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March in El Salvador commemorates the 31st anniversary of the Chapultepec Peace Accords

31 years after the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Accords, hundreds of Salvadorans took to the streets to commemorate the date. Far from being a mere act of remembrance, those mobilised expressed their firm rejection of the Regime of Exception…

“Roses to Missions 3” Rally and March in New York City to Mark Second Anniversary of Nuclear Ban Treaty During a Time of Escalating Crisis

On Friday, January 20, 2023, a coalition of antinuclear groups will celebrate the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW or the Ban Treaty). The Treaty that entered into force…

The New York Poor People’s Campaign: Fusion Power for All People

New York is the most unequal state in the nation and yet we know our government officials – those elected by us to represent us—ignore realities most New Yorkers are experiencing.  And worse yet, they try to convince us that…

Face 2 Face with Eduardo Gonzalez-Cueva

On this show, we speak with Eduardo Gonzalez-Cueva, about the current political and social situation in Peru after President, Pedro Castillo, was removed from office on Dec 7, 2022. Mr. Gonzalez-Cueva is a Peruvian sociologist. Human rights consultant and professor,…

Czech Republic, Next president to be elected by ballot

The vote count for the first ballot for the direct election of the president of the Czech Republic, the third since 2013, has just been completed. As expected, none of the candidates reached the necessary threshold of 50% of the…

Political party business in the decline of “representative” Democracy

LATIN AMERICA SUSTAINING A DEMOCRACY WITHOUT A FIX From the premise of dreaming of a Latin America far removed from amateurism where solid leadership reigns, the Latin American and Caribbean region idealises, from civil society, a concrete direction that distances…

Nonviolence shines brightly in memory of Martin Luther King

History is not made by one man or one woman. But there are people whose determination accelerates its progress. On 15 January 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was born into a Baptist family. Inspired by the example of Mahatma Gandhi…

Public Libraries Continue to Thrive Despite Defunding and Privatization Attacks

Efforts by governments and cities across the nation to defund the public library indicate a misunderstanding of the essential role that libraries play. By April M. Short The public sector in the U.S. has been shrinking rapidly since the 1990s…

Gabriela Mistral: ahead of her time

Last January 10th marked the 65th anniversary of Gabriela Mistral’s death. A person ahead of her time, her legacy remains fully valid today, even when the world has changed significantly. In addition to being an extraordinary poet who received the…

The ” Black Carnation”, a hero who saved thousands of lives during the Dictatorship

In times of the Chilean dictatorship, as in Nazi Germany, there were murders, tortures, betrayals, cowardice and all the evil one can imagine. But there was also solidarity, fraternity and extreme heroism. Perhaps it is always in times of catastrophe…

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