Mathematician Demonstrated Solution to 271-year-old Conjecture

Global Voices a day ago Region: Peru

Written by Gabriela Garcia Calderon Orbe Peruvian mathematician [1] Harald Andrés Helfgott [2] made headlines after news [3] broke that he had demonstrated the solution to a 271-year-old problem in number theory. ... more

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Nicaraguans Support Law Protecting the Integrity of Women

Global Voices 5 days ago Region: Nicaragua

Written by Norman Garcia · Translated by Marianna Breytma In April, a campaign called “I Support Law 779″ was launched on social networks to demand that a law protecting the physical, psychological an... more

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Infamous Argentine Dictator Dies in Jail

Global Voices a week ago Region: Argentina

Written by Laura Schneider · Translated by Elizabeth   Jorge Rafael Videla [1], Argentina's former president, died on May 17, 2013, at the age of 87 in a jail cell where he was imprisoned. Videla ruled betwe... more

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Bolivia: Central Workers Union Demand Better Pensions

Global Voices a week ago Region: Bolivia

Written by Pablo Andres Rivero Tension is growing in Bolivia as miners, teachers, health service workers and public university staff -all affiliated to the Central Workers Union (Central Obrera Boliviana, COB, in Spanis... more

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Mexico: Hunger Strike for Mothers of the Missing

Global Voices a week ago Region: Mexico

Written by Silvia Viñas A group of mothers on a hunger strike commemorated Mothers’ Day outside the attorney general’s office in Mexico City demanding [1] [es] that the Mexican government keep its promi... more

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Rising Youth Violence Spurs Peace Rally in Northern Brazil

Global Voices 2 weeks ago Region: Brazil

Written by João Miguel D. de A. Lima · Translated by João Miguel D. de A. Lima   More than 1,000 people rallied for peace in the streets of the Canindezinho neighborhood in the northern coastal... more

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Fatal Gas Tanker Explosion in Mexico

Global Voices 2 weeks ago Region: Mexico

Written by J. Tadeo · Translated by Elizabeth he explosion of a gas tanker has left at least 19 people dead and 36 injured, according to the latest reports [1]. The blast occurred in Ecatepec de Morelos County (Sta... more

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President Obama's Visit to Mexico and Costa Rica

Global Voices 3 weeks ago Region: United States

Written by Robert Valencia On May 2, U.S. President Barack Obama began his trip through Mexico and Costa Rica with the intention of addressing vitally important themes for the region that include the expansion of commer... more

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What is a Real Education?

Marilyn Redmond 4 weeks ago Region: United States

To “deliver information” as described by recent educators and Gates is the opposite of the meaning of education.  This is the intent of a controlling manipulative group who in our society wishes to govern.... more

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Mexico:Femicides on the Rise

Global Voices 4 weeks ago Region: Mexico

Written by Andrea Arzaba Violeta, an 18-year-old student, was found [1][es] dead on a dirt road in the state of Chiapas with signs of violence on her body. Meanwhile, in the state of Guanajuato, the body of another wo... more

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