Politics
Chinese Communist Party set on expanding 'empire' into Latin America
The CCP provided a more in-depth preview of their Latin American ambitions days before Managua cut ties with Taipei.
Human Rights
Thousands take to Haiti's streets to protest gang violence
According to the United Nations, around 73,500 Haitians have fled their country in the last year alone, due to the worsening economic conditions and insecurity.
Human Rights
Peruvian politician arrested over 1988 journalist's murder
While Bustios was riding a motorbike, he was ambushed and shot at with machine guns by a group of plain-clothes soldiers
Politics
Pedro Sánchez receives Edmundo González amid tensions between Spain and Venezuela
The meeting takes place in the midst of strong tensions between the Government of Spain and the regime of Nicolás Maduro after the arrival of González
Human Rights
Nicaraguan sews her lips to demand freedom for political prisoners
The mother of political prisoner Francisco Narváez Chavarría demands freedom of the press in Nicaragua
Human Rights
Hong Kong arrests 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal under national security law
China’s Catholics are split between an underground church that swears loyalty to the Vatican and the state-sponsored Catholic Patriotic Association
Human Rights
China violently suppresses protestors fighting to withdraw life savings
Chinese authorities brutally crushed a non-violent demonstration on Sunday by over 1,000 depositors fighting to withdraw their life savings from provincial banks Chinese banking regulators are investigating for “illegal financial activities.”
Crime
U.S. nurse and child safely released after kidnapping in Haiti
Alix Dorsainvil and her young daughter were abducted while serving in their community ministry at the El Roi Hati’s campus near the capital city of Port-au-Prince on July 27
Human Rights
Nicaraguan Ortega regime bans priests from public hospitals
Opposition denounces dictatorship, says Ortega regime is determined to “continue a policy of indoctrination” to “exterminate” churches and “make Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo the only leaders in the country”
Crime
Police raids in Brazil leave at least 44 people dead
"A clash occurred when police teams came under attack by gunmen at the scene," state police said in a statement