A Salvadoran man was kidnapped and murdered in the Mexican city of Tijuana. Tijuana, a border city, is where a large number of asylum-seekers are being sent to await entry to the United States. Although the city is known to be particularly dangerous, many asylum-seekers are given no option. The 35 year old Salvadoran man, who’s name will be kept… Read more »
PARAMARIBO (Reuters) – President Desi Bouterse said he was victim of a “political game” when he returned to Suriname on Sunday after a court found him guilty of murder in absentia for the 1982 execution of 15 activists in the former Dutch colony.Supporters of Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse (not pictured), who was convicted of murder for the execution of opponents… Read more »
MADRID (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Central American countries are teaming up to conserve the region’s five great forests as part of a regional climate action plan released at U.N. climate talks in Madrid this week, the alliance behind the effort said. The coalition of governments, indigenous people, green groups and others announced a plan to protect 10 million hectares of… Read more »
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Girls as young as 11 were sexually abused and impregnated by U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti and abandoned to raise their children alone, according to testimonies from more than 2,000 residents. So many babies were fathered by foreign peacekeepers that Haitians nickname them ‘Petit MINUSTAH’ – combining ‘small’ in French with the acronym of the U.N…. Read more »
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Salvadoran man seeking asylum in the United States was kidnapped and murdered in the Mexican border city of Tijuana where he was sent to wait for his asylum court hearing under a migrant protection program instated by President Donald Trump. Critics of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) have argued that the migrants affected by the… Read more »
The Colombian government has failed to come to an agreement amidst talks with union leaders. The government has labeled these talks to be “exploratory,” much to the disdain of union leaders such as Diogenes Orjuela, head of the Central Union of Workers (CUT). Colombian citizens have been protesting recently against both social and economic policies put into effect by President… Read more »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Union leaders and Colombian government representatives met on Thursday for the second time this week but failed to reach an agreement to end protests against President Ivan Duque’s economic and social policies. The meeting took place just one day after a national strike organized by unions, students and advocacy groups drew thousands of protesters. “We remain deeply… Read more »
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – With Mexico’s government insisting that energy companies increase oil and gas output before it auctions off more of the country’s vast reserves or offers more partnerships with state-run Pemex, firms ranging from foreign majors to local players are scrambling to buy and sell blocks they already own. The negotiations are creating a dynamic secondary market for… Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday blacklisted six oil tankers involved in the shipment of Venezuelan oil to Cuba, the latest in a series of sanctions aimed at pressuring Havana to abandon its support for socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Six vessels belonging to state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA, were targeted, according to a… Read more »
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala received the first Salvadoran citizen from the United States under a new migration agreement that designates the Central American nation a so-called safe third country for asylum seekers, Guatemalan authorities said on Tuesday. The program kicked off in late November, when a Honduran man flew from El Paso, Texas, to Guatemala City on a nearly… Read more »