Regardless of the threatening speeches of Donald Trump about the resurgence of immigration policies in the United States, nor the multiple warnings from the Guatemalan government that, without success, tries to warn of the risks of migrating to the north, each time more Guatemalan citizens embark on a dangerous journey. All this with the aim of crossing the guarded border, which, despite its… Read more »
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that electoral victory was “within reach” and his campaign team said it had now switched to “cruise control” as it seeks to avoid hiccups and glide to the finish line. Bolsonaro has a sizeable lead in opinion polls over his leftist rival, Workers Party (PT) candidate… Read more »
President Donald Trump has threatened to cut financial aid to Honduras over a large group of migrants heading towards the US border. In a Tweet posted on Tuesday, Mr Trump said the country’s president was told funds would be cut “immediately” if the group was not stopped and returned. Honduras has a long history of poverty and corruption. It also… Read more »
In Latin America, many of the human rights of girls and teen girls are violated, causing a large-scale impact. In the document “Girl children and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean” is compiled all the status quo in which are the girls and adolescents living in part of the American continent. It contains fundamental descriptive aspects, based on studies carried out by ECLAC, UNICEF… Read more »
Brazil has one of the most modern voting systems in the world. Since 1996, the year in which this technology was included, this country was a benchmark for other democracies that experienced difficulties with electoral fraud. On October 7, it will once again put to the test the elections, for president, governor, and congress. However, in the information age, there… Read more »
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Political party canvassers were busy on Sunday at Rio de Janeiro’s Gloria market in a last-ditch effort to persuade passersby to vote for their candidate, in advance of next weekend’s elections. A canvasser for a local leftist politician lambasted one man after he declined a leaflet and pledged support for far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro. “Shame on you,” the campaigner said,… Read more »
An international court has ruled that Chile does not have to negotiate access to the Pacific ocean with Bolivia, frustrating hopes of resolving a bitter 135-year dispute. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), based in The Hague, handed down the decision on Monday, with judges voting 12-3 that Chile cannot be forced into dialogue with its Andean neighbour. “The court […] finds that… Read more »
For years, Venezuela has been in the headlines for its economic woes, including chronic shortages of food and medicine. Inflation may hit the one million per cent mark this year and 2.3 million people have fled the country, becoming economic refugees. The government of Nicolas Maduro has responded with a raft of policies – some of them very unorthodox –… Read more »
In Brazil the Golden Law abolished slavery in 1888 but then 130 years later, it was discovered that slavery in some sectors of Brazil is still present because of the social production relationship that’d been adopted in colonialism. In March, 565 Brazilians were found enslaved in a religious sect of Brazil. Despite efforts from companies like International Labor Organization, Human… Read more »
At this meeting, representatives of 13 Latin American countries met with the purpose of exchanging information, criteria, knowledge, and experiences, to find a way to articulate regionally and try to harmonize responses regarding the historically unusual and considerable increase in the flow of Venezuelans in the region. At the end of the meeting, the countries made public the Declaration of Quito, a document… Read more »