Mexican security chief under Felipe Calderón sentenced to 38 years in prison for drug trafficking
The heavy sentence links Genaro García Luna to the Sinaloa cartel, revealing the deep ties between the Calderón administration and one of the most powerful drug trafficking groups in the world.
Report: UK counterterrorism policy Islamaphobic, violates child rights and other stories
Today we look at the People’s Review of Prevent-UK’s “counter terrorism” strategy, the US DEA’s targeting of Bolivia’s coca growers’ movement, and more
What we know about who is behind the assassination of Haiti’s president
Investigations reveal that the US and at least one of its regional allies, Colombia, are implicated in the assassination of Haiti’s de-facto president Jovenel Moïse.
In times of COVID-19, US escalates threats against Venezuela
The United States government under Donald Trump is continuing to increase pressure on Venezuela even during the COVID-19 pandemic
Trump sends gun boats to Venezuela while the world partners to fight a deadly pandemic
The Trump administration has used the fabricated narco-trafficking charges against Maduro and other officials as an excuse to intensify pressure on Venezuela
Jesús Santrich, free at last
Colombia’s Supreme Court ordered the immediate release of political prisoner Jesús Santrich on May 29. Speaking to reporters after his release, he reiterated his commitment to a true and lasting peace in the country
- Children in Gaza charred to death as Israel strikes displaced people’s tents in designated “safe zone”
- Farmers in Pakistan mobilize to demand fair prices and agrarian reform
- Moroccan dockworkers call for boycott of Maersk’s arms shipment to Israel
- Trump’s immigration authorities arrest US citizen
- Health systems in Europe are running on overtime
