By Alexandra Reboredo On Wednesday, August 31, Donald Trump visited Mexico and met with President Enrique Peña Nieto. Later that same day, he gave a speech on immigration in Phoenix, Arizona: “We will build a great wall along the southern border. And Mexico will pay for the wall, 100 percent. They don’t know it yet,…
By Alexandra Reboredo One week after the Paris attacks, terrorists targeted a busy international hotel in the former French colony of Mali’s capital, killing 19 people. Heavily-armed men raided the Radisson Blu in Bamako, Mali, shouting “God is great” in Arabic. They aimed and shot aimlessly as guests frantically searched for cover around the hotel….
By Nathalie Mairena At least eight terrorists attacked six different locations in the center of Paris Friday. Out of the eight attackers, seven died in apparent suicide bombings. The attacks began almost simultaneously at 9:20 pm, with attackers detonating explosives and shooting into local restaurants and cafes. They were seen with AK-47 automatic weapons and…
By Cesar Zafra What used to be a consistently active international bridge now isolates two neighboring countries from easy access to each other. The Simón Bólivar Bridge connects Venezuela and Colombia, allowing thousands of migrants to travel back and forth rather than having to migrate through the inconvenient rural paths of the land. Venezuela, a…
By Carolina Espinal It was the outbreak that circled every social media platform, it was the wave that impacted countries worldwide and it was the global phenomenon that triggered an immediate call to action: the European migrant crisis- otherwise known as the European refugee crisis emerged from a surge of refugees and migrants coming into…
One of the last images drawn by Charlie Hebdo’s editor, Charb, satirizing Muslim terrorists. By Christian Steiner Charlie Hebdo is a satirical magazine that makes fun of Christians, Jews, Muslims and themselves. Two extremists entered the building of the magazine company in Paris, France and open fired on those inside; it cost 12 employees their…
By Nathalie Mairena When thinking of Canada, most people’s thoughts go to hockey, manners, and maple syrup. Canada is mostly seen as the place of peace but that status was disturbed today when and armed shooter shot a soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, the Canadian capital.
Over 2000 victims have already been claimed by Ebola in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, but throughout the world there is something spreading much quicker: Ebola hysteria. Currently, there have been efforts to gain a vaccine for the disease, but there are far deadlier diseases that are closer to home.
German private detectives working for a mysterious donor are promising $30 million to whoever can provide evidence of the culprit responsible for the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster. This bounty of $30 million is already the highest offered in history, exceeding the $25 million offered for clues leading to Osama Bin Laden’s hideout.
Our staff writer, Elizabeth Martinez, explains the history behind the crisis in Northern Iraq and Syria, and ISIS. This video is the first of a 2-part series on ISIS.