Salvadorian President, Nayib Bukele, announced on Wednesday the enclosing of multiple prisoners’ cells to increase the measures against gang violence in the country. El Salvador is currently under lockdown, due to COVID-19, and as the country shut down, the homicide toll rose from 2 homicides per day to 77 killings
On 31 January, the U.K. officially left the European Union, making it the first country in the history of the organization to leave. However, both the EU and the U.K. would continue the talks to settle a trade deal and the future relationship of both. Therefore, Britain would still work
On 3 December 2019, it was announced that the World Food Programme (WFP) would send food aid to Zimbabwe to feed 4.1 million people, roughly a quarter of the population. Currently, about half of Zimbabweans experience hunger, and 7.7 million are in a state of severe hunger. The country is
On Nov. 4th, nine members of a renown Mormon family in Northern Mexico were killed, all of them women and children, slaughtered by drug cartel dealers. Due to the increasing insecurity in the area due to cartel violence, more than 100 people, all U.S citizens, have left the states of
The British police have identified the 39 people found dead in Essex on October 23rd as Vietnamese nationals. Vietnam´s government said “it strongly condemns human trafficking” and the ministry of foreign affairs called on the international community to “step up cooperation” to fight the humanitarian crisis. The victims were
In Bolivia, the week-long protests began after the electoral results, which declared President Evo Morales the winner of the first-round election, for a fourth consecutive term. People on the streets claim electoral fraud and The Organization of American States and the European Union, said the results were so close that
In the seventh consecutive night of protests in Barcelona, violent clashes continue to reign in the city and other Catalan cities. In the latest news, Spain’s government refused President of Catalonia Quim Torra’s request to negotiate with the pro-independence movement, and therefore more demonstrations should be expected from the separatist
Indigenous groups and delegates of Ecuador’s government reached an agreement to cancel the austerity package imposed on Sunday. The agreement ended 11 days of violent protests, which damaged greatly the country´s economy, and left more than 1,000 people injured and seven deaths. Thousands of students and Indigenous protesters cleaned up
In Haiti’s capital, Port-Au-Prince, streets were filled on Friday with thousands of protesters led by the opposition, demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse. The march led to the capital’s U.N. headquarters, in an attempt to gain support from the international community, against the current government. Two people were allegedly
After almost two years of discussions, and a more than eight-year conflict in Syria, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on 23 September the formation of a Syrian constitutional committee. However, the director and spokesperson of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mustafa Bali, commented to a special UN envoy
On Sunday, chaos broke during an unauthorized march on the shopping district of Hong Kong where police fired dye blue water from canons and tear gas to thousands of protesters, as they threw petrol bombs and bricks at the police. Several people were injured at the demonstration, 100 people were arrested
In the past few weeks, tensions have once more been raised between Israel and radical Shi’a Lebanese group Hezbollah, and there is a fear that the latest drone strikes and allegations of missile production could lead to a war between the two sides. The hostility between Hezbollah, the radical Shi’a
The United Kingdom´s Parliament did not waste time, and as soon as members returned from summer recess this past Tuesday, discussions and votes focused on Brexit. The Prime Minister,Boris Johnson had a hard week after he lost his first vote, and members of the Parliament (MPs), including people from his
The skies turned unusually dark in the early afternoon in Sao Paulo this past Wednesday, due to the intense smoke coming from ongoing wildfires in the Amazon. The Amazon rainforest, also known as “the lungs of the world”, provides approximately 20% of the oxygen in the atmosphere. Due to its
