BIZARRE: 26 | Mind Blowing Facts

Sorting out the facts on ‘waste and abuse’ at USAID - Roll Call

Funding for three of the four projects highlighted came from the State Department for cultural activities on behalf of various embassies.

Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025

Violence-hit Ecuador Chooses Next President

Some 14 million Ecuadorans will go to the polls Sunday to decide who will lead their violence-wracked Andean nation through its worst crisis in half a century.

International Business Times · Feb 9, 2025

USAID is going away. Here's what it's been doing in South America

The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian assistance in Colombia, conservation efforts in Brazil and coca eradication in Peru — South American countries that have been a priority for the support

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

Canada’s claim that it champions human rights is at odds with its mining practices

Canada presents itself as a gender equality and human rights champion both at home and abroad. But it’s also a global leader in mining, an industry with an abysmal human rights record.

The Conversation · Jan 26, 2025

Takeaways from AP's reporting on the thousands disappeared in Colombia, Peru and Paraguay

Thousands of people have disappeared in Latin America during decades-long conflicts

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025

Peru's disappeared: Dozens look for relatives lost to violence. A woman who knows their sorrow helps

The most violent period in Peru’s history still brings sorrow among the thousands who lost loved ones between 1980 and 2000

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025

Vatican says sanctions still in effect against Opus Dei cardinal following sex abuse allegations

The Vatican has confirmed that disciplinary sanctions are still in effect against the first-ever cardinal from Opus Dei following accusations of sexual abuse

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025

Opus Dei cardinal acknowledges Vatican sanctioned him after abuse allegation but denies wrongdoing

The once-powerful archbishop of Peruvian capital Lima and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei has acknowledged that the Vatican had imposed sanctions on him in 2019 following an allegation of sexual abuse

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2025

China has invested billions in ports around the world. This is why the West is so concerned

On his way to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in November, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to officially open a new US$3.6 billion (A$5.8 billion) deepwater mega-port in Peru called Chancay.

The Conversation · Jan 24, 2025

Pope Francis Dissolves Troubled Catholic Group In Peru

Pope Francis dissolves Sodalitium Christianae Vitae due to abuse allegations and founder Figari's misconduct.

Top News · Jan 22, 2025