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Argentina Considers Including ‘Travesticidio Social’ into the Penal Code
On June 18th, 2022, Argentina’s national pride day, Congresswoman Mónica Macha, a member of Frente de Todos and representative of Buenos Aires province, introduced a bill to the Argentinian congress that would incorporate the terms “travesticidio”, “transfemicidio”, and “transhomicidio” into the Argentinian penal code. These terms are relatively new to Argentina, and the world. They…
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Buenos Aires airport turns into unofficial homeless shelter as Argentina’s inflation is up over 100% again
Inflation is the hot new buzzword within the US news cycle as the effects of COVID are hitting American consumers when it comes to everyday prices. This rise in prices might be new to Americans, but it is something that has been affecting Argentinians for decades. Currently, Argentina is facing some of the world’s highest…
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Colombian Scientists on High Alert as Seismic Activity Increases Near Nevado del Ruiz Volcano
The Nevado del Ruiz is a stratovolcano located approximately 80 miles west of Bogota in central Colombia. The volcano, which has been largely dormant aside from minor activity for a couple of decades, has been closely monitored by the Colombian Geological Survey (Servicio Geológico Colombiano, or SGC) over the past few weeks as seismic activity…
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Escobar’s Hippos to be moved from Colombia to India
Pablo Escobar’s hippos that were brought to Colombia in the late 1980s from Africa were left to their own devices in the Antioquia region after his death in the 1993. As the animals reproduced, without natural predators in the climate, they began to impact the environment of the marshy area. 60 of the roughly 130…
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Fire in Ciudad Juarez Migrant Center
On March 27th, a fire broke out in the migrant center of Ciudad Juarez, just south of the border with the United States. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute states that the facility was housing 68 migrants from Central and South America at the time, with at least 39 having been killed and two dozen injured. Mexico’s…
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Plastic Rocks Found On Remote Brazilian Island
In 2019, Fernanda Avelar Santos (a geologist), found “Plastic Rocks” on a protected island in Brazil (Trindade Island). This island has no human involvement other than the Brazilian Navy (which protects this island) and occasionally people who conduct scientific research. Santos went to the island to work on a completely separate project but stumbled upon…
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FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES STRIKES GUAYAQUIL: ECUADOR
From March 22nd to March 23rd Latin America, especially Ecuador has experienced heavy rainfall and thunderstorm (JF, teleSUR). Most of Ecuador experienced heavy rainfall with the capital city of the province Guayas as well as some coastal reasons really being hit the most (JF, teleSUR). Within the city of Guayaquil major flooding has occurred (JF,…
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Guajajara’s Ministry May Provide Hope to the Yanomami People of Brazil
Brianna Swinford https://nacla.org/brazils-first-ever-ministry-indigenous-peoples-launched-amidst-state-emergency https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/18/sonia-guajajara-brazil-indigenous-yanomami. Amidst the chaos and turmoil currently affecting Indigenous people in Brazil, a momentous stride has been made for Indigenous representation, as Sonia Guajajara was hired as the first minister of Indigenous peoples in Brazil. Guajajara stated that during her first month at work, her “plate was full”(Coletta & Diaz, 2022) already.…
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Argentina pulls out of the Foradori-Duncan pact
The core of this conflict is that the Argentinian government believes the Falkland Islands (which are known as Islas Malvinas within Argentina) should be a sovereign nation. While the British government believes the people Falkland islands (who were named by the 5th viscount of Falkland) are happy being a British protectorate. The two countries have…
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President Obrador: A mythical sighting or a political distraction?
On February 27th , Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador posted a tweet that went viral. In this tweet, Obrador posted two photos of a mythical creature named a Aluxe. Aluxe are mythical creatures from Mayan tradition, they are similar to leprechauns or elves and are said to cause mischief. In this tweet, the president…