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Latin America and the Caribbean stand with Palestine: Israel viewed as a US proxy

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, with a few notable exceptions, have been critical of Israel’s ongoing campaign of genocide in Gaza. Perhaps more than any other region, they have expressed their solidarity with Palestine. Most recognize that…

Wildfires Have Erased Two Decades’ Worth of Air Quality Gains in U.S., Study Finds

In recent years, many people have learned first-hand how destructive wildfires can be. Even if they weren’t forced to evacuate their homes, millions in Canada and the United States have had to breathe acrid air polluted with wildfire smoke. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes A new study has…

“Financial confidence”: the semantic field of seduction and repression

A communicational and decolonial analysis of Javier Milei’s first speech as president Javier Milei repeated the phrase “the adjustment is inevitable” four times in his first speech as president. He also quoted Roca, Sarmiento and Benegas Lynch (h). He invoked…

Chile: A left-wing government…

When the left takes over the government, thanks to an electoral and democratic process, its rulers hasten to achieve their reforms before the forces of reaction manage to destabilise it and return to power. This has happened several times in…

Argentina was on the brink: did it step forward?

The far-right Javier Milei is the new president of Argentina for the next four years: on taking office he ratified his “chainsaw” plan and said that the adjustment would fall on the state and not on the private sector, but…

18 Jewish Elders Arrested Following Gaza Ceasefire Protest Outside White House

The protest took place hours before a Hanukkah event that was held at the White House on Monday evening. Chris Walker , TRUTHOUT December 12, 2023 A group of Jewish elders chained themselves to the White House gates on Monday, calling for the…

Children’s Protection from Chemical Hazards Pushed

13 December 2023, Quezon City.  Children, including babies in the womb, are highly vulnerable to the harmful effects of hazardous chemicals that can put their health and future at risk, thus the need for research, policies, and risk communication to…

Unrest after controversial re-election in Sierra Leone

After eleven years of senseless civil war in my country Sierra Leone, the main opposition APC (All People’s Congress) tried so hard to put the stability of the country. they tried to put certain modalities in place by providing basic…

The Resistance of the Argentinean Memory: Human Rights in the New Political Scenario

By Maxine Lowy Slowly, the crowd moves forward one step and then another and then stands still, slowly turning counterclockwise, with the Pirámide de Mayo crowned by the Statue of Liberty on the left and the Casa Rosada in front,…

Human Rights: Laura Rodríguez and the Villa Grimaldi Peace Park

We publish here the words of the humanist Dario Ergas on the occasion of the installation of a plaque in homage to Deputy Laura Rodríguez in the Villa Grimaldi Peace Park, which she helped to found in the years immediately…

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