Stories from 16 April 2016
Puerto Rico Implicated in Panama Papers Leak
After the leak of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, shouldn't we be questioning the economic system which allows tax evasion on such a massive scale to occur?
The Mexican Government's Favourite Contractor Displaces Indigenous People to Build a Motorway
"It's not fair how they are walking all over us", claim the people from Xochicuautla. "They are destroying my house, my home, my livelihood, without so much as a warning."
Large Earthquakes Continue to Shatter Japan's Western Island of Kyushu
Even more powerful earthquakes have hit a wide area of Kyushu causing widespread damage, and stoking fears of a volcanic eruption.
A Vietnamese-American Man Captures the US Immigrant Experience in Poetry
Twenty-eight-year-old Ocean Vuong speaks of his experience coming from Vietnam to the US in his debut poetry collection "Night Sky with Exit Wounds."
Bloggers Shine a Light on Latin America’s Unreported, Underappreciated Scientific Innovations
How much does the news media cover scientific advances in Latin America? The bloggers at the online project Ciencia latina ("Latin Science") say it's not enough.
Thousands Protest in Egypt Calling Upon Sisi to Step Down for “Selling” Islands to Saudi Arabia
"The numbers are increasing to thousands and the roar is getting louder: “People demand to overthrow the regime."
Think You Know The Somali People? Think Again!
"The Somali people live to tell powerful stories, not only of loss and suffering, but also of hope and great resourcefulness."
Ugandans Blast Government's Porn Detector Priorities After the Country's Only Radiotherapy Machine Breaks
"That 2.6bn for the pornography machine, maybe could buy a bloody cancer machine. Lokodo, that's the ethical thing to do."
A Time-Lapse Video Captures a Sea of Clouds Rolling Through Hong Kong
"The small city is surrounded with skyscrapers that look like cement forest...But if you take the time to discover the city, the beautiful natural landscape is so near."
