Chinese Ambassador to Namibia Joins Africa and Latin America’s Call for Reparations

By: Mathias Hangala The Chinese Ambassador to Namibia, Zhao Weiping, has joined growing calls from African and Latin American nations for reparations for historical injustices suffered under colonial rule. Speaking to the media in Windhoek on...

Mexican President Outraged After U.S. Government Cancels Flight Routes to Mexico City

Mexico’s President claimed she was outraged after the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a series of America First measures that included cancelling 13 routes to and from an airport in Mexico City. This week, the U.S. Department of...

Police massacre in Brazil reignites debate on how to combat organized crime in Latin America

The police operation that left an unprecedented trail of death in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday (121, according to the latest official count) is already the subject of furious political debate, even though the fallen officers have only just been...

See The First City Designed By An Avant-Garde South American Sculptor

“Man will not end his days on Earth.” These words weren’t spoken by Elon Musk, nor were they intended to encourage colonization of Mars. When Gyula Kosice made this declaration in 1944, the future he sought were considerably more revolutionary....

Colombia Launches Wildfire Monitoring Program Using OroraTech’s Satellite Technology

Colombia Launches Wildfire Monitoring Program Using OroraTech’s Satellite Technology Credit: OroraTech Ibadan, 31 October 2025. – The Colombian National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) and OroraTech have entered a new partnership to...

Brazil favela left reeling after 132 killed in narco-gang raid

Published on 31/10/2025 - 12:40 GMT+1 Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police have begun burying the dead, with residents left reeling by the scenes of carnage and angry at law enforcement whom they...

Brazil Congress Clears Path For Permanent Income-Tax Relief, With Senate Fight Ahead

Brazil is moving to lock in a lasting change to how people are taxed. Congress has approved a measure that lets future income-tax rules stay in force indefinitely, removing the usual five-year sunset. That clears the path for a separate bill that...

Argentina Undermines U.S. Trade Position, Gets Billions in U.S. Foreign Aid

Published 2025-10-31 by Cory Allen Heidelberger Speaking of soybeans, King Don sent billions of dollars to bail out Argentina even after Argentina lowered its export tax to sell more soybeans to our primary trade rival China: The anger of soybean...

Colombia’s Pres. Petro: The White House is committing extrajudicial executions

The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro reaffirmed his government’s anti-drug policy, which in addition to increasing cocaine seizures promoted agrarian and rural improvements to expand the well-being of peasants and guarantee the substitution of...

Colombia Launches Wildfire Monitoring Using OroraTech Satellite Technology

Colombia has become the first country in Latin America to strengthen its National Disaster Risk Management System through the implementation of a national wildfire detection program using satellite technology. This initiative results from a new...

Brazil to blast Amazon tributary for grains shipping as soy frontier advances

By Ana Mano and Adriano Machado ITUPIRANGA, Brazil (Reuters) -A narrow skiff slides among massive rocky outcroppings on the Tocantins River, where the catfish and peacock bass throng in the eddies during the waxing moon. For most of his life,...

Caribbean nations count cost of Melissa as hurricane heads to Bermuda

Mexico City, Oct 30, (dpa/GNA) – Hurricane Melissa strengthened again on Thursday, as it passed beyond the Bahamas, leaving behind a trail of devastation across several Caribbean islands. The hurricane warning was lifted in the Bahamas early on...

Colombian president has trouble refueling his plane after U.S. sanctions

Colombian President Gustavo Petro had trouble refueling his plane on a trip to the Middle East after being sanctioned by the United States, his government said Thursday. Interior Minister Armando Benedetti said that the presidential plane stopped...

Brazil’s new minister calls for billionaire and betting taxation during inauguration 

Guilherme Boulos used his first speech as Minister of the General Secretariat to criticise opposition resistance to gambling and wealth taxation proposals while reaffirming the government’s stance on democracy. By Shaan Khan Brazil’s newly...

Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Report Calls for Transforming Philanthropy in Latin America and the Caribbean

New report proposes innovative philanthropic model based on five agendas that include boosting cross-sector collaboration, purposeful investment, and local leadership Mobilizing just 1% of the region’s private wealth could generate more than USD...

Argentina strengthens border controls targeting Brazilian gang members

Friday, October 31st 2025 - 10:12 UTC Members of the Rio de Janeiro Police transfer a group of people during an operation on Tuesday. Antonio Lacerda/EFE/EFE Argentine authorities have reinforced the country's borders with Brazil, in case gang...

Mexico: Still no date to resume beef exports to the U.S.

sdenness / Depositphotos.com Mexico and the U.S. haven’t yet agreed to resume Mexican beef cattle exports into the U.S. amid the outbreak of the New World Screwworm in Mexico. Mexico’s ag minister announced that during a press conference with...

NGOs accuse coffee giants of human rights abuses

BERLIN Several NGOs have said they had filed a legal complaint in Germany accusing giant coffee companies of sourcing beans from suppliers that exploit workers and violate human rights. The complaint alleges that Nestle, Starbucks, Dallmayr and...

Brazil’s Human Rights Minister Denounces Rio Police Raid as “Failure” After Record Death Toll

After the deadliest police raid in Rio de Janeiro’s history left more than 130 people dead, Brazil’s human rights minister condemned the operation as a “failure” and called for an independent investigation into what she described as a “horror.”...

Venezuela Unveils Plan for First Domestically Designed Mini-Satellite

President Nicolás Maduro announced a new phase in Venezuela’s space and technology agenda, including the country’s first mini-satellite built entirely by local scientists and continued cooperation with China. President Nicolás Maduro addresses the...