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South Sudanese villagers asked to hand in their weapons

Authorities in the central state of Warrap, South Sudan, today reiterated their call for civilians to turn in hundreds of weapons in their possession, in order to reduce communal violence in the territory. The appeal by the state governor, General…

Unclear Federal Law Allows Logging, Farming and Mining to Threaten America’s Biodiverse Ecosystems

No version of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS), part of the Clean Water Act, adequately protects the nation’s natural areas. By Sam Davis The recent decision by the Supreme Court to look into “limiting the scope” of “waters of the…

Chile: Scholarship as a fundamental requirement to be a Constitutional Convention Member

The fish dies by the mouth; and the nightingale, in the evening. (Popular saying) A few days ago, our good friend Heraldo de Pujadas reminded us, with regard to the Christian custom of not eating red meat during Holy Week,…

European referendum on Ukraine war: how many Europeans want war, rearmament and nuclear power?

We are in the second month of conflict, a conflict that is taking place in Europe but whose interests are international. A conflict that is expected to last for years. A conflict that risks becoming the third nuclear world war.…

The Constituent Assembly. The ghost that haunts Warnken

I appreciated Cristián Warnken and his “Belleza de Pensar”, when he devoted his time to literary interviews. I can’t say the same now that he has turned to politics. His yellow effort, which brings together those upset by the transformations…

The tricks of the discourse

The incessant flow of information has us on the verge of total scepticism. The world is in the midst of an underhand struggle, where there is no fire on the front lines and no victims to be seen falling. It…

A young Bhutanese artist talks about herself. Interview with Sonam Yangdon

Today I’ll tell you a pleasant chat with Sonam Yangdon – Broke Bhutanese Artist- a young 19 year old girl who grew up in a village in Bumthang, central Bhutan, and who has been living in Australia with her family…

The Difficult But More Humane And Sane Option

“Putin Puppets” Over the last two months, we’ve seen and heard a near-uniform drumbeat, a corporately funded chorus of news people, pundits, and Hollywood stars pushing for pretty much every form of military escalation in Ukraine. Curiously, there has been…

“I call to reject the Rejection”, Marco Enriquez-Ominami

We spoke with Marco Enriquez-Ominami, a Chilean-French politician and a reference point for Latin American progressivism. Philosopher, filmmaker, former deputy, four-time candidate for the Presidency of Chile, founder of the Progressive Party, the Progresa Foundation and the Puebla Group. By…

Signs of the oldest life on Earth discovered

Researchers in Canada have discovered fossils of some of the earliest forms of life on Earth, dating back some 4.28 billion years. An international group of scientists claim to have found in a fossil rock the oldest signs of life…

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