by Maurizio Sacchi
Peru's chief prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into new President Dina Boluarte and members of her cabinet for the violent clashes in which at least 40 people have been killed and hundreds injured since the beginning...
by Jennifer Zacharia* – Boston Review
During the summer of 1998, my cousin Shireen’s alarm would wake us both at 6 a.m. every morning. She shared her room with me while I worked in Palestine during that time. When the...
by Jonathan Power * - IDN-InDepthNews, Othernews
Lund, Sweden. 18 July 2023 (IDN) - That bar, the Red Star, on the far side of eastern Europe was closed - until the Ukraine war started. So why did the White Moon...
by Newsroom – Modern Diplomacy, OtherNews
West seems to be sick and tired of Ukraine war. “The reality is that the Biden administration’s Ukraine strategy is increasingly being tested by political, policy and resource constraints,” writes ‘Defence News’.
In...
by Maurizio Sacchi
At least two clichés about the relationship between Colombian criminal organisations and politics are demystified in the memoirs of former narco Carlos Lehder. His book, Life and Death of the Medellín Cartel (below is the cover of...
By Stella Levantesi - Othernews
When Russia invaded Crimea, the EU and United States issued a joint statement stressing the importance of promoting U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports for Europe. It was 2014 and “American gas” would save Europe...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Javier Milei, an ultra-liberal economist, leads the primaries with 30% of the polls, followed by the Peronist Sergio Massa (21%) and the conservative Patricia Bullrich (almost 17%). The sum of the votes between Bullrich and another candidate...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has recently ordered the armed forces to restore order in the country after days of unrest. This period has seen the escape of two gang leaders, the hostage-taking of prison guards and bombings...
John Kirk* – Al Jazeera
From June 6 to 10 Los Angeles will host the “Summit of the Americas,” with the basic goal of strengthening hemispheric solidarity. At a time when Washington is increasingly involved in supporting the war in...
by Gianni Beretta
Me duele respirar’, it hurts me to breathe. These are the last words of 15-year-old Alvaro Conrado, one of the very first victims of the student uprising that broke out in Nicaragua in April 2018, involving hundreds...
