link to article The United States will give $310 million in humanitarian relief to Central America. Vice President Kamala Harris who is leading in efforts to address the influx of migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador across Mexico to the US border. The money is supposed to help with food insecurity which has been an ongoing problem ever since… Read more »
link to article Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA needs 58 billion to revive its crude production levels before ex-President Hugo Chavez came to power. Before ex-president Hugo Chavez came to power, they produced around 3.4 million barrels a day. The company was seeking capital investment from Venezuelan and foreign partners. PDVSA advertised in their new partnership model document the use… Read more »
link to article Anti-government protests have arisen the past week and for the eighth straight day, rights groups are continuing to protest over concerns for excessive violence by security forces. Protestors are showing no sign of backing off. The protests started by an unpopular tax reform that the government said aimed to stabilise the economy which was hit hard due… Read more »
link to article Prosecutors in Mexico have arrested 30 Marines in connection with the disappearance of individuals in the northern state of Tamaulipas in 2014 according to the Navy on Monday. A Naval Secretariat said in a statement Monday, “Thirty naval service members were made available to the Attorney General’s Office on April 9 in compliance with arrest warrants for… Read more »
link to article 233,152 Mexican health workers have contracted Covid-19 and 3,699 have died because of it. According to the government data, Mexico has the highest death count for health care workers in the world. Many health care workers are blocking main roads to the president’s national palace because he is refusing to give the frontline workers vaccines. President Andres… Read more »
link to article As of April 2021, 351,000 Brazilians have died because of Covid-19. Brazil’s covid crisis is only getting worse. With packed hospitals and climbing cases, there’s another problem unfolding, food shortage. There are a estimated 19 million who have gone hungry during the pandemic. There are 117 million people in Brazil and half of the population lives with… Read more »