Brazil Is Persecuting Its Own Environmental Protection Workers, Whistleblowers Say
Sources spoke to VICE World News about the mistreatment of government workers who defend conservation policies.
Global Conflicts
U.S.-Funded Counterterrorism Efforts in West Africa Aren't Helping
Government investigations describe American security assistance efforts as a waste of time and money.
Spy Cops: UK Backed Infiltration of Left-Wing Groups for Decades, Documents Show
The Home Office backed the creation of a police special unit to infiltrate trade unions, Black power, women's liberation and even children's rights groups.
The War Criminals Trying to Prevent a Genocide
Desperate times call for desperate measures, as Congolese authorities turn to ex-warlords to stop another brutal conflict from breaking out.
Extremism
Local Green Group Actually a Front for Far-Right Activists
Ex-Generation Identity members are promoting shopping local while pushing anti-migrant messages. Even some prominent Green politicians got sucked into following them online.
ISIS Kidnapped Their Loved Ones. Now They Might Be Their Only Hope To Find Them.
The caliphate has collapsed, but for thousands of Syrians whose family members were kidnapped by ISIS, there is no peace.
Polish Embassy Backing Grassroots Campaign to Glorify Anti-Semite Buried in London
Władysław Studnicki called for Jews to leave Poland and sought collaboration with the Nazis. Historians and anti-racist groups say they’re shocked at attempts to rehabilitate him.
Politics
The President of One of the Worst-Hit COVID Countries Hates Facemasks
"He doesn’t feel comfortable with a mask because the most important part of his image would be covered - his voice,” said one observer of Mexico's president.
Agnes Chow, Hong Kong’s Reluctant Democracy Icon
The jailing of Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow mirrors a democracy movement in free fall.
The U.S. Spent $11.6B to Stop Cocaine Trafficking. It Was a Massive Failure.
"The illicit drug industry has evolved far more rapidly than our efforts to contain it," says a damning new report.
Climate
The Last Wild Jaguar in Argentina's El Impenetrable National Park Just Had Sex
Biologists set him up on a historic blind date, and he thinks she’s purrfect.
Foreign Investors Are Building a 'Hong Kong of the Caribbean' on a Remote Honduran Island
Locals say they were the last to know about the project, which they fear will edge them off ancestral lands.
Brazil Is Persecuting Its Own Environmental Protection Workers, Whistleblowers Say
Sources spoke to VICE World News about the mistreatment of government workers who defend conservation policies.
Privacy
How an ICE Contractor Tracks Phones Around the World
New documents show how Venntel, which sells some of its location data to ICE, CBP, and the FBI, obtains the information from ordinary apps.
Secret Amazon Reports Expose the Company’s Surveillance of Labor and Environmental Groups
Dozens of leaked documents from Amazon’s Global Security Operations Center reveal the company’s reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on warehouse workers and the extensive monitoring of labor unions, environmental activists, and other social movements.
The UK Government Isn't Being Transparent About Its Palantir Contracts
Rights groups say the UK has been quietly signing contracts with Palantir and we have no idea what's in them.
Drugs
The U.S. Spent $11.6B to Stop Cocaine Trafficking. It Was a Massive Failure.
"The illicit drug industry has evolved far more rapidly than our efforts to contain it," says a damning new report.
Mexican Weed Connoisseurs Are Concerned Legal Weed Might Not Be the Best Shit
A bill set to be signed into law this month has little detail on what the new legal industry will look like, and who might be left out.
Central America Is Really Hoping Biden Will Fix Their Corruption Problems
The U.S. abandoned support for anti-corruption drives under President Donald Trump. Many hope that President-elect Biden will bring the pressure to eradicate graft back.
Coronavirus
The President of One of the Worst-Hit COVID Countries Hates Facemasks
"He doesn’t feel comfortable with a mask because the most important part of his image would be covered - his voice,” said one observer of Mexico's president.
Japan Has COVID Under Control. So Why Are Women Being Forced to Give Birth Alone?
Expecting mothers and experts are raising their voice against what they view as unnecessarily strict virus control measures in hospitals.
'Black Panther' Star Letitia Wright Criticised for Sharing Anti-Vaxx Video
"This is a frustratingly irresponsible use of a platform.”
Hong Kong
Agnes Chow, Hong Kong’s Reluctant Democracy Icon
The jailing of Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow mirrors a democracy movement in free fall.
Joshua Wong Jailed 13 Months For Hong Kong Protest
Wong and two other pro-democracy activists, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam, have pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful assembly.
Hong Kong’s Leader Keeps ‘Piles of Cash’ at Home Because of US Sanctions
America has created a million-dollar problem for Chief Executive Carrie Lam.
Black Lives Matter
More and More Cops Are Working in London Schools
The number of officers working full time in London schools has risen 20 per cent in four years. Campaigners say it risks creating a "climate of hostility," particularly for Black students.
A Black Man Was Beaten to Death on the Eve of Brazil's Black Awareness Day
A viral video showed private security guards at a supermarket pinning the man to the ground “like with the American [George Floyd].”
'It Was Horrible' – Black Student at Protest-Hit University Says He Was Racially Profiled
The University of Manchester has suspended the security guards who pushed Zac Adan against a wall and demanded to see ID. It's the latest incident to make headlines at the uni.