-in-law of Ronald Blanco, looked on grimly as neighbors of the murdered Honduran man washed away the rills of blood left where his bullet-ridden body had lain outside his house in a troubled barrio on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. It was just one of many scenes I witnessed this year while on assignment in… Read more »
I helped negotiate with other counsels and provided advice to my own. I spoke a few times within the formal negotiations, however I left most of the speaking to Heath and gave him ideas of what to say. I felt prepared from all the material given to me about my countries stance and the issue at a whole. I did… Read more »
Ecuador’s government is dividing land in the rainforest into blocs to auction off to oil companies. This would allow the oil companies to take advantage of the oil reserves in those blocs. However, there are people living in those areas. Including the indigenous, hunter and gathering tribe called the Waorani. If the land is sold to large oil companies they… Read more »
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Unknown attackers shot dead a well-known Costa Rican activist who defended land for the Bribri indigenous people in the Central American country, the government said on Tuesday. Sergio Rojas was at his home in the indigenous territory of Salitre, about 200 km (124 miles) south of the capital, San Jose, when the attack happened late on… Read more »
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hunter-gatherers in the Amazon sought in court on Thursday to stop Ecuador’s government auctioning their land to oil companies, as tension mounts over the future of the rainforest. In a lawsuit seen by the Thomson Reuters Foundation – which could set a precedent for other tribes opposed to drilling – the Waorani said the government… Read more »
LIMA, April 16 (Reuters) – Susel Paredes often finds herself in dangerous situations, donning a bulletproof vest to lead high-profile police operations and breaking up cartels of street vendors in one of the grittier parts of Peruvian capital Lima. Now the short, curly-haired city official is taking on a more personal battle: legalizing gay marriage in the conservative, majority-Catholic country… Read more »