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Food Security Policy Prevents Hunger in Nicaragua

May 14, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Yorlis Luna From Managua, Nicaragua I think when many of us look at the world today we feel like we’re watching a science fiction movie: 22 million officially unemployed in the U.S. while analysts say the true figure may be double that[1],; predictions of the worst economic ... <a title="Food Security Policy Prevents Hunger in Nicaragua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/food-security-policy-prevents-hunger-in-nicaragua/" aria-label="Read more about Food Security Policy Prevents Hunger in Nicaragua">Read more</a>

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El Salvador: Bukele’s Heavy- Handed Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Violates Human Rights

May 12, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Alina Duarte From Mexico City Behind that jovial image of a president who takes selfies at the U.N. and governs over social media stands a strategic ally of the United States who has little regard for human rights. The social media presence of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele ... <a title="El Salvador: Bukele’s Heavy- Handed Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Violates Human Rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/el-salvador-bukeles-heavy-handed-response-to-covid-19-pandemic-violates-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about El Salvador: Bukele’s Heavy- Handed Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Violates Human Rights">Read more</a>

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New information: Guaidó was the “commander in chief” of the failed mercenary operation against Venezuela

May 9, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Analysis by Patricio ZamoranoFrom Washington DC New information divulged this week reveals that Juan Guaidó was designated as “commander and chief” of the mercenary operation that completely unraveled on the shores of Venezuela. The 41 page contract that formed the basis of the already known eight page General Services ... <a title="New information: Guaidó was the “commander in chief” of the failed mercenary operation against Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/09/new-information-guaido-was-the-commander-in-chief-of-the-failed-mercenary-operation-against-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about New information: Guaidó was the “commander in chief” of the failed mercenary operation against Venezuela">Read more</a>

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Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption

May 6, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio ZamoranoFrom Washington DC Now that we have had a few days to study the failed, illegal paramilitary incursion by a group of American and Venezuelan mercenaries into Venezuela, some key details have emerged in this incredible story. They reveal the internal dynamics of the country’s fractured, ... <a title="Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/06/guaido-and-the-failed-military-operation-against-venezuela-a-story-of-betrayal-and-financial-corruption/" aria-label="Read more about Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption">Read more</a>

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COVID-19 as Pretext for Repression in the Northern Triangle

May 1, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By John PerryFrom Masaya, Nicaragua “He’s not a doctor, I don’t think.” Trump had just finished a phone call with Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), the de facto president of Honduras who runs a  narco-state[1]. On April 30, JOH was indirectly implicated in drug and murder charges by the ... <a title="COVID-19 as Pretext for Repression in the Northern Triangle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/covid-19-as-pretext-for-repression-in-the-northern-triangle/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 as Pretext for Repression in the Northern Triangle">Read more</a>

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Open letter with 100 signatures opposes release of Pinochet era perpetrators of crimes against humanity

April 24, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here In an extraordinary step backward a Chilean Court of Appeals granted release and sentence reductions to 17 State actors convicted of crimes against humanity perpetrated against thousands of Chilean citizens during the ... <a title="Open letter with 100 signatures opposes release of Pinochet era perpetrators of crimes against humanity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/open-letter-with-100-signatures-opposes-release-of-pinochet-era-perpetrators-of-crimes-against-humanity/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter with 100 signatures opposes release of Pinochet era perpetrators of crimes against humanity">Read more</a>

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Nicaraguan Right-wing Opposition Misrepresents Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 18, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here By John Perry From Masaya, Nicaragua The right-wing opposition in Nicaragua, having failed in their attempted coup in 2018, still looks at any potential crisis as a new opportunity to attack the ... <a title="Nicaraguan Right-wing Opposition Misrepresents Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/18/nicaraguan-right-wing-opposition-misrepresents-government-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Nicaraguan Right-wing Opposition Misrepresents Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic">Read more</a>

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Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy

April 18, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Marcia Cury Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s statements are at first shocking, leaving one wondering what he really means. But they are not surprising in the context of the paranoid rhetoric that has always characterized his administration. Since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging the ... <a title="Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/18/bolsonaro-covid-19-and-the-crisis-of-brazilian-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy">Read more</a>

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Despite US Military Threats against Venezuela, Country Remains Strong against COVID-19

April 7, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny ShawFrom New York In the midst of the public health emergency ripping through the world, the United Nations and progressive forces throughout the Americas have called for a unified effort, transcending ideological differences, in defense of human life in the face of the COVID-10 pandemic. Russia ... <a title="Despite US Military Threats against Venezuela, Country Remains Strong against COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/despite-us-military-threats-against-venezuela-country-remains-strong-against-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Despite US Military Threats against Venezuela, Country Remains Strong against COVID-19">Read more</a>

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Puerto Rico and COVID-19: A Precarious Healthcare System Faces Serious Challenges

April 3, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Erick J. Padilla Rosas From Eugene, Oregon The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great challenge to countries with high levels of poverty, limited medical infrastructure, and a lack of universal access to health care.  So far, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Puerto Rico is 286 ... <a title="Puerto Rico and COVID-19: A Precarious Healthcare System Faces Serious Challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/puerto-rico-and-covid-19-a-precarious-healthcare-system-faces-serious-challenges/" aria-label="Read more about Puerto Rico and COVID-19: A Precarious Healthcare System Faces Serious Challenges">Read more</a>

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COVID-19 Pandemic Spotlights Ethical Dimension of Hemispheric Affairs

March 31, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By COHA’s Editorial Board From Washington DC The defense of human life in the Americas, in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, has become an ethical imperative for progressive forces throughout the region and beyond. The manner in which each government is now responding to the crisis ... <a title="COVID-19 Pandemic Spotlights Ethical Dimension of Hemispheric Affairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/covid-19-pandemic-spotlights-ethical-dimension-of-hemispheric-affairs/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 Pandemic Spotlights Ethical Dimension of Hemispheric Affairs">Read more</a>

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Families Fleeing from Guatemala: A Case of Corporate and State Aggression

December 24, 2019

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Marc Pilisuk, Jennifer Rountree and Rebecca FerencikFrom Berkeley, CA and Portland, OR In its attempt to stem a spike in the number of Latin American men, women, and children traveling to the U.S., an unprecedented number of them seeking asylum, the Trump administration has pushed Guatemala and other ... <a title="Families Fleeing from Guatemala: A Case of Corporate and State Aggression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/families-fleeing-from-guatemala-a-case-of-corporate-and-state-aggression/" aria-label="Read more about Families Fleeing from Guatemala: A Case of Corporate and State Aggression">Read more</a>