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Iroquois Valley: Investing in Farmers Transitioning to Organic, Regenerative Agriculture

As more people are starting to realize — and as Indigenous Peoples have understood for millennia — how we treat the land affects everything from food and water security to carbon sequestration and climate change. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Many farms in the United States are multigenerational family operations,…

Venezuela has been under sanctions for 10 years

Although it may seem incredible from other parts of the world, Venezuela has a Deputy Minister for Anti-Blockade Policies who reports to the Ministry of Popular Power for Internal Relations, Justice, and Peace. The very existence of such a position…

Free Cervical Cancer Screening Now Available for Women in Metro Manila 

by Geri Matthew Carretero Metro Manila, Philippines — Women can now access free cervical cancer screening through selected Southstar Drug branches and scheduled community screenings in Parañaque, Navotas, Manila, and Quezon City, as part of an expanding public health initiative…

Exclusive Interview with Colombian President Gustavo Petro

Editor’s Note: A decade into the official launch of the China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum, closer cooperation holds immense promise as China and Latin American and Caribbean countries make headway in establishing a community with a shared…

National Workshop in Dhaka Highlights the Role of Civil Society in Localizing Early Warning Systems in Bangladesh

A two-day National Workshop on Localized Early Warning Mechanisms concluded in Dhaka bringing together civil society representatives, government officials, policymakers, academicians, and disaster risk reduction experts to strengthen community-based Early Warning Systems (EWS) in Bangladesh. The workshop, held on 12–13…

The Unlearned Lessons of War: A Cycle of Destruction

by Irshad Ahmad War has been a persistent and tragic feature of human history, yet humanity seems to have learned little from its devastating consequences. The First World War, the Second World War, the Cold War, the U.S.-Vietnam War, and America’s…

Can EU pick itself up by its civilian bootstraps and join the future multipolar world?

Does Europe often find itself grappling with the dilemma of choosing between the US and China? A quintessential example of this was an April article in the Financial Times, titled: “Europe must choose between America and China.” Apart from reflecting…

The Quiet Revolution: Women, Power, and the Transformation of Our Time

The mainstream media seems to be waiting for a clash between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump. Both figures embody starkly different visions of the present moment. Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first woman president and a self-described humanist, enjoys…

The Manufactured Heroism Crisis: India-Pakistan’s Clash of Perceptions and Realities

by Irshad Ahmad The ceasefire between India and Pakistan remains technically intact, but the psychological war rages on. While Pakistanis celebrate what they perceive as a strategic success, India finds itself trapped in a vortex of confusion—its public torn between…

The Lithium Fever: Documentary reveals the dark side of the energy transition in South America

The Latin American Observatory of Environmental Conflicts (OLCA), in collaboration with the digital media outlet Resumen.cl and with the support of the Global Greengrants Fund (GGF), presents the powerful audiovisual report ‘The Lithium Fever: Shadows of the Energy Transition.’ This…

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