Opinions

It has been more than six months since that calamitous night in the High Atlas Mountains in the Kingdom of Morocco. By Yossef Ben-Meir Devastating earthquakes are nightmarish realities, and it is only by waking and doing day after day…

“Brazilian diplomatic tradition relies on solving problems. The ‘incident’ with Israel takes the opposite direction and affects not only the image of our country but also the course of subjects that actually matter for the population in an electoral year.”…

Next October, Chile will hold general elections to renew mayors and councilors throughout the country, so the parties are already in all kinds of negotiations and discussions to define their candidates. These elections do not generate as much public interest…

Costa Rica enjoys international recognition, among other things, for its stable democracy; for its protected natural resources and rich natural diversity; for the abolition of the army 76 years ago; for democratic elections, and for stable changes of government every…

The Search for a Definition Over the last four or five years, like just about everyone else, I’ve been feeling that some kind of huge shift, some sort of sea change has taken place that I haven’t quite been able…

In the High Arctic, scientists discovered million-year-old methane (CH4) trapped under some of the world’s mightiest glaciers detected via unprecedented groundwater springs. Analyses of 123 springs found CH4 in all but one. As the massive glaciers recede, space opens at…

It is 20 years now that we accompanied the Mobile Clinic of Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHR‑I) on a mission in the West Bank and the Negev for our documentary film “1000 Women and a Dream”.* Back then, we portrayed Israeli…

If anybody reads Myanmar’s state-run daily newspaper, the Global New Light of Myanmar, the oldest English Daily that covers news, the state Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV), one would not fathom the crisis faced by the Myanmar government. News coming…

On 15 February 2024, the Center for Climate Integrity (CCC) released a devastating report, The Fraud of Plastic Recycling, which, based on numerous previous studies and recently uncovered internal documents, shows us that we have been misled and misinformed about…

The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was a political-territorial entity established by the Spanish Crown in the Americas as an integral part of the Spanish Empire from 1776 to 1810, with the port of Buenos Aires as its…