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Venezuela’s Guaido Investigated for Aid Embezzlement
Guaido’s representative in the US, Carlos Vecchio, is also being accused of fraud in CITGO worth US $70 million. (By Paul Dobson, Venezuela Analysis) Venezuelan authorities have opened a new criminal...
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Ecuadorians Protest Possible US Military Base in Galápagos Islands
Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno has tried to settle the controversy and denied the possibility of a foreign military base in the country. (Peoples Dispatch) On June 17, dozens of environmentalists...
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Tech Privacy Pioneer Ola Bini Released After 70 Days of Extrajudicial...
After 70 days in preventive detention without formal charges, Ola Bini’s request for habeas corpus was granted, and shortly after, he was released from prison. (By Zoe PC, Peoples Dispatch) Privacy...
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‘Weaponizing Human Rights’: UN Chief Bachelet’s Venezuela Report Follows US...
Former UN special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas slams UN High Commissioner Bachelet’s report on Venezuela as a politicized collection of baseless accusations by “advocates of regime change.” (By Anya...
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Scandal For Brazilian Justice Minister Grows As Journalist Glenn Greenwald Is...
“The report is devastating for Moro’s reputation. Devastating for the reputation of Brazil’s legal system. And this is only just the beginning.” The tides have turned against Brazilian Justice Minister...
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Workers of Walmart Chile Carry Out Largest Private Sector Strike in Years
Due to the strike, about 130 stores of various supermarket chains owned by the company remained closed, while more than 100 operated for half day. (Peoples Dispatch) On July 10, more than 17,000...
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Venezuelans Reject Biased UN Report
Dozens of social movements and organizations mobilized on Saturday to denounce the report presented by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. (Peoples Dispatch) On July 13,...
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Death From Above: The Use of Police Helicopters in Rio de Janeiro
“With this flying skull, [I feel] like I’m in a jungle and they are hunting beasts. I feel like an animal trapped in my own home.” (By Yuri Neves, InSight Crime) Rio de Janeiro police are increasingly...
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‘Huge Victory for Press Freedom’: Brazil Supreme Court Bars Bolsonaro From...
Greenwald, co-founder of The Intercept, applauded the court for protecting journalism against “repressive, retaliatory acts threatened by the Bolsonaro government.” (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) The...
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Movements Across the World Reject Latest US Attack on Venezuela
People and movements from across the world are standing in solidarity with Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution after the latest imperialist offensive and demanding #NoMoreTrump. (Peoples Dispatch)...
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Revealed: How the Global Beef Trade is Destroying the Amazon
A huge cattle ranch business is flouting bans designed to protect the rainforest and selling its cows to the world’s largest meat company. (By Andrew Wasley, Alexandra Heal, Dom Phillips, Daniel...
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Norway Suspends Donation’s to Brazil’s Amazon Fund Over Deforestation Spread
Both Germany and Norway are pulling donations to Brazil’s Amazon fund over concerns that the Brazilian government is promoting the spread of deforestation. The Norwegian government has reportedly...
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Argentina’s Evolving Role in the Global Arms Trade
A recent weapons seizure by Argentine authorities of about 1,000 guns and hundreds of explosives is the nation’s largest in history, according to officials. (By Josefina Salomón and Carolina Sampó,...
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Entire Police Forces Continue to be Arrested in Mexico
An average of 1,688 corruption cases were registered for every 1,000 active-duty police officers in Mexico in 2017. (By Juan Camilo Jaramillo, InSight Crime) The arrest of a town’s entire police...
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Still Without Protection, Journalists Are Mexico’s Walking Dead
Mexico, already the most dangerous country for journalists in the Western Hemisphere, recorded more journalists deaths in the first seven months of 2019 than in all of 2018. (By Parker Asmann, InSight...
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Brazil’s President Demands Apology Before Considering Multimillion Amazon Aid...
French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are engaged in an ongoing public spat that has now put an Amazon aid package in limbo. A financial aid package of $22 million...
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Lack of US Gun Control Provokes Record Bloodshed in Mexico
“Legally exported U.S. firearms have been used in massacres, disappearances, and by security forces that collude with criminal groups in Mexico on a broad scale.” (By Parker Asmann, InSight Crime) U.S....
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Bahamian Refugees Rejected From US Rescue Ferry Over Visa Confusion
“As hundreds of thousands of Bahamians seek refuge or start to rebuild after Hurricane Dorian, we cannot have the kind of confusion that occurred last night in Freeport.” Hundreds of Hurricane Dorian...
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Far Fewer Mexican Immigrants are Coming to the US – And Those Who Do Are More...
There is evidence that Mexicans migrating to the U.S. today are significantly different than their counterparts making the move more than a decade ago. (Rogelio Sáenz, The Conversation) Once upon a...
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Haiti, Imperialism and the War Against Petrocaribe
Haiti, perhaps the country most affected by the energy crisis derived from the embargo against Venezuela, is being used as a launch point of the offensive against the government of Nicolás Maduro. (By...
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