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Photo: Anti-war protest in New York City, January 14, 2023 A major summit of the U.S.-led “Ukraine Defense Contact Group” in Germany today was dominated by debate over whether or not to recklessly escalate the situation by providing tanks to the Ukrainian military for the first time. The Contact Group…

Photo: Representative George Santos. Public domain.  The seemingly endless string of lies told by Representative George Santos has been capturing headlines for weeks, and it’s easy to see why. Each fabrication seems bolder and more absurd than the next, and yet he refuses to give up the congressional seat he…

Photo: LATimes WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2023—Today, the Biden administration announced a new program allowing U.S. citizens and permanent residents to sponsor an individual to enter the United States as a formal refugee. This program, called the Welcome Corps, complements the traditional U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) by permitting people to join…

Photo: Istockphoto By Isaac Cohen* While new variants of COVID 19 linger challenging health systems around the world, at the start of 2023, the economic legacy of the pandemic consists of high inflation together with a world economic slowdown. In this context, the main question for 2023 is if we…

Foto Google. WASHINGTON January 13, 2023. – In observance of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese of the Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement: “People keep saying, ‘Where’s the next Martin Luther…

Photo: courtesy of GHRC As we dive into our work for the New Year, we wanted to take a moment to thank all of our supporters here at GHRC. We could not have done it without you! Your donations, actions, and commitment to supporting human rights in Guatemala are what…

Press conference held in San Salvador this Thursday, next day the community leaders were arrested. Photo courtesy of CISPES We awoke yesterday morning to horrible news that Salvadoran police had arrested five leaders of the rural community of Santa Marta, including the beloved director of the Development Association of El…

In Brazil, supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital Brasília on Sunday. Police arrested over 400 of the rioters as they cleared them from the government buildings after the mob trashed offices, broke windows, and destroyed computer equipment and…

Photo YouTube WASHINGTON, January 6, 2023. – Yesterday [Thursday, January 5] the Biden Administration announced the expanded use of the pandemic-era policy known as “Title 42,” which circumvents normal immigration procedures along the U.S.-Mexico border and prevents vulnerable migrants from seeking asylum in the United States. This is coupled with the…