Leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) meet this Friday on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for their eighth annual summit, marked this time by border tensions between Venezuela and Guyana, and violence in Ecuador and Haiti. Left-wing presidents such as Brazilian Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, […]
Tag: United Nations
Brazil urges the G20 to act “together” so that the super-rich stop evading taxes
The Minister of Finance of BrazilFernando Haddad, urged this Thursday the G20 to act out “together” so that the super-rich stop evading taxes, by creating a global tax on great fortunes, and announced that he will present a proposal to the forum in that regard “Until July”. “Honestly, I wonder how we, Ministers of the […]
The G20 of Finance discusses in Brazil the green transition and taxes on the rich
The Ministers of Economy of the G20 They meet between this Wednesday and Thursday in São Paulo (Brazil) with the financing of the ecological transition, the taxation of large fortunes and the fight against inequality at the center of the debates. Brazil, which holds the presidency of the forum that brings together the largest economies […]
Chile, first country to ratify the UN agreement for the protection of the high seas
Chili This Tuesday it became the first country in the world to ratify the Global Treaty of the Oceansa historic agreement for the conservation of marine biodiversity in international waters (high seas) and which seeks to protect 30% of the seas by 2030. Unanimously, the Chilean Senate approved the so-called Agreement on Marine Biodiversity Beyond […]
Ecuador, the most violent country in Latin America: a person dies almost every hour
Although the insecurity crisis has been dragging on for almost three years, Ecuador It hit rock bottom in 2023 and will end with a violent death rate of more than 40 per 100,000 inhabitants, making it the most violent country in Latin America. And it is that in Ecuador Almost every hour a person dies […]
Israel to stop issuing automatic visas to UN employees
Israel will stop granting automatic visas to United Nations employees in retaliation for the way in which its secretary general, António Guterres, and some agencies of the organization reacted to the attack of Hamas in Israeli territory on October 7, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson told EFE. “We are not going to give visas automatically because […]
Argentina: Milei protocol against protests denounced before the United Nations and IACHR
Trade union centers, social movements and human rights organizations of Argentina They reported on Tuesday to United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) the new security protocol against street protests designed by the far-right government Javier Milei. The so-called ““Protocol for maintaining public order in the event of road closures”presented by the […]
Women make up half of the world’s migrants, according to a report by Jesuit NGOs
The number of migrant women exceeded that of men for the first time last year, according to a report prepared by the NGO Jesuits Alboan and Entreculturas, whose digital version was presented this Monday in Madrid. With the title ‘Invisibilized: migrant women in the clash of borders’, this work seeks to raise awareness of the […]
Increase in migratory flows increased the violation of migrants in Honduras
The increase in migratory flows in Honduras in 2023 the violation of human rights of the thousands of migrants that have crossed through the Central American country. This was indicated this Sunday by the National Commissioner for Human Rights in Honduras (Conadeh) in a statement, within the framework of the International Migrant Day that is […]
UN: natural disasters left more than 53,600 dead in Africa between 2000 and 2022
The Economic Commission for Africa of the United Nations (Uneca) today warned of an increase in natural disasters in Africa due to the climate crisis, which have left more than 53,600 dead between 2000 and 2022 and have hampered the economic growth of the continent. “Climate-induced catastrophic events have triggered serious humanitarian crises in Africa. […]