In Latin American countries whose situation around drug trafficking has become a matter of national security, the strategy being used to remove it is basically all out war: army against cartels. Jesus Rodriguez Montes The battlefield is in the streets, in malls, in bars and even […]
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Refugee children’s rights
A London-based charity is running courses for people working with minors seeking asylum in the UK. Migrant minors are a particularly vulnerable group who do not currently receive adequate levels of support and protection. . “Rude and suspicious” was the description used by migrant when asked to describe the treatment […]
Centuries of looting pre-Columbian treasures
The Paris branch of the London auction house, Sotheby’s, recently received €10 million for the “legal sale” of a collection of pre-Columbian artefacts which, from an ethical point of view, are arguably the property of Latin America. Juan Carlos Rivera Torres Sotheby’s pressed ahead with the auction despite […]
Unsafe London…. street gangs and their own sense of justice
The United Kingdom is the country with the most criminal violence in Europe. Around five thousand teenagers use violence almost daily to establish respect and to instil fear. Blades or blunt-edged weapons are utilised by young people between 10 and 24 for extorting city-dwellers. And they are not alone. They […]
The sad and dirty faces of Dominican children
Edwin’s height barely reaches halfway up the windscreen of a Toyota Corolla, which is parked in a corner of the Dominican capital and nonetheless the boy, ten-years-old, tries to clean it to earn some money. . Diony Sanabia Abadia . The change of the traffic lights speeds up the boy’s […]