International

27/10/2014 – Today is the third day of fighting between the Lebanese forces and the Syrian Jihadists inside the Lebanese city of Tripoli and its suburban areas. The shots broke out Friday night when news was out in Tripoli that …

The United Nations has just issued a report, ‘Why Children’s Protection from Violence should be at the Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda’.  This is a worthy ideal.  Unfortunately, the UN Report does not identify the fundamental cause of violence.…

Julio Prieto has been a lawyer for the plaintiffs against Chevron-Texaco for 10 years, or should we say, in this struggle of David against Goliath. In a conference at The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS). The Hague, on Oct…

Human Wrongs Watch By RT*, 24 October 2014 — Falling oil prices embarrass and make life difficult for countries that depend on oil exports, including Russia and Venezuela, and the US would enjoy making life difficult for them, economist Richard Wolff told RT.…

Human Wrongs Watch The world wastes enough food to feed an estimated two billion people, the United Nations on 24 October 2014 said, as its three Rome-based food agencies announced the launch of a digital platform designed to take aim…

The lack of political will to stand up for migrant workers’ rights remains the greatest challenge to the protection of this “very vulnerable” group of human beings, an independent United Nations expert affirmed on 24 October 2014.     Speaking before the…

Human Wrongs Watch By Ricardo Patiño, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador (RT)*   Ricardo Patiño | Photo: Cancillería del Ecuador 25 October 2014 — Transnational corporations have abused their privileges leading to “an unprecedented level of social and environmental injustice,”…

  Human Wrongs Watch By Ricardo Patiño, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador (RT)* Ricardo Patiño | Photo: Cancillería del Ecuador 25 October 2014 — Transnational corporations have abused their privileges leading to “an unprecedented level of social and environmental injustice,”…

Dilma Rousseff was re-elected as President in the most fiercely fought contest in Brazilian history.  The President-elect who managed to unite the support of social movements, parties of the left, ex-militants, academics and celebrities, is the first woman to be…

Photo report by Walker Vizcarra A moving experience took place in the presentation of books by three authors: Tony Robinson, Dario Ergas and Pía Figueroa.  The books were presented by three young readers and the presentations were accompanied by music and theatrical readings…