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brazil's bolsonaro was accused of crimes against humanity at icc for his record on the amazon
deforestation of the brazilian amazon has surged since brazil's president bolsonaro took office and
the losses amount to a crime against humanity as climate change strengthens an environmental
non-profit charged on tuesday austria-based all rights filed a complaint to the international
criminal court accusing the far-right leader of facilitating and accelerating amazon losses
with policies that encourage deforestation land grabbing and illegal mining bolsonaro
is fueling the mass destruction of the amazon with his eyes wide open and in full knowledge of
the consequences say the group's founder johannes wiesmann in a statement bolsonaro's office did not
reply to a request for comment the filing is just the latest in a series of charges made against
bolsonaro at the icc since he took power in 2019 though it is the first to link amazon destruction
to climate change and expect the health impacts as a result of warming all rise said
haiti over 56 000 haiti migrants have trekked through the darian gap this year
more than 56 000 haiti migrants have trekked through the perilous darien gap jungle to
panama from colombia this year hoping to reach the united states canada or mexico that's according
to reports from the international organization for migration the darian gap is a geographic
region between the north and south in american continents within central america consisting of
a large watershed forest and mountains in the northern portion of colombia's choco department
and panama's darien province the figure for the first nine months triples a previous record
of 30 000 on the same route during all of 2016. between january and september 2021 many of the 56
600 haiti migrants were accompanied by children born during their journey migrants also arrived
from cuba around 12 800 cubans as well as 1 500 venezuelans and dozens of countries in africa
the news comes as guatemala police said yesterday that they rescued 126 mainly haiti migrants from
an abandoned shipping container on the side of the road brazil facebook to act on illegal
sale of amazon rainforest last week social media company facebook announced it will take steps to
halt illegal sales of amazon rainforest land on its platform the revelation that these sales were
taking place on facebook came as a result of a news investigation published in february the news
reports found plots of brazilian amazon were being sold via the social media platform's classified
ads and many of these lands were protected and included national rainforests as well as tracks
reserved for regional indigenous peoples facebook initially stated it was ready to work with local
authorities without indicating it will take matters into its own hands the tech company
announced its new policy aimed at addressing the illegal sales in a blog post last week venezuela
amnesty accuses curuso of violating the rights of venezuelan migrants amnesty international
on monday accused curacao and dutch authorities are violating the rights of venezuelan migrants
saying families are being separated and held under inhumane conditions the organization also accused
authorities of denying migrants their right to seek a salem and of holding them under automatic
detention an estimated 5.7 million venezuelans have fled their country to escape hyperinflation
food shortages and some of the lowest wages in the western hemisphere amnesty said some 17
000 of them were estimated to live in the nearby dutch caribbean island of curacao under irregular
migratory status amnesty accused the government of curacao of deporting children without their
parents pressuring migrants to sign deportation forms and limiting access to legal assistance
the group also said authorities were holding migrants in overcrowded prisons where they
faced alleged physical and verbal abuse as well as sensory deprivation
africa and barbados aphromix bank and government of barbados enter milestone understanding for
africa diaspora trade ties african export import bank and the government of barbados
signed a memorandum of understanding to expand trade and investment links between africa and
the caribbean island states under the mou the two parties will explore opportunities
for joint investment and trade finance aimed at expanding economic ties between africa and
barbados the agreement will also facilitate knowledge sharing between afrimex bank and
the government of barbados providing businesses and investors on either side of the atlantic
with higher quality information with which to pursue trade and investment opportunities this
knowledge sharing will include collaborative use of electronic platforms for customer due diligence
payments and trade exchange payments trade exchange trade information and regulatory details
afromix bank will also consider putting in place a financial facility in the amount of 250 million us
dollars to support trade and investment exchange the agreement is set to increase the flow of goods
and services while enhancing connectivity between african nations and barbados the two parties will
actively promote coordinated development and trade finance from both public and private sectors cuba
cuban activists say a pro-democracy march will go ahead despite the government's disapproval
cuban local authorities deny a request tuesday for an island-wide anti-governmental demonstration
planned for november 15th by a broad coalition of young cubans artists and dissidents arguing
it was a provocation backed by the united states government aimed at destabilizing the country the
organizers say they intend to march regardless according to a statement published on facebook
in a letter addressed to one of the leaders behind the initiative the playwright garcia
havana local authorities say the march is illegal and conveyed as part of a u.s plan for regime
change the official government news outlet cuba debate first published the letter the call for
peaceful demonstration in november is increasing the pressure on the cuban government to allow
political opposition the communist country at a time when its violent crackdown on protesters drew
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