Headlines October 6, 2022 from Democracy Now!
1 in 8 Birds Threatened with Extinction Due
to Habitat Loss, Pollution and Climate Crisis
Oct 06, 2022
Mass protests in Haiti are continuing for a seventh week to demand the resignation of the U.S.-backed Prime Minister Ariel Henry and to condemn rising fuel prices.
In Puerto Rico, an estimated three-quarters of a million homes and businesses remain without electricity nearly 10 days after Hurricane Fiona devastated the island’s fragile electrical grid. Hundreds of thousands of people continue to face shortages of clean water, fuel, medicine and other necessities.