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  Salvadoran water defenders refuse court appearance citing judicial concerns

  As President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador proposed subcontracting part of the country's prison system to the United States during a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, five Salvadoran environmental defenders refused to attend a court...

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  Global groups urge El Salvador's president to drop charges against water defenders

  On January 29, a coalition of human rights, environmental, and faith-based organizations, along with academics and lawyers from 44 countries, issued a letter urging Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to halt toxic mining projects in El Salvador.

  By Federal Newswire

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  Institute of Policy Studies finds that $1.1 trillion, was spent on military activities last year

  The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) recently reported the large amount of federal discretionary funds that have been allocated to militarism and war.

  By Federal Newswire Report

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  Collins: 'Private jet travel by billionaires and the ultra-wealthy imposes a tremendous cost on the rest of us'

  Chuck Collins, director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, has co-authored a report detailing the effects of private jet travel on the Earth and average citizens.

  By Federal Newswire Report

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