…hese fires, they are coined “ecocides” because they are destroying the natural ecosystem in Argentina. In Córdoba, there are only 5% of the native forests left compared to in the 1900s (120,000km), and there are only 10,600 km that are being reforested….

The president of the Venezuelan Penal Forum, Alfredo Romero, affirmed that more than 90% of the people who have been detained for political reasons – roughly 15,600 prisoners – have not had the right to trial. Luisa Quintero of Tal Cual of Caracas stated that the majority of the prisoners who are in preventive detention are taken to court but have not been convicted and are being held prisoner for years. According to figures from the…

…f 250 reais per month for four months, which is significantly less than the 600 reais per month that were available in 2020. Besides that, the 2021 emergency aid will be offered for a smaller number of the Brazilian population when compared to the 2020 figures – last year, 68 million Brazilians received the monetary assistance, but the forecast is that only 45 million people will be eligible for the next round. The reformulation of the aid p…

Minority opposition groups are urging Venezuelan citizens to participate in elections, but their request is falling on deaf ears due to a lack of credibility. Sofía Nederr covered the struggles that the opposition groups are facing in Tal Cual of Caracas. Héctor Briceño, a professor at Cendes, warned that no isolated opposition group can reverse the destruction of electoral guarantees. These opposition groups are seen as a wave or current of opin…

…bia, tries to prevent gang recruitment of children and young people of her community and helps evacuate potential recruits to other regions of the country. One of the most recent evacuees is her son who was attending a Polytechnic School in the coastal city of Tumaco. Last March, he caught the attention of Los Contadores, a band whose members began to appear on the soccer field, displaying weapons and bragging about their escapades. Lidia sent him…

The government of Argentina recently announced an agreement with exporters to sell meat at a more affordable price. According to Leandro Renou of Página/12 of Buenos Aires, meat cuts reported the highest price increase in all of 2020. An Annual Plan was recently drafted at an event held at the Casa Rosada, offering price drops of up to 30% lower than those of December 2020. The Plan is to remain under periodic review, and over ten cuts, including…

…ndo Manzanero was born on December 7th, 1935, in Merida, Yucatan. With over 600 songs, the composer, pianist, performer, producer, and arranger always said that piano “had always been the love of [his] life, [his] eternal companion, the man who [gave him] everything.” Some of his greatest hits with international recognition were Contigo aprendí, Mía, Adoro, Como yo te amé, Somos novios, and Nada personal. During his career, he won two…

…65 from other organizations, businesses, etc. From the 1.4 million, around 600 thousand were on land that is developed for government forestry projects. Jorge Mera stated that, while the Month of Reforestation has ended, the ministry is going to keep focusing on reforesting throughout the country. They are also taking initiative to trim and care for the trees to guarantee their growth and proliferation to increase diversity of national ecosystems…

…ustrial complex called “Central Park.” Santos Normand confirmed that his income comes from selling lots of this park to various companies. Luna Morales reported an annual income of 1 million soles. Luna Morales has been involved in companies such as Universidad Privada Telesup SAC and Escuela Internacional de Posgrado SAC. In 2019, the Public Ministry investigated Luna Morelos’s father for using Telesup to hide money transferred from a Brazilian c…

…(or Karai Popygua in his mother tongue) lives in a protected land shared by 600 Amerindians in the heart of São Paulo. Jornalistas Livres of São Paulo interviewed Guarany, who identified two main issues that are threatening the preservation of the Guarani nation, the biggest ethnicity of Amerindians in Brazil. First of these is the fierce offensive of evangelical missionaries whose objective it is to convert Amerindians to Christianity. Missionari…