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Colombian Indigenous Leader Nazaria Calambas Murdered

Thirty-four-year-old Nazaria Calambás was a former mayor and community organizer. She was reportedly gunned down by three unknown assailants.

They denounce the government’s enactment of a month-long, 12-hour curfew & ban on public gatherings in the northern coastal town of El Estor.

The Saab case shows that Maduro’s brand of Chavism has lost the capacity to create heroes, no matter how many resources they invest.

Barbados has elected Sandra Mason its first-ever president, who will replace the U.K.’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state.

“During the pandemic, sexual violence against girls has grown because they have been confined with their abusers.”

Today’s featured artist is Bobby Valentin from Puerto Rico with the song “Cuando te vea” from the album “Rey del Bajo” (1974).

The dialogue between Nicolas Maduro’s government and the Venezuelan opposition has fractured – momentarily or permanently.

The court granted his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He is the first Guantánamo prisoner in 10 years to win such a case.

At least 450 protesters were arrested as police clashed with thousands who took to the streets of Santiago and across the country Monday.

Claudia Camila from Venezuela took our photo of the day: “The Road of Irisies” in Caracas, Venezuela.