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William Hartung: Stand-Up & U.S. Military War Machine

William Hartung — senior researcher at The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft — reads from his new book “The Trillion Dollar War Machine” and talks about The Big Five — the U.S. military industrial complex using American tax dollars to arm the world and make…

China Finances New ECOWAS Headquarters 

(Moscow Bureau) – Under a signed bilateral agreement, China has completed and will hand over, in February 2026, the new headquarters (building) located in Abuja, Nigeria, to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It is a significant part…

Who’s Really Running Venezuela?

As the Senate voted to advance a War Powers Resolution on Venezuela on January 8th, Republican Senator Susan Collins declared that she did not agree with “a sustained engagement “running” Venezuela.” By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies The world…

Hugo Chávez Predicted This

This war on Venezuela has been two decades in the making By Nuvpreet Kalra On January 3rd, the United States invaded and bombed Venezuela and abducted President Maduro and First Lady Flores. This violent act of imperialist aggression by the…

BCU Joins Regional Leaders at UPLIFT-FLAIR Masterclass 2025: Charting the Path Toward Global Excellence

By Genevieve B. Kupang and Jennifer Longchasen FLAIR-UPLIFT Part I & II:  Building the Foundation: Rankings, Quality, and Sustainability Baguio Central University (BCU) took a step toward strengthening its internationalization agenda by participating in the UPLIFT-FLAIR Masterclass 2025, a flagship…

Hill Tourism: Infrastructure and Security as Major Hurdles to Bright Prospects

By Sharmin Rahman Sumi (Dhaka Bureau) The Chattogram Hill Tracts have emerged as a premier destination on the country’s tourism map, yet the surge in footfall is exposing deep-seated structural gaps and security vulnerabilities. The rolling hills, mist-shrouded peaks, and…

O’ Canada, how long can your facade stand, while wielding a genocidal hand?

For decades, Canada has carefully cultivated a global reputation for principle, human rights, and moral clarity. However, that image is now cracking, and cracking fast. For too long, Canada has cloaked its inaction and complicity, rather spectacularly, behind political correctness.…

Sovereignty Is a Sham: The Hypocrisy of State Power Playing the Rules It Pretends to Follow

The Kremlin’s declaration that Venezuela “must be guaranteed the right to determine its own future without destructive external interference, particularly of a military nature,” issued after American forces captured President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, was already freighted…

How Lavrov’s Philosophy of “Ubuntu” Reflects on the Level of Africa’s Media Presence in Russia

(Moscow Bureau) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has sharply criticised the near absence of African media presence in the Russian Federation, arguing that this gap undermines the development of a positive and balanced Russia–Africa relationship. Speaking at the plenary…

The Reactionary Backwash: Year 2025 in Review for Latin America and the Caribbean

2025 saw progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) delegitimized and displaced. Right-wing forces have seized on drug-related crises to attack the so-called Pink Tide governments, driving a reactionary backwash and putting new, neoliberal administrations in power. The…

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