Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has worked to deregulate and open up the Amazon for agribusiness, logging and mining since he came into office in January, and indigenous peoples in the country say they are on the frontlines of the destruction.
Read MoreQuestions are swirling over a mysterious nuclear accident in northern Russia on August 8. Seven people, including five nuclear scientists, died in an explosion, which caused a radiation spike in the surrounding area — and possibly as far as Scandinavia.
Read MoreFollowing a mysterious nuclear accident in Russia that left seven dead, we look back at the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. It sent a cloud of radioactive fallout into Russia, Belarus and over a large portion of Europe, but the death toll from Chernobyl remains unknown.
Read MoreThe Organization of American States (OAS) has taken almost two months to move towards the formation of a high-level diplomatic commission to address the crisis of Nicaragua. Once formed “It would be a serious mistake,” of the Ortega government not to receive this delegation, warns Carlos Tunnermann, Coordinator of the Civic Alliance.
Read MoreTeresa Miranda Cespedes lives in Guaro, a town in the Mayari municipality, in the Holguin province. She is an open protester, activist and Christian, who has suffered repression along with the rest of her family.
Read MoreMore than 3,000 human remains have been found in the Sonoran Desert, most of them of migrants fleeing their home countries to embark on an uncertain and perilous journey to the United States.
Read MoreThe Costa Rican government estimates that at the end of this year the Nicaraguan migratory wave could increase, as a result of the political crisis caused by the dictatorship, and reach as many as 100,000 asylum seekers, since the crisis began in April of last year.
Read MoreDaniel Ortega complains about international sanctions against his Government whenever he can. This time he did it before Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton, US journalists from The GrayZone portal.
Read MoreLottie Cunningham, Director of the Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, is one of the people who know well the situation of the Miskito communities and their problems in the Northern Caribbean of Nicaragua.
Read MoreIrregular water services have become alarming for families living in the Old Havana municipality. Jose Manuel Jimenez, a resident on Suarez Street, gives us his testimony.
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