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At least 17 dead, including children, after a military bombing against a school in Burma
At least 17 people died, including several children, after a bombing by the Burmese Army against a school in the Sagaing region on Thursday, according to a civil organization told EFE from the field and denounced independent local media and the democratic opposition.
This source told EFE that “it is likely” that the death toll will increase, while local media such as Myanmar Now raise the death toll to about 30 and the Government of National Unity (NUG), which declares itself the legitimate authority of the country after the 2021 coup, points out that “there are children between the dead and the injured.”
According to independent local media, the bombing occurred today around 10 local time (3.30 GMT) in the municipality of Depeyin, in the Sagaing region (north), epicenter of the earthquake with more than 3,700 deaths on March 28, and for which the military junta declared a ceasefire until May 31.
The Committee of Representatives of the Union Assembly (CRPH) of the area, the Parliament of the NUG, said in its X account that these were two bombings against the school that killed “dozens of students and two teachers and injured many.”
The agency “firmly condemned” the “continuous bombings against civilians” of the junta, which has been in power since the asonada, and called for international cooperation to “put an end to the military regime and its brutal acts.”
Last week the military junta announced a new truce until May 31 in the conflict it has with ethnic and pro-democratic guerrillas with the aim of continuing with reconstruction tasks after the devastating earthquake with epicenter in Sagaing that shook the country at the end of March.
Sagaing is one of the rebel strongholds of Burma (Myanmar), where guerrillas have gained ground from the Army since the military uprising.
The UN, the pro-democracy opposition – which also declared a similar cessation of hostilities after the disaster – and several ethnic minority guerrillas have accused the junta of having perpetrated hundreds of attacks despite the ceasefire.
The coup ended a decade of democratic transition and sharpened the guerrilla war that the country has been experiencing for decades. Amnesty International (AI) says the conflict escalated in Burma in the last year and that the Army is undertaking an “indiscriminate, disproportionate and deadly” offensive against the rebels.
International
Trump to decide soon on deportation exemptions for construction and farm workers
U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday in Florida that he will make a decision in the coming weeks regarding exemptions from deportations for workers in the construction and agriculture sectors.
Trump made these remarks to the media during a visit to the new migrant detention center, ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ located in the middle of a wetland in Florida, the White House reported.
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids have targeted many of these workers, sparking fear among them and threatening to slow down two sectors that are vital to the U.S. economy.
In construction, 25.7% of workers are immigrants, and 14.1% of the total workforce nationwide is undocumented, according to the American Immigration Council.
In agriculture, the percentage of undocumented employees rises to 42%, according to data from the Department of Agriculture cited by the New York Times.
International
IDB plans $11 billion in sustainable financing to support countries facing currency risks
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) aims to unlock at least $11 billion in sustainable financing to help countries address challenges including natural disasters that strain their currencies and hinder private sector investment.
As the United States and other wealthier countries reduce official development assistance, multilateral lenders face pressure to find new ways to tackle issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss. During the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, IDB President Ilan Goldfajn stated that the measures adopted by the IDB are expected to inspire more private sector contributions, which is a key priority of the conference.
“We are not just announcing ideas; we are launching what the private sector is asking for: credible tools, scalable platforms, and real opportunities to invest with impact and confidence,” he added.
Support will include a new platform designed to help countries manage the risk of large swings in their national currencies that can deter international investors by making returns harder to predict. Based on a program in Brazil that has already attracted $8 billion from the private sector since its launch last year, the plan is to expand the concept to other regional economies over the next three years and at least double the amount mobilized.
Called FX EDGE, the platform will offer a credit line that activates if a currency drops sharply—a common problem during political or debt crises or after natural disasters—ensuring debtors can continue to service their loans in dollars or other foreign currencies.
The platform also aims to enable greater use of long-term currency hedging instruments, such as derivatives, through local banks and financial institutions, backed by the IDB’s credit rating.
International
Maduro’s government appeals to Vatican for help rescuing migrant children
Este lunes, durante su programa semanal ‘Con Maduro +’, el mandatario venezolano anunció que pediría al sumo pontífice su ayuda para rescatar a 18 niños migrantes.
“Yo sé que el papa es un hombre que comprende estos temas. Le pido ayuda a la Iglesia católica, apostólica y romana, al papa León, para que la Iglesia católica de Estados Unidos y la Iglesia católica de El Salvador proteja a los migrantes y nos ayude con sus gestiones para rescatar a estos niños y a estas niñas”, indicó Maduro en el espacio transmitido por VTV.
Más temprano, Rodríguez había pedido al alto comisionado de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos, Volker Türk, y al coordinador residente de la ONU en Venezuela, Gianluca Rampolla, pronunciarse sobre este hecho y exigió a Washington devolver a los pequeños.
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