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Avua – Song of the Day

Today’s featured band is Avua (Jota Pe and Bruna Black) from Brazil with the song “Abrigo” (2021).

“Mexico’s ongoing wave of brutal slayings of journalists has claimed another victim,” said Jan-Albert Hootsen, CPJ’s Mexico representative.

Three unidentified men abducted Montaño, a freelance investigative reporter, as she attempted to board a public bus in a suburb of Toluca.

The quake destroyed more than 7,000 homes, leaving tens of thousands homeless. Many hospitals were damaged.

In Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela, people are fleeing and anywhere seems better than where they are now, all risks worthwhile.

Indi Rivero from Venezuela took our photo of the day: “Wine Colored Water” in Lara Venezuela, using her Panasonic DMC-FH5 camera.

Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula including Cancun is preparing for TS Grace which is expected to be a hurricane when it reaches land on Thursday.

The death toll from Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake has reached nearly 1,300, with thousands more injured, Rescue operations continue.

Today’s featured artist is Toto Bissainthe from Haiti with the song “Ou Soti Pos Machan” from the album “Retrospective” (2006).

Balladares and her daughter left everything in their home country, due to the persecution they endured from the Ortega-Murillo Government.