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Less poverty, higher life expectancy and a booming economy. How did Bolivia become a booming nation?

Bolivia, a country in the Andes, has developed strongly in recent years. Since the left-wing president Evo Morales took office, poverty in the country has been more than halved, life expectancy has risen by four years and the economy is…

Winds of change: changing narratives for Rohingya community in Myanmar

Myanmar’s longest-running civil disobedience campaign against its military, the Tatmadaw, has created something that was never seen before: a unified Myanmar in the “burning state.” Not only that, but this solidarity has also changed Myanmar’s Rohingya ethnic politics. After the…

El Salvador – a model for mangrove conservation?

Conservation by local women and fishermen in Barra de Santiago has had a significant impact on the environmental and economic resilience of the coast. By Julian Reingold A fisherwoman in the bay of Barra de Santiago (Image: Julian Reingold) Near…

Philippines Celebrates ‘Pandaigdigang Araw ng Wikang Kinagisnan,’ Highlighting Multilingualism

by Vhyxcent Andlen P. Cruz and Ma. Patricia Delos Reyes The Polytechnic University of the Philippines San Juan Campus (PUPSJ) through BSED EN 2-1 Class is wishing all nations a meaningful and delightful International Mother Language Day (IMLD) being celebrated…

“The Inner Look” for children and a Mapudungun translation of Silo’s Message: two contributions to the spread of Siloism

We talked to Saúl Asenjo, a long-time Siloist who today lives in the state of Pennsylvania, near New York. From there he has managed and helped to produce two interesting editorial contributions for the dissemination of Siloism among children and…

Myanmar, Bangladesh needs to pursue ‘Rohingya diplomacy’

Along with the much-needed support from the international organization, the Bangladesh government has been managing the large Rohingya influx but has yet to repatriate them to Myanmar, due to the reluctance and non-cooperation of Myanmar counterpart. In this matter, the…

Oromia: Ethiopia’s War in the Shadows

In November 2020, a civil war broke out in northern Ethiopia. Much of the world is aware of the extreme toll of that conflict on civilians in the affected regions, including the atrocities perpetrated by all parties to the conflict and the de…

Myanmar’s planned Rohingya repatriation process must be smoothly implemented, continual, sustainable

Despite some ongoing crises worldwide, a piece of good news for the world is that Myanmar expresses its interest in taking back/repatriating some Rohingyas (estimated 700 Rohingya primarily) in Rakhine. Although the estimated number of refugees in Rohingya repatriation in…

Where are we heading?

The global chessboard of geopolitics and the interests of the world’s economic power is making us more and more prone to a world war if we do not avoid it. On such a chessboard, political leaders instead of uniting to…

The Highland Clearances and the Scottish Gaelic Renaissance

As the forces of uniformity, conformity and homogeneity spread inexorably towards a society in which everyone tends to look the same, eat the same thing, listen to the same music and receive the same sources of news and information, pushback…

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