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Illegally Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Faces US Court Amid a Shifting Global Context

Alex Saab’s April 6 hearing takes place in the setting of a mercurial world situation, where events in Ukraine may have indirect bearing on his case and on the larger US economic war against Venezuela. By Roger D. Harris In…

Rally in Seoul to observe the 2022 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

“Racism is violence! Enact equality act!” Last Sunday, March 20, 2022, a public rally was held from Seoul’s popular Gwanghwamun square to the presidential palace in observing the March 21st International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The theme…

The myth of effort and the traps of poverty

TRAPS. People in extreme poverty, even with social assistance, are unlikely to be able to leave their condition. Source : Rosa Chávez Yacila – OjoPublico A wide range of scientific evidence refutes the assumption that people are poor because they…

Not in my name’, rally for the self-determination of the Saharawi people and against the decision of Pedro Sánchez

Under the slogan “Not in my name”, this coming Saturday 26 March, at 12 noon, a rally will take place in Madrid outside the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in protest against the agreement between President Pedro Sánchez and the…

Small farmers and World Food Security: Change of Course at the United Nations and Open Letter to the FAO

A change in the definition of small farmers by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) means that their share of global food production now appears to be a lot smaller than before. Civil society organisations and…

World Water Day

World Water Day is celebrated on March 22nd. This date was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1992. It aims to raise awareness about the overall global water crisis and the need to implement urgent solutions to solve…

New HIV injection arrives in Brazil and South Africa

The international initiative Unitaid announced on Friday 18 that it will fund the introduction in Brazil and South Africa of an innovative, “highly effective and long-lasting” injectable HIV preventive treatment. The new long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatment “could have a…

Witchhunt in Ukraine against journalists, activists and left-wing politicians

Many journalists, these days, prefer to remain anonymous in Ukraine. And from some of them now comes this story: One of the most well-known and popular journalists in Ukraine was yesterday arrested by the officers of the Security Service of…

Poor People’s Campaign event for 30 March

If you watch the television news for very long, you realize the disequilibrium from images of destruction that focus on objects, without much regard for the “subjects” being threatened, destroyed. This understanding comes with a realization that just as we…

Today 03/15: No to nature-based solutions!

Press conference On the eve of a vital UN moment for biodiversity, “nature-based solutions” are once again wrongly touted as the solution. Nature-based solutions” promote the illusion that plants and soils can undo the damage to the climate caused by…

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