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Amazon Deforestation Drops 33% in Lula’s First Six Months

From January to June of this year — the first six months of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential term — deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon has fallen 33.6 percent, new government satellite data shows, as The Associated Press reported. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Lula’s stricter…

The hypocrisy of war: The Ukrainian government’s double game on “cluster bombs”.

While on the one hand, the Ukrainian government showed apparent sensitivity to the issue and promised Human Rights Watch to investigate the possible use of cluster bombs by its own troops, on the other hand, it asked Biden to be…

Signals fixed in time II

Siegfried relief at Xanten in Nordwall, Xanten. By Javier Belda In Norse mythology Siegfried (Sigurd in Scandinavia) is the hero who fights the dragon. In the traditional narrative, the dragon is the ultimate representative of the beast, terror, the invincible,…

Happy In(ter)dependence Day!

What do Argentina and South Sudan have in common? At first glance, nothing. While one has a vast territory – it is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world – the African nation could fit in the territory of two…

Amani, a bereavement support initiative coordinated by Noelia Correa

Today from REHUNO Health we are approaching AMANI, a grief support initiative coordinated by Noelia Correa Landaluce, a therapist specialised in grief and emotional understanding. Noelia is a woman committed to the decisions and commitments she makes and the relationships…

Being Free Means Getting Climate Reparations Right—but Not Everyone Is Onboard

Those who would have to pay the most are trying to hide what the climate crisis is costing the rest of us and ignoring the fact that social justice begins with a fair start in life. By Mwesigye Robert, Esther…

Protect Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian objectors

Russian pacifist, democratic, civil, and human rights movements are directly addressing the European Union, Commission, and Parliament to demand immediate and concrete measures to protect conscientious objectors and all those in Russia who refuse to participate in the war and…

Can a coercive strategy in South Asia be counterproductive for the US?

Recent years have seen a perplexing change in the fundamental attitude of the West, led by the US, towards nations in South Asia. The US periodically exhibits a hostile and indifferent attitude towards this friendly country, despite participating in Security…

Is the current American policy toward Bangladesh mis calculative?

The new US visa policy was introduced before the general elections in May 2023. US Secretary Antony Blinken made a remark that sounded more like a threat from Washington, saying that Bangladeshi people who meddle in the democratic political process…

Ukraine: planting seeds of peace and social cohesion despite war

An interesting and unedited report on the situation in Ukraine was published on July 10 in the Vatican News press agency, which reveals news not disseminated by the Italian press. We offer you a summary. In Ukraine, after having been…

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