By Nika Knight / Common DreamsAug 29, 2016
"Brazil has only emerged from dictatorship some 30 years ago and these events could set back the country's progress towards social and economic inclusion by decades." (Pictured, Klein and Stone.)"Brazil has only emerged from dictatorship some 30 years ago and these events could set back the country's progress towards social and economic inclusion by decades." (Pictured, Klein and Stone.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigAug 11, 2016
Like most global sporting events, the international games divert us from the real work of solving societal ills, channel far too many resources away from human needs and amplify nationalist fervor and existing divides. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJun 12, 2016
The 2016 Global Peace Index has been released, with the bad news that the world is slightly more violent this year than last. But if you subtracted the Middle East, in most of the world there was more peace, not less. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 20, 2016
The commander in chief has already deported more people than any president before him. Now his administration is planning its largest deportation operation of 2016. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigMar 24, 2016
Left-leaning parties like the PT face a conundrum in Latin America: that liberalism and its tolerance for political activity offer openings to right-wing parties that have no qualms about exploiting democratic expression in order to quash democracy. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigFeb 2, 2016
The World Health Organization has declared a rare “public health emergency of international concern” because of the apparent link between the Zika virus and a huge increase in serious birth defects in Central and South America. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 29, 2016
Circumstantial evidence points to Zika as the cause of a spike in babies born with brain damage and shrunken heads, known as microcephaly. It could take a decade to develop a vaccine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 30, 2015
A new report reveals that two killings of environmental activists occurred on average every week -- up a fifth from 2013. Nearly three-quarters of the known deaths were in Central and South America. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 30, 2015
Despite having one of the highest murder tolls on the planet, Brazil is considering a law under which anyone over 21, including people accused of crimes or convicted of less serious crimes, would be allowed to purchase up to nine firearms a year and 50 rounds of ammunition a month. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By John PattersonOct 30, 2015
David Gordon Green's star-studded film is a middling comedy about the humdrum conflicts between American meddlers in Bolivia's 2002 election Meanwhile, the Bolivians in it are as invisible as most of the slaves in "Gone With the Wind"David Gordon Green's star-studded film is a middling comedy about the internecine conflicts between American meddlers in Bolivia's 2002 election". Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkSep 21, 2015
In just two centuries, many plant species have scrambled 500 meters up the Andes in search of cooler temperatures. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigSep 18, 2015
Even as Pope Francis has sought to reform the Vatican’s safeguards against child abuse, a yearlong investigation reveals how the Catholic Church has allowed allegedly abusive priests to slip off to escape to parts of the world where they would face less scrutiny from prosecutors and the media. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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