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Scamming From Burma
More than a thousand “scam dens” in Burma use trafficked labor to send scam texts and email messages to targets in dozens of countries—including both China and the United States.
In 2015, Myanmar—or Burma to many—seemed to be a “proof of concept” to the world’s democracy community… an example of a country moving from full military control into a promising, if imperfect, democracy. Sadly, less than 10 years later, Burma’s military junta has regained its brutal grip on power, and the country is suffering badly under the world’s longest ongoing civil war.
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Venezuela: More Than Mere Numbers
Venezuela was once South America’s wealthiest country. Now it’s one of the world’s least prosperous.
According to United Nations and humanitarian officials, 70% of the people currently heading northward through the treacherous Darien Gap are Venezuelans. But this represents only the latest wave of men, women, and children fleeing the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (the country’s official name).
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Fallen From the Front Page: Plight of Tibetans
If things continue at their current pace, Chinese authorities will have forcibly uprooted and relocated approximately 500 Tibetan villages (including more than 550,000 individuals) by the end of 2025.
While Western news services still carry the occasional story about the plight of the Uyghurs, another Beijing-led campaign against an ethnic minority group persists without much attention: the Chinese government’s decades-old effort to destroy the independence and distinctiveness of Tibetans.
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Stealing HOPE From Haiti
Haiti has few economic bright spots. One of them, a successful apparel sector, could vanish if a key US program isn’t renewed soon.
In the coming weeks, Congress will determine whether Haitians will catch a break regarding an important economic bright spot: the growth in its modest manufacturing sector, particularly textile manufacturing. While Haiti’s economy is small, textiles have become its leading export industry and now comprise nearly 90% of the country’s manufactured exports.
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