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03/02/2015 – Redacción Argentina The renowned jurist Julio Maier spoke with Infojus News about the complaint filed by the deceased prosecutor Alberto Nisman and referred to a growing trend of judicial “denounciation-mania” as a tool of political action. By Franco…

Human Wrongs Watch 3 February 2015 (RT)* — National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden answered questions from Canadian students on Monday, telling them that mass surveillance can actually harm the ability to prevent terrorist attacks while also being detrimental to…

HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited’s (HiDef) Engineering Manager, Adam Whitehouse, has been chosen as the newest addition to the “Faces of Wind Energy” campaign being led by RenewableUK and Action for Renewables. The Faces of Wind Energy project was launched in…

How can it be that when a country is in financial difficulty, “Market Forces” say that a country has to pay higher interest to borrow money? If there were any international solidarity a country should have to pay less interest…

A country traumatized by decades of war; a people full of life and dignity; an active and courageous civil society; a project to help transition from fear to trust. We speak with Alberto Pennella – counsellor, poet, blogger and expert…

Fifty-two days after the occupy protest site was cleared from its main areas, protesters gathered again on Hong Kong Island for a pro-democracy rally. The number ‘D7689′ was seen everywhere from banners to tattoos on people’s heads… – ‘D7′ representing…

London’s Mayor Boris Johnson fails in his attempt to prevent Occupy Democracy from holding monthly protests in Parliament Square By Occupy Democracy Boris backed down and removed the fencing which had previously blocked Occupy Democracy’s access to Parliament Square, after…

By Gustavo Capdevila for IPS News GENEVA, Jan 30 2015 (IPS) – There is a window of hope, thanks to a U.N. human rights body, for a solution to the diplomatic asylum of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in…

The destructive component in capitalism’s ‘Creative Destruction’ is very high Paul Craig Roberts In my book, The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism, I explain the concept of external or social costs. These are the costs associated with production that are…

PISAC, Peru , Dec 29 2014 (IPS) – In this town in Peru’s highlands over 3,000 metres above sea level, in the mountains surrounding the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the Quechua Indians who have lived here since time immemorial…