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Haiti: refugees in the Dominican Republic
Haiti and the Dominican Republic share both the island of Hispaniola and a painful and controversial history. On Tuesday the former Guatemala president said that the international community has abandoned Haiti to its fate and left…
Brazil: containing and researching the Zika virus
Today a week-long meeting by officials including the director-general of the World Health Organisation and the director of the Pan American Health Organisation has ended. They met with top Brazilian officials, including the minister of health.…
India: new partnership to catch traffickers
A US anti-trafficking organisation, in partnership with a Nepalese NGO, has just completed a first-of-its-kind raid and arrest of two major traffickers. For the first time, the Indian Police Special Task force partnered with US and…
USA: Trump and Israel
Following Donald Trump’s ‘Super Tuesday’ win of eight US states in the primary contests, the question of what a Trump presidency would mean for Israel is being discussed. He told CNN, ‘As president there is nothing…
