Elizabeth Bratton

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Elizabeth Bratton |Fritz Pinnow

At about 6pm on Wednesday 26 February, Ana Luiza Hernández Raudelez saw her partner, Juan Bautista Silva, 70, receive a phone call. A land defender who had spent more than 20 years working for the local environment, Silva was preparing to leave on a motorcycle trip to photograph illegal logging near Las Botijas, in Comayagua, central Honduras, to support a complaint to the prosecutor’s office.

1 week ago | izuba.info | Elizabeth Bratton |Fritz Pinnow

The country is the most deadly to be an environmental activist – and the brutal murders of Juan Bautista Silva and Juan Antonio Hernández are the latest in a long line of violent acts against defenders At about 6pm on Wednesday 26 February, Ana Luiza Hernández Raudelez saw her partner, Juan (…) County cricket : Lancashire v Northants, Surrey v Hampshire and more – live 14/04/2025 Why I can’t stop watching two pandas not have sex | Emma Beddinton 14/04/2025 Rachel Roddy’s recipe for almond and...

1 week ago | varsity.co.uk | Elizabeth Bratton

A Cambridge astrophysicist has announced his bid to become the University’s next Chancellor, claiming he will tackle a culture of bullying in the institution. Wyn Evans, a Professor of Astrophysics at the Institute of Astronomy, has declared that he is “standing on a twofold platform” in his chancellorship bid.

2 weeks ago | argentinareports.com | Elizabeth Bratton

Javier Milei’s government has taken another step to halt the operations of “memory sites” dedicated to commemorating the brutal dictatorship which governed the country from 1976 to 1983. Last week, the government announced that it would be withdrawing funding to the former Navy Mechanics School (ESMA): a former clandestine detention center which was turned into a museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site.

4 weeks ago | latinamericareports.com | Elizabeth Bratton |Jordan Jones |Sophie Foggin |Natalia Vélez Lopera

Uruguayan authorities have dealt with at least six bomb threats over the past week, with university buildings and shopping centers having been evacuated. The bomb threats began on Saturday, March 22, when Montevideo Shopping Center had to be evacuated after a bomb threat was made in a telephone call. Authorities evacuated the mall, but no explosives were discovered. The next day, the Punta Carretas shopping center—also in Montevideo—received a similar threat.