El Mundo

Children as young as 13 years old have been tried as adults and sentenced to die in prison, typically without any consideration of their age or circumstances of the offense. Many young children in America are imperiled by abuse, neglect, domestic and community violence, and poverty. Without effective intervention and help, these children suffer, struggle, and fall into despair and hopelessness.

Gabriel García Márquez, precursor del realismo mágico y para muchos el autor más destacado de la lengua española después de Cervantes, murió en Méjico a los 87 años el jueves, 17 de abril.

A climate change report published today by the United Nations warns that the impacts of global warming are likely to be “severe, pervasive and irreversible”. Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change. Ignorance is no longer a good excuse. Denial of the science is malpractice.

What’s gone wrong with democracy? Democracy is going through a difficult time. Between 1980 and 2000 democracy experienced a few setbacks, but since 2000 there have been many. Where autocrats have been driven out of office, their opponents have mostly failed to create viable democratic regimes. Even in established democracies, flaws in the system have become worryingly visible and disillusion with politics is rife.

Se fue otro de los grande. Larga vida a este gran maestro de la literatura. QEPD Carlos Fuentes.

Today is a day to remember: the fallen, the survivors, the families, the heroes. May God bless them all. [In you’re on a mobile device and can’t see the video CLICK HERE.]