Monthly Archives: June 2022

Peru’s Democracy Is Dying Pedro Castillo promised leftist reform. His incompetency has left his country’s democracy on its last legs.

Peru’s Democracy Is Dying Pedro Castillo promised leftist reform. His incompetency has left his country’s democracy on its last legs.
  • June 27, 2022
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Castillo sits in a dark room beside other people, with a slight frown on his face. Peruvian President Pedro Castillo attends a plenary session of the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles on June 9. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES JUNE 27, 2022, 3:27 PM When Pedro Castillo, the dark horse candidate representing the self-described Marxist-Leninist Free Peru party, was elected president last June, many Peruvians warned that he would turn the country into another Venezuela. His party manifesto was replete with attacks on the media and calls for nationalizing the mining and energy…Read more …

How British journalist Dom Phillips vanished deep in the Amazon Veteran journalist went missing nearly a week ago in Brazil's remote and lawless Javari Valley after receiving threats on a research trip

How British journalist Dom Phillips vanished deep in the Amazon Veteran journalist went missing nearly a week ago in Brazil's remote and lawless Javari Valley after receiving threats on a research trip
  • June 11, 2022
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Police are investigating possible human remains in their search for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira Authorities combing a remote corner of the Amazon for a missing British journalist and Brazilian indigenous expert are investigating possible human remains and a spot where something appears to have been buried, officials said on Friday. Fears have been mounting over the fate of Dom Phillips, 57, and Bruno Pereira, 41, a respected specialist in indigenous peoples, since they disappeared on Sunday after receiving threats during a research trip to Brazil's Javari Valley, a far-flung jungle region that has…Read more …