This isn’t a church. It’s a “terreiro” — a place of worship for followers of the “Umbanda” faith. The people here burn incense and puff on cigars as they move with eyes closed and faces tense.
The Maldives is one of the countries most imminently threatened by rising seas from climate change. But as Lily Jamali reports, even many people in the tiny Indian Ocean nation don’t sense a real threat to their lives and livelihoods.
As the Kyrgyzstan’s fledgling democracy moves forward, the local media have been covering events closely. But so has an older, arguably more powerful institution in Kyrgyzstan.
Questions About US Cooperation with Repressive Regimes