http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/honduras-76-earthquake-triggers-tsunami-alert-180110083932153.html The epicenter was located 202 kilometres from the Honduran town of Barra Patuca, and 245 kilometres from the municipality of Puerto Lempira (Honduras). Translation: In face of the earthquake registered in our country, we have activated the emergency system, please remain calm, report any emergency to @ 911Honduras, Honduran president Juan Orlando tweeted. Juan Orlando H. ✔@JuanOrlandoH Ante el… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42647501 Mexico posted record homicide records at the end of 2017, with more than 27,000 murders that year. Recently, the United States has issued a travel warning against five Mexican states, advising tourists against visiting those areas. One of the largest factors of the rise in homicides are Mexican drug cartels. The United States essentially labeled these areas of Mexico… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42647501 The US state department has warned tourists to “completely avoid” five states in Mexico because of rampant crime levels and gang activity. Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas have all been classified as a level-four risk, the highest in the scale. That puts them at the same levels as conflict-ridden countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Preliminary figures… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42636868 Colombian President Juan Manual Santos has recalled the head of his negotiating team from peace talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN). A fresh round of peace negotiations was due to start on Wednesday in the Ecuadorean capital, Quito. But after the rebels carried out attacks on an oil pipeline and a navy base, Mr Santos said the… Read more »
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/thousands-forced-tents-brazils-sao-paulo-180111075137994.html In Brazil, the shortage of affordable housing has forced many residents to set up temporary tents outside the country’s largest city, Sao Paulo. Up to 8,000 families now live in a camp set up four months ago, to pressure the government to build more subsidised homes. Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Sao Paulo.
Simulation Reflection In our simulation, my role essentially was a resolution builder/informal negotiator. It was I who initially suggested to the others that we should look to the neighboring countries for aid in this migrant crisis. Overall, I felt our group was well prepared, we had a strong opening statement, and in the end we acquired a resolution that… Read more »
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/honduras-police-refuse-crackdown-protesters-171205204351857.html Over the last 24 hours, scores of Honduran police units rebelled against orders to crack down on demonstrations over suspected electoral fraud in the presidential election. The National Police followed on Tuesday, issuing a statement that said it “ratifies its commitment before Honduran society and firmly maintains [its stance] of not repressing the Honduran people”. The police rebellion began on… Read more »
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/hrw-urges-colombia-promote-officers-linked-killings-171206104541027.html Human Rights Watch is urging the Colombian government to halt the promotion of five senior military officers. They are being investigated for allegedly executing civilians who were wrongly accused of being “guerrilla” fighters. As many as 3,000 Colombians – many of them farmers – were allegedly killed by the army in what’s become known as the “false positive” scandal, to… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42264157 A professional clown in Brazil who ran for congress and won by a huge margin says he will not stand again in 2018. Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, better known as Tiririca, is coming to the end of his second term in the Chamber of Deputies. He complained that he was one of only eight out of more than 500… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42264165 Impoverished countries are no stranger to political corruption. A lot of that political corruption festers in the 3rd world countries of Latin America. Argentina isn’t exempt from these problems. In 1994, there was a bomb attack against the Jewish population in Buenos Aires. 85 people were killed in these explosions, and the eyes turned on the government for answers…. Read more »
