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Judge Clears Indigenous Land Protector Amber Ortega over 2020 Protest at U.S.-Mexico Border Wall

Amber Ortega, successfully argued that the border wall and its construction violated her religious and spiritual beliefs.

Today’s featured band is Sexteto Tabala from Colombia with the song “Con un Solo Pie” from the album of the same name (2010).

Martínez covered police and crime for local outlets and worked as a fixer for international media, including the BBC.

Kenneth Roth points out that dictatorships are increasingly “threatened” and assures that in Nicaragua “zombie” elections were held.

Pegasus spyware operators in El Salvador were seeking the sources and personal data of journalists and members of civil society.

Among them were at least 22 journalists with El Faro, which has led a number of investigations into the government of President Nayib Bukele.

Tomas Farini, lawyer for the victims, questions that the immediate arrest of the Iranian was not requested despite the Interpol warrant.

Today’s featured artist is Ana Olic from Brazil with a performance of the song “Correnteza” (2021).

Since formally aligning with China, the term “Belt and Road” has begun to gain ground in the discourse of Daniel Ortega’s regime.

We wanted to stop talking about Afro-descendants in the abstract & introduce readers to a variety of women & men, young & old, rural & urban.