BRICS, Brazil, and the Dollar

https://www.agweb.com/markets/pro-farmer-analysis/brics-nations-accelerate-shift-away-u-s-dollar-global-trade

https://trt.global/world/article/b73a9e89ed67 

The lead-up to the July 2025 BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro was the source of a great deal of hype and speculation. Would the BRICS bloc make a more aggressive move against the dollar?

The Living Legacies of Forgotten Wars: El Salvador

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/8/30/keeping-up-disappearances-in-el-salvador

The El Salvador Civil War (1979-1992) was in some respects ignored even while it was taking place. It received some coverage, and there were some flashpoints and massacres, namely the raped and murdered nuns, and most famously the dramatic assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980.