by Maurizio Sacchi
Gustavo Petro is the new President of Colombia. With 11 million votes and 50.57 per cent, together with his deputy Francia Marquez, he beat the right-wing populist Rodolfo Hernàndez by a margin of around 700,000 votes. "It...
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 Natasha Lennard - The Intercept_
A panel of three Trump-appointed judges this week upheld an excessive eight-year prison sentence handed down to climate activist Jessica Reznicek, ruling that a terrorism enhancement attached to her sentence was “harmless.”
The terror enhancement, which dramatically...
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...
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 Elizabeth Bruenig* – The Atlantic
The grieving people of Uvalde, Texas, a town in the Hill Country about 80 miles west of San Antonio, now confront the irreplaceability of life in one of its most ghastly and unnatural incarnations:...
By Spencer Sunshine* – Truthout
Six similar far right attacks killed 86 people in 2018 and 2019. Their intended targets were Muslims (51 killed in Christchurch, New Zealand), Latino immigrants (23 in El Paso) and Jews (including 11 in Pittsburgh)....
By Ken Klippenstein - The Intercept_
Last month, as part of a regional tour, CIA Director William Burns quietly met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, a port city in western Saudi Arabia. The unusual meeting,...
By Gianni Beretta
At least 1,400 young pandilleros were arrested in El Salvador in some 50 public order operations throughout the country. This happened in the first three days of the 'state of exception' adopted by the President of the...
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...
