Yearly Archives: 2015

Q24N - (São Paulo) The Brazilian state of Pernambuco has effectively turned over its vastly overcrowded prisons to hand-picked inmate “keyholders,” Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Pernambuco prison system holds more than three times as many inmates as its official capacity in conditions that...

Q24N - I felt light and energetic as I read Dan Buettner’s description of meeting Tomás Castillo in Nicoya, Costa Rica. Tommy, as his friends call him, took Buettner on an early morning bike ride through his village of Hojancha, stopping at the town square and continuing through the...

Q24N (IPS) - Nearly a month since Pope Francis ended his historic visit to Cuba, any hope that authorities would loosen control on free expression in the country is fading as fast as the chants that welcomed him. At the start of his tour, Pope Francis said Cuba had an...