Americas

Bridging the Human Divide  by Rosanna Tomiuk, Canada

We have a choice in life. We can complain, say, "Tsk, tsk, isn't that a shame," name a troubled area in the world, genocide, and do nothing... or we can exchange helplessness for constructive actions and help make other...

Olympic Athlete Faces A New Goal – Stopping the Genocide in Darfur  by Jimena Florit, Argentina

Olympic athlete Jimena Florit will not be competing for a Gold Medal this summer at the Beijing Olympics but she is rising to a different challenge that confronts the world – stopping the genocide in Darfur.

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Eat Well and be Wealthy   by Hector Ramos Samanez, Peru

Hoping to help lift 45% of the country’s population out of poverty, Peru is banking on an economic boost by exporting its multicultural award-winning cuisine. But as Peruvian restaurants crop up on street corners around the...

Honduras – Learning to Live Without  by Marissa Lowman, Honduras

Hardship is accepted in Honduras where kids stone scrawny dogs to pass time and gunshots are often heard in the distance. But living in this third world country, teaching English to 5th graders has had a life-altering impact...

Exchanging Nightmares for Dreams of Hope for Haiti  by Erline Vendredi, Pétion-Ville , Haïti

"If young people don't hope, they cope," said one of this Voices' reporter's professors. Such is the case in Haiti where turbulence and turmoil describe every day life. Will circumstances change without real role models –...

Noel before Christmas?   by Erline Vendredi, Haiti

Islands are not always paradise, writes Voices reporter Erline Vendredi referring to the unwanted gifts hurricane Noel delivered to Haiti in October.

Just Happiness  by Hector Gabriel Ramos Samanez, Peru

People’s inhumanity to others is the stuff news is made of. Yet when we step outside media’s lens we can focus more clearly on the stuff that makes us happy – like other people. And the lesson learned?

A Drop of Life  by Hector G. Ramos Samanez, Peru

What happens when political self interest supersedes the interests of the people of the world? People get left behind and sometimes die.

Castro’s Counterrevolutionary Complaints  by Nicolás A. Jiménez, Florida

According to Castro, Cuba is not a prominent world power - its citizens are not prosperous because other countries, particularly the U.S., are causing a “brain-drain.”

Abolishing Slavery in Haiti (Again)  by Erline Vendredi, Haiti

The exploitation of children as household slaves in Haiti may be creating the next generation of criminals. Called restavek, Haiti’s victims of slavery are promised an education but often these children never see a book...