Issue Nov 15-30 2024: It is unacceptable that a group of conspirators sought to undermine the will of 59.5 million Brazilians who elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president.
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Issue Nov 15-30 2024: Female Indigenous leaders are no strangers to the threat of physical, verbal, economic, and sexual violence.
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Issue Nov 15-30 2024: Thirty-five days after the murder of priest and activist Marelo Pérez Pérez, hundreds of Indigenous residents of the Mexican state of Chiapas protested in the streets demanding justice and peace.
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Issue Nov 06-14 2024: On November 8, 2019, during mass protests pushing for greater social equality, 21-year-old Gustavo Gatica joined the demonstrations and permanently lost his sight due to shotgun pellets fired by a police officer.
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Issue Nov 06-14 2024: According to the National Police in Ecuador, over 90% of acts of violence and murders in Durán, Guayas province, are committed on motorcycles.
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Issue Nov 06-14 2024: The Special Commission on Political Killings and Disappearances, which was re-established under President Lulas’ administration, will vote this Thursday on a new work plan that includes plans to visit five states in search of the remains of victims from Brazil’s military dictatorship.
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Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: Illegal mining and drug trafficking have become primary sources of revenue for the dissident group Segunda Marquetalia in Nariño, Colombia.
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Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: A key aspect of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s security strategy has been addressing the root causes of crime, focusing on socioeconomic factors such as poverty, lack of access to quality education, healthcare, and decent jobs.
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Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: Admiral Francisco Cubides, commander of Colombia’s Fuerzas Militares, said that the country’s Fuerzas de Tarea Conjuntas will become part of the Army.
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Issue Oct 23-29 2024: The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, survived an alleged assassination attempt on Sunday, October 27th, when armed assailants fired upon his convoy in Cochabamba.
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