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 Maurizio Sacchi
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has implemented a restrictive measure to address the current crisis caused by drought affecting the water supply to the system of locks linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The transit of ships...
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 Maurizio Sacchi
On 4 September, Chileans will have to decide whether to approve or reject the 499-article draft of the new Constitution, which resulted from the November 2019 protests, the 'reventón'. Despite the overwhelming victory of the Left in...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Visiting Port-au-Prince on 3 July, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a "robust international force" to help the Haitian police fight criminal gangs. It was Guterres' first visit to Haiti as UN chief. "We must put Haiti...
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...
By Dan Collyns* – Global development
This article appeared on our partner Other-News on May 9th, 2023
The wind sweeping in from the Pacific Ocean buffets makeshift tents made of blankets and scraps of fabric, as sheltering migrants peer out, squinting...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Haiti sinks deeper and deeper into violence and chaos. It has been without a prime minister since 12 March, when Ariel Henry resigned after armed gangs prevented him from returning from Kenya, where he had signed an...
By Lasse Bruun and Milena Bernal Rubio (*) – Newsweek
The aspiration of inter-regionalism is to ease access for companies to regulated markets by giving them more legal protection, better geographical access and lower investment costs. However, integration projects and...
By Maurizio Sacchi
Gustavo Petro, the country's first left-wing president in the 200 years of its independence, took office as president of Colombia on 7 August 2022. "This is the government of life, of peace, and it will be remembered...
