Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/5/21/no-internet-lockdown-worsens-argentinas-education-inequality As Argentina registers a record number of COVID-19 cases — 35,000 for the third straight day — a new lockdown announced on Thursday is once again sending all students home, making the question of how to ensure everyone can learn more urgent than ever. Kids who live in poor income homes do not have the technology… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/community-leaders-call-for-action-on-anti-asian-hate-crimes-in-vancouver/ar-BB1gI50b Leaders of the Chinese-Canadian community say the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes across Vancouver suggests the population has not been accepted as a part of the wider society. Vancouver police reported a 717 per cent rise in anti-Asian hate crime in 2020 compared with 2019. The majority of incidents occurred last May. Deputy chief Howard Chow… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/07/994588467/u-n-calls-for-investigation-as-police-in-brazil-kill-at-least-24-in-rio-drug-rai There was a police raid aimed at alleged drug traffickers that left at least 25 people dead during the shootout. Helicopters and a contingent of some 200 heavily armed police officers on Thursday descended on the crowded, poor and mostly non-white community of Jacarezinho – one of the city’s largest slums, which is largely controlled by… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/13/guatemala-discontent-grows-over-covid-vaccine-rollout-corruption Guatemala has had a hard time coming up with a good system of distributing their Covid-19 vaccines. Driving growing discontent over vaccine access, pandemic management and alleged corruption issues are all issues the Guatemala has faced. Now, the main issue is that the vaccines that Guatemala gets are expiring before they are used. “It is a… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/7/trees-for-visas-mexico-wants-jobs-programme-us-offers-relief The Mexican President has pitched a tree-planting jobs program in Central America that he said should lead to work visas in the United States, in immigration talks on Friday with US Vice President Kamala Harris. At the start of the call, Harris said the United States and Mexico must fight violence and corruption together, along with… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/6/at-least-25-killed-in-rio-de-janeiros-deadliest-police-raid 25 people have been killed after hundreds of heavily armed police stormed into one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest slum areas, reportedly targeting drug traffickers. Although the Brazilian media widely applauded the operation, human rights activists, residents and public security specialists were horrified. “Never in my life have I seen a police operation as lethal as… Read more »
