https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/chile-second-covid-wave-hits-despite-vaccination-campaign Since the second wave of the Corona virus has made its way around the world Chile has been hit very hard by it. With over ⅓ of the population vaccinated, the thought was the numbers of deaths would increasingly go down and life would seemingly go back to as close to normal as possible. However the complete opposite has… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/14/brazil-what-next-after-lula-corruption-convictions-annulled Last week in Brazil, the supreme court surprisingly ruled to allow former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to have the ability to run for office again in the 2022 Presidential election. Lula, who is a leftiest politician from the workers party, has not yet made an official statement regarding his possible relelection to try and obtain the office… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/us-asks-for-life-in-prison-for-brother-of-honduran-president In Honduras, a brother of the current president Juan Orlando Hernandez, has been caught running a “state sponsored drug trafficking conspiracy” with Hondorus’s current leader. The US federal prosecutors stated their opinions on the matter in documents they released prior to the trial taking place in the next few weeks. The US prosecutors are asking for Hernandez’s brother to… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/21/argentina-president-decries-unforgivable-vaccine-scandal President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, has decried a covid vaccination scandal as unforgivable. The scandal has caused the heath administrator to resign. Gines Gonzalez Garcia was caught aiding people in getting the Russian covid vaccine used in Argentina before their age group would be normally available. Garcia would move people up the list ahead of other people who were… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/16/thousands-hondurans-advance-on-foot-us-bound-caravan Guatemalan security forces have been having conflicts with hundreds Hundorian asylum seekers and migrants as they travel by caravan on the way to the United States. On Saturday police and soldiers, who were wearing helmets, shields, and using bats, formed ranks across a highway in Vado Hondo, Chiquimula, a village near the Honduras border, to try and deviate the… Read more »
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1seLcw-0gnNwfgiZptgsU9EUAYfPDk1lEGxB5eAtTE3w/edit# A Venezualian criminal court decided on Wednesday that a United States citizen would face trial in Venezuela. Matthew Heath, is facing charges for terrorism and being accused of being a spy. Heath who is 39, was arrested in northwestern Venezuala with terrorism charges and arms dealing. Heath’s defense lawyer says he denied the “false” charges in the hearing that… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/2/brazil-congress-elects-bolsonaro-allies-as-new-leaders Brazil has recently elected two new members to the Brzillian senate. Both are close allies with Brazil’s current leader President Jair Bolsonaro who was elected in 2018. This was an extremely important victory for Bolsonaro as he now has even more people with power that support his far-right agenda. The addition of these two new members will also greatly… Read more »
There are 12 Tamaulipas state police officers in custody due to their involvement and responsibility of homicide, abuse of authority and falsifying information. They were involved in the killing of 19 people last month. One of the two vehicles involved in the killings was a pickup truck where bodies were found, had been hit with 113 bullets and was found… Read more »
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/vaccines-canada-production-trudeau-1.5897343 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a plan for Canada to domestically produce covid vaccines. Production will start later this year. This decision was made because of the extremely high demand for vaccines around the world and being able to obtain them is getting more and more difficult. The National Research Council will produce tens of millions of the vaccine… Read more »