For this round of region reports, I read an article about Mr. Bailey’s true homeland, Canada, and a dispute they had with Chinese tech company, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. Huawei had been supplying Canada with equipment for 5G networks, the newest generation of cellular communication. Ottawa’s government however banned Huawei from sending equipment due to the company having a past… Read more »
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala (Reuters) – Almost 1,000 Central American migrants entered southern Mexico on Thursday in a test of the new government’s pledge to manage an ongoing exodus fueled by violence and poverty that has strained relations with the Trump administration.Migrants from Honduras, part of a new caravan from Central America trying to reach the United States, wait to be… Read more »
Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted a $100m (£77m) bribe from drug cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a witness has testified. Alex Cifuentes, who says he was a close associate of Guzmán for years, told a New York City courtroom that he had told authorities of the bribe in 2016. Guzmán is accused of being behind the Sinaloa… Read more »
Colombia has blamed the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group for a car bomb attack that killed 21 people in the capital, Bogotá. Dozens more were injured in Thursday’s blast after an explosives-laden vehicle broke into the grounds of a police academy before it detonated. The driver, who was also killed, has been identified as a 57-year-old man. President… Read more »
SHERBROOKE – Canada’s government on Friday dismissed China’s warning of repercussions if Ottawa banned Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from supplying equipment to 5G networks, saying it would not compromise on security. READ MORE: Chinese ambassador threatens ‘repercussions’ on Canada if Huawei 5G banned China’s ambassador to Canada issued the threat on Thursday as relations between the two nations continued to deteriorate after a… Read more »
For this round of region reports, I decided to focus on an article about the overwhelming prevalence of violence in El Salvador and its effect on the country’s young population. The country has a huge population of members of gangs such as MS-13. El Salvador’s Minister of Defense, David Munguía Payés, claims that there is a estimated 60,000 gang members living… Read more »
One of my four articles for this region report cycle was about Guatemalan President, Jimmy Morales and his bid to expel the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) from the country. The President’s actions took place due to the CICIG beginning an investigation on Morales and the alleged funding irregularities in his 2015 election campaign. The CICIG was originally backed… Read more »
In a quiet side street of one of San Salvador’s infamous northern districts, lies a small community centre. All day, it is filled with small groups of children playing, paying little attention to how precarious their surroundings are. Severe violence is an established reality in the capital of the Central American country of El Salvador. The district’s residents suffer high… Read more »
Since the peace agreement between the Colombian government and Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) in November 2016, thousands of guerrilla troops have demobilised from many corners of the country, mainly from isolated areas full of rich ecosystems. This has opened up areas that just a few years ago were too dangerous to visit. With the aim of rediscovering my own… Read more »
Last year’s election “was not free and competitive”, the former Maduro loyalist told a Florida radio station. And he accused President Maduro of systematically manipulating the affairs of the Supreme Court. In response, the court said Mr Zerpa was fleeing allegations of sexual harassment. Opposition parties boycotted the 2018 vote, calling it a sham. Venezuela crisis: A country in freefall… Read more »