At an estimated age of 60, the last surviving member of an uncontacted Indigenous tribe in Brazil has died. Known as the “Man of the Hole” for the various deep holes which he dug to hunt and trap animals, as well as to hide in, this man, whose name we
Kashmir, located in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, is split by heavily militarized borders with India, Pakistan, and China. Each of these nations has high stakes in Kashmir. The region has Indian-administered territories, Pakistani-administered territories, and Chinese-administered territories. Families are split and broken by these borders, which deny Kashmiris
Gustavo Petro, considered Colombia’s first leftist president, has proposed an $11 billion tax plan to the nation’s congress in order to increase social spending. Petro’s campaign promises to improve crime rates by investing in rural areas that have been plagued with drug-related violence for years. Colombia has long been troubled
On July 25th, the military government in Myanmar executed four anti-coup activists. A state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported that they were hanged because of their contribution to “brutal and inhumane terror acts.” The executed profiles are veteran democracy activists and a rapper-turned-politician who are the following: Kyaw
Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Senate, has effectively called for the expulsion of UN Peacekeepers and MONUSCO spokesperson Mathias Gillman from D.R.C. This comes after violent anti-UN protests occur in the country, with UN Peacekeepers and civilians alike meeting each other with violence. The
