Mexican President Faces Backlash Over Rising Violence Against Women
The killing of women for simply being women, or femicide, has been sweeping the globe, and has been particularly prevalent in Mexico.
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Mexican Women Protest to Gender Violence on International Women’s Day
Imagine a world without women. None in your classes, home, or job. Every position filled by a man, with no thought of another option. While this sounds like a dystopian fiction, The New York Times explains this is what the women in Mexico challenged men to do on March 9.
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Puerto Rico Hit by Earthquakes: Government Holds Back Aid, Prompting Protests
It has not been a good start of the decade for the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico, as, in January, the U.S. territory has been the victim of multiple devastating 5.0 magnitude earthquakes.
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The Beginning of the End to the Hegemonic Dispute Between China and the U.S.?
Since July of 2018, there had been threats back and forth between the U.S. and the Chinese Governments. However, on January 22, 2020, in Washington D.C., President Trump and China’s Vice Premier Liu He took the first step towards a more definite, binding, and peaceful agreement.
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Struggling Argentinian Economy Could Spark Severe Hunger Crisis
The Argentinian economy is struggling once again.
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U.S. Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Net Neutrality Rollback
The United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled against states being able to pass their own net neutrality laws.
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Lack of Dialogue and Violence Sustain Bolivia’s Political Crisis
Disruptive protests continue in Bolivia’s main cities, following President Evo Morales’ resignation on Sunday, November 10.
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Attacks on Indigenous Activists in the Amazon Linked to Bolsonaro
The number of targeted attacks and invasions of indigenous land by illegal miners and loggers continues to rise in the months following Bolsonaro’s assumption of office in January 2019.
Read MoreMexico Grapples with Resurgent Sinaloa Cartel
Two incidents – one a siege and the other a massacre – propelled Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel to the limelight this month. The cartel, one of the largest and most influential in Mexico, deals in everything from the deadly opiate fentanyl to marijuana and is one of the main actors in the U.S.-Mexico drug trade.
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Argentina Returns Peronists to Power
With more than 47.79 percent of the vote, Alberto Fernandez has become the new president-elect of Argentina, ousting current Conservative President Mauricio Macri.
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