Link to article As agreements and negotiations progress between the European Union and Mercosur, a South American trade bloc of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia, finalizing a major trade agreement, in response is sparking protests by European farmers. A deal was drafted originally in 2019, but because of environmental, economic, and political issues and disagreements, its final approval has… Read more »
Link to article As political instability continues in Haiti, gangs are now recruiting children at unprecedented levels, with reports of numbers of minors targeted rising by 70% in the past year, as reported by UNICEF. An additional statistic according to the U.N., is that 30-50% of all gang members in Haiti are children. Because of the humanitarian conditions facing the… Read more »
Link to article On Tuesday November 26th, a ceasefire was brokered between Israel and Hezbollah accepting the agreement proposed by the United States and France. Israel and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah have been in an active conflict that has killed thousands of people after the conflict was ignited by the current Israel-Palestine conflict that began last October. Israel’s security cabinet… Read more »
link to article Near the U.S. border, the Mexican National Guard fatally shot two Colombians and wounded four others during a confrontation. All of the victims, in a statement by the Colombian foreign ministry, were migrants who had been “caught in the crossfire.” It is unclear at the moment of the article being written if the migrants were migrants, but… Read more »
Link to article Caught in the middle of a sanctions cunadrum, a Turkish business man was arrested in Miami and charged with helping a Venezuela state-run oil company. The Turkish businessman, Taskin Torlak, who is 37, was arrested while attempting to return to Turkey. It is alleged that Toral, operated by several companies involved in the shipment of sanctioned oil,… Read more »
Link to Article Cuba’s power grid collapsed last month, leaving 10 million people without power. As time progresses, weeks go by and much of Cuba still continues to face hours-long blackouts on a daily basis. Generators fall 50% short of peak demand, and leave the country in crisis. In time of crisis, Cuba has been looking for help and intervention… Read more »
