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      Latin American Leaders Call Peru's President Castillo a 'Victim of Anti-Democratic Harassment'

      "Our governments call on all the actors involved... to prioritize the will of the citizens that was pronounced at the polls," the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, and Mexico said in a joint statement.

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 14, 2022

      Four Latin American presidents condemned the ouster and imprisonment of leftist Peruvian President Pedro Castillo on Tuesday, a move that preceded a national emergency declaration by the country's new government amid a deadly crackdown against what critics are calling a U.S.-backed "legislative coup."

      "The oligarchic rulers of Peru could never accept that a rural schoolteacher and peasant leader could be brought into office by millions of poor, Black, and Indigenous people."

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      Amazon deforestation

      Rampant Tropical Forest Loss Belies COP26 Deforestation Pledge: Report

      "Such losses are a disaster for the climate. They're a disaster for biodiversity. They're a disaster for Indigenous peoples and local communities."

      Brett Wilkins
      Apr 28, 2022

      The destruction of tens of thousands of square miles of Earth's tropical forests in 2021 underscores the challenge of fulfilling a pledge made by nations at last year's United Nations Climate Conference to halt deforestation by the end of the decade, a report published Thursday asserted.

      "We have to dramatically reduce emissions from all sources."

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      10 Reasons the OAS Secretary-General Must Go

      He is quite possibly the worst leader since the OAS was founded in 1948.

      Leonardo Flores
      Jan 15, 2022

      The Organization of American States (OAS) has never been a friend to the peoples of the Americas. This institution, ostensibly a space for multilateralism, has instead always been a tool for the U.S. Department of State. As Fidel Castro said in 1962, it is nothing but the U.S. Ministry of Colonies. That is truer now more than ever under the leadership of Secretary General Luis Almagro, who has been at the helm since March 2015. He is quite possibly the worst leader since the OAS was founded in 1948.

      Here are ten reasons Almagro has to go:

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