I find what the meat-packers did disgusting and horrendous. Not only are they putting thousands of people at risk health wise, they’re also damaging their economy and causing a huge scandal when all of this could’ve been avoided in the first place. On top of hurting the countries economy, JBS and BRF, the main companies involved, are hurting the stocks/shares… Read more »
Caracas, Venezuela – Luis Alberto Machado can barely sustain a conversation, let alone remember the day he attacked his mother by hitting her over the head with a rock. The 34-year-old was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his mid-teens. Back then he was still a boy but today his gangly frame towers over his petite 60-year-old mother, Maria Machado, making her an… Read more »
The death toll from heavy rains in Peru has risen to 67 people, with thousands more forced from their homes since the beginning of the year. Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Friday that the rains, which followed a period of severe drought, were a “serious climatic problem”. “There hasn’t been an incident of this strength along the coast… Read more »
The family of Cruz Velazquez Acevedo has been awarded $1m (£800,000) in settlement after the 16-year-old died from drinking liquid methamphetamine while in US custody. He was stopped by US border officers trying to enter the US from Mexico in 2013 with two containers of liquid. When he told them they contained apple juice, the agents told him to prove… Read more »
Brazilian police have raided the premises of global meatpacking companies JBS SA and BRF SA, as well as dozens of smaller rivals, in a crackdown on alleged bribery of health officials. The anti-corruption campaign threatens $12b in annual exports. The probe, known as Operation Weak Flesh, found evidence of meatpackers bribing inspectors and politicians to overlook unsanitary practices such as… Read more »
I think Mexico opening legal aid centers to immigrants is the smart choice to do since thousands of people are getting displaced with no chance of fighting back. The fact that high positions in politics are standing up for their own human rights and their citizens is promising for a country that is usually targeted by the U.S. It’s appalling… Read more »
Donald Trump’s promise to use existing funds to begin immediate construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border has hit a financial roadblock, according to a document seen by Reuters. The rapid start of construction, promised throughout Trump’s campaign and in an executive order issued in January on border security, was to be financed, according to the White House, with… Read more »
Argentina has lodged a protest with Brazil for hosting British military aircraft flying to and from the Falkland Islands. Argentina’s government said the Royal Air Force made 18 flights between the Falklands and airports in Brazil over the last two years. Buenos Aires called them a breach of agreements among South American countries. The Argentinian foreign ministry said in a… Read more »
President Donald Trump is expected to tap Fiona Hill, a former intelligence officer and a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as his White House senior director for Russia and Europe. The decision, first reported by Foreign Policy, comes as the Trump administration is struggling to tamp down new suspicions over connections between the president’s’ associates and Russian interests. Hill,… Read more »
Mexico has opened legal aid centres at consulates in 50 US cities, in a move designed to protect its citizens from tougher immigration enforcement. Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray reaffirmed concerns about the human rights of Mexicans in the US. But migrant defence centres would not “promote illegality,” he said.