https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/9/bolivia-joins-south-africas-icj-genocide-case-against The death toll of Israel’s attacks on Gaza has reached 42 thousand people, mainly citizens. To put it in perspective, that is 1 in 55 people living in Palestine. Many more families have been displaced and left with no home, no food, and no place to go. The ICJ has already ordered Israel to allow an investigation in Gaza… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/canadian-pm-urges-citizens-leave-lebanon-evacuations-top-1000-2024-10-05 Israel’s war against Gaza has started to spread across a wider area of the middle east, bringing in states such as Iran and Lebanon. Israel began missile strikes in Lebanon on September 23rd, claiming the targets were Hezbollah infrastructure and meeting points, however, civilians were given minimal warning to evacuate. Many civilians have been caught in the crossfire, and… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/12/nicaragua-breaks-diplomatic-ties-with-israel-amid-ongoing-gaza-war As Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues, Nicaragua’s president Daniel Ortega has made a statement declaring that Nicaragua will be cutting all diplomatic ties with Israel. This action was largely symbolic considering that Nicaragua had no official Israeli ambassador and little to no relationship with Israel prior to this decision. The intended effect of this action was to send a… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-brazil-diplomacy-f8661fdab3c154b839bc9d48954cbd72 Tensions in South America have been rising since the highly disputed Venezuelan election in July. Despite pre-election polls that showed opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia had more supporters by a landslide, President Nicolas Maduro still claimed that he won the election. Protests against Maduro’s regime have resulted in countless arrests and even murders of those who oppose Maduro. Argentina,… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/20/us-sanctions-former-haitian-president-over-alleged-drug-trafficking Michel Joseph Martelly was the Haitian president in the wake of the catastrophic 2010 earthquake, from 2011 until he resigned in 2016. Haiti has been unstable for decades, but since the 2008 hurricane season and 2010 earthquake the situation has become dire—half of Haiti’s 11.5M residents are facing hunger, 578,000 are displaced by gang wars, and criminal groups control… Read more »
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-12/ukraines-zelenskiy-dismisses-destructive-china-brazil-peace-initiative In May, China and Brazil offered a proposal to be mediators in peace discussions between Ukraine and Russia over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia is in support of this “China-Brazil peace initiative”, with Putin openly backing the plan and even suggesting India to be a third mediator country. However, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that the initiative was disrespectful… Read more »