AMERICAS
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How is our medicine threatening us?
Anti-microbial resistance causes 700,000 deaths each year and threatens animal health as well as food security and people’s livelihoods.
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Colombia peace process ‘an example for the world’: Hollande
The successful peace talk between Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC guerrillas are an “example to the world,” said French President…
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Reports finds insecurity is driving factor of venezuelans’ exodus
A series of reports highlight how rampant crime and insecurity have spurred Venezuelans to leave their home country
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What happens after the Women’s March?
The challenge is to channel the protest and achieve political change at local and national level.
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Cuban human rights and the hypocrisy of the media
The spectrum of human rights is wide. But what [the media] do is focus ... on the bad parts and…
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Clemency for Puerto Rican nationalist raises question about jailed Venezuelan politician
In 2015, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made a deal he probably doesn’t want to keep: He said he might free…
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Colombia sets date for peace talks with ELN rebel group
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says formal peace talks will begin next month in Ecuador with the country's second-largest rebel…
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Creation of Special Commission to Reform Colombian System
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos created the Special Electoral Mission of Colombia (MEE) to propose recommendations to modernize and give…
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How is cash aid used?
Cash transfer programs are meant to reduce poverty but their effectiveness depends on each country.
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