Argentina’s decision to join the BRICS is facing backlash at home, with two leading presidential candidates criticizing members of the group of major emerging market economies, and one of them vowing to pull the South American country from the bloc altogether.
Supporting a gradual, step-wise adoption of conservation agriculture — along with livestock and residue management, use of new crops and improved varieties, and appropriate mechanization — appears promising....
A 91-year-old retired Guatemalan general went on trial Friday for genocide in the second such case linked to the massacre of Indigenous people during the country’s 1960-1996 civil war. Benedicto Lucas Garcia is accused of involvement in the killing of more than 1,200 Ixil Maya people between 1978 and 1982, when his brother was...
Jason Buch's Follow the Money, a joint publication of Texas Observer and Border Hub, was just named one of the 15 best investigative reports in all of the Americas at COLPIN, the Latin American Investigative Reporting Conference in #Mexico City.
Cuba has uncovered a human trafficking ring that has coerced its citizens to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine, its foreign ministry said on Monday, adding that Cuban authorities were working to "neutralize and dismantle" the network.
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"Far-right outsider takes shock lead in Argentinian primary elections - Javier Milei, an admirer of Donald Trump, thinks the climate crisis is a lie and wants sale of human organs to be legalised
"The far-right populist Javier Milei rocked Argentina’s political establishment on Sunday by emerging as the leader in primary elections to choose presidential candidates for the October general election.
Milei, an admirer of the former US president Donald Trump, says Argentina’s central bank should be abolished, thinks the climate crisis is a lie, characterises sex education as a ploy to destroy the family, believes the sale of human organs should be legal and wants to make it easier to own handguns.
Votes were still being counted late on Sunday but analysts agreed that the upstart candidate, who gained notoriety – and a rockstar-like following – by angrily ranting against the “political caste”, did much better than expected and is a real contender for the presidency.
With about 92% of polling locations reporting, Milei had about 30% of the total vote, according to official results. The candidates in the main opposition coalition, United for Change, were at 28% and the current governing coalition, Union for the Homeland, had 27%."
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To foster mutual understanding and share valuable insights into labor-related matters, the Minister of Labor of El Salvador, Rolando Castro, held a productive meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Marinho. The focus of the discussion revolved around labor rights, particularly in the context of rural employment.
More than 700 professors, authors and researchers from academic centers in Latin America, the United States, Canada, Europe and Africa on Monday condemned the closure and confiscation of the Jesuit Central American University of Nicaragua (UCA) by Daniel Ortega’s government last month....
Chilean president Gabriel Boric in the company of Mexican president Manuel Andres Lopez Obrador (AMLO) – who arrived in the country to commemorate the Coup d’état – valued the solidarity that Mexico had for the Chilean exiles in the seventies and highlighted that Allende’s sacrifice transcended the country’s borders....
Guatemala’s ex-President Otto Pérez Molina has pleaded guilty in a bribery and money laundering case, but the move could be a play to avoid further jail time amid uncertainty about the future of the country’s anti-corruption efforts. ...
“We are very concerned about the risk faced and vulnerability in which an unprecedented number of migrants and refugees find themselves as they cross the Darien Gap said a statement by Marta Hurtado, spokeswoman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights....
The Waste Problem And Climate Change In Latin America
Between 85 and 95 percent of the world’s solid waste ends up in open dumps and landfills. Latin America barely recycles between five and 15 percent of this waste.
The pollution in this area is not only caused by hidden dumping, but also by people from the higher community or people who throw garbage into the streams
Prosecutors in Trump’s #criminal trial say he has violated a #GagOrder barring him from attacking #witnesses, #jurors & others close to the case. Testimony is set to resume later Tuesday morning.
#Pecker said #MichaelCohen called him furiously denying the child was Trump's, saying he offered to take a DNA test & bc #Trump was German-Irish & the woman was Hispanic, it was impossible.
FTR, Pecker was saying that #Cohen indicated a child w/a #Hispanic woman couldn't be Trump's. (#Racist 🤬 that he is)
Trump often talks "good genes" & bloodlines. He denigrates #immigrants from #LatinAmerica & says undocumented immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country."
Argentina’s Top Presidential Candidates Reject BRICS Membership (www.bloomberg.com)
Argentina’s decision to join the BRICS is facing backlash at home, with two leading presidential candidates criticizing members of the group of major emerging market economies, and one of them vowing to pull the South American country from the bloc altogether.
Smallholder Mexican farmers adopt resource-conserving innovations: slowly and in bits (www.cimmyt.org)
Supporting a gradual, step-wise adoption of conservation agriculture — along with livestock and residue management, use of new crops and improved varieties, and appropriate mechanization — appears promising....
Ex-general stands trial for genocide of Indigenous Guatemalans (guardian.ng)
A 91-year-old retired Guatemalan general went on trial Friday for genocide in the second such case linked to the massacre of Indigenous people during the country’s 1960-1996 civil war. Benedicto Lucas Garcia is accused of involvement in the killing of more than 1,200 Ixil Maya people between 1978 and 1982, when his brother was...
Argentina bombshell as Milei submits request to join NATO (www.express.co.uk)
President Milei has formally put in an application to join the global military alliance.
Cuba uncovers human trafficking of Cubans to fight for Russia in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Cuba has uncovered a human trafficking ring that has coerced its citizens to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine, its foreign ministry said on Monday, adding that Cuban authorities were working to "neutralize and dismantle" the network.
Ministers of Labor from El Salvador and Brazil Collaborate to Enhance Rural Labor Initiatives. (elsalvadorinenglish.com)
To foster mutual understanding and share valuable insights into labor-related matters, the Minister of Labor of El Salvador, Rolando Castro, held a productive meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Marinho. The focus of the discussion revolved around labor rights, particularly in the context of rural employment.
Nicaragua: More than 700 academics condemn the closure of the Jesuit University (nationworldnews.com)
More than 700 professors, authors and researchers from academic centers in Latin America, the United States, Canada, Europe and Africa on Monday condemned the closure and confiscation of the Jesuit Central American University of Nicaragua (UCA) by Daniel Ortega’s government last month....
Mexican president Manuel Andres Lopez Obrador visiting Chile Stresses the 9/11 Betrayal of Allende (havanatimes.org)
Chilean president Gabriel Boric in the company of Mexican president Manuel Andres Lopez Obrador (AMLO) – who arrived in the country to commemorate the Coup d’état – valued the solidarity that Mexico had for the Chilean exiles in the seventies and highlighted that Allende’s sacrifice transcended the country’s borders....
Guatemala Ex-President Pleads Guilty in Graft Case Amid Shifting Corruption Climate (insightcrime.org)
Guatemala’s ex-President Otto Pérez Molina has pleaded guilty in a bribery and money laundering case, but the move could be a play to avoid further jail time amid uncertainty about the future of the country’s anti-corruption efforts. ...
United Nations Concerned At Vulnerability Of Migrants Crossing Darien Gap (menafn.com)
“We are very concerned about the risk faced and vulnerability in which an unprecedented number of migrants and refugees find themselves as they cross the Darien Gap said a statement by Marta Hurtado, spokeswoman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights....