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The great deception about Ukrainian wheat

Due to Russia’s exit, the agreement on the unblocking of Ukrainian wheat exports that entered into force a year ago is canceled, but up to now 80% of exports that have passed through the Black Sea have been taken up…

Florida Waters Reach Hot Tub Temperatures of 101.19 Degrees Fahrenheit

Earlier this week, south Florida saw sea surface temperatures equivalent to a normal hot tub. At Manatee Bay, inside Everglades National Park, a water temperature buoy about five feet underwater showed a temperature of 101.19 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday afternoon, with other buoys in the…

Ukraine war and collateral damage

Since the start of the war with Russia, the Ukrainian military has fired an average of 9,000 cannon shells a day – nearly half a million so far, enough to have depleted the stockpiles of the United States and many…

War is a disaster, let’s give Peace a chance

At the end of the world pandemic period, a long period in which the populations, particularly the popular sectors, suffered all kinds of deprivations, pain and losses seemed to have come to an end in Latin American countries. This social…

Women’s World Cup 2023: New impetus towards the unstoppable emancipation of women

The ninth edition of the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand kicked off on 20 July in Auckland with the home side’s historic one-nil win over Norway. Under the official slogan “Greatness without limits”, thirty-two teams from five…

Mitigation sovereignty or sovereign mitigation in the face of climate change?

Latin America is called to dialogue at the European Union’s table on the implementation of renewable energies as a strategy to mitigate climate change. At the summit with the European Union on 17-18 July, CELAC member governments made clear their…

Is the end of Western financial dominance in Africa on the horizon or will the history of Libya repeat itself?

Countries across Africa recently took a major step towards economic independence from the West by launching an insurance system that will allow them to conduct inter-state trade without the involvement of the US dollar or other Western currencies. This could…

Active Peace and Nonviolence Now! exhibition in Huancayo

The exhibition Peace and Active Nonviolence Now! has moved to the city of Huancayo, in central Peru, and has been on display since 15 July at the Instituto de la Juventud y Cultura de la Ciudad Incontrastable (Institute of Youth…

CELAC-EU: Latin America and the Caribbean facing the caravels of green and digital capitalism

Moved by an urgent impetus for peace, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States -CELAC [1]- invested a good part of its first years in filling the Declaration of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Peace Zone [2]…

Facing the climate crisis: indigenous wisdom

All the measures and agreements made by the governments of the world, all the international events aimed at alleviating the climate crisis, the promises and signatures in defence of our biodiversity and planetary ecosystems, the famous COPs (Conference of the…

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