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Guatemala, an “analgesic” for not curing what hurts

Despite grotesque judicial political opposition, Bernardo Arévalo, son of the “revolutionary” ex-president Juan José Arévalo, assumed the presidency of Guatemala 70 years after the decapitation of the “National Revolution” that his father had undertaken. Paradoxically, Arévalo’s government is promoted and…

U.S. Meets Milestone in Chemical Weapons Stockpile Destruction

Both U.S. President Joe Biden and, top Republican Senator Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the U.S. has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile of chemical weapons, completing a global effort set in 1997 to eliminate all…

Contempt for the Earth and its inhabitants

On April 22 [2023], the UN celebrated Earth Day 2023. All indicators show the extent of contempt that the world’s most powerful rulers, especially the “Western” ones, have for the Earth and its inhabitants (human and non-human). Take, first of…

China Resents US Presence in Afghanistan

How far China’s hardening stance vis-a-vis the prospect of long-term US military presence along Xinjiang’s border is going to impact the Afghan peace process remains to be seen. M.K. Bhadrakumar The “hidden agenda” of the war on terror in Afghanistan…