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We spoke with Tomás Hirsch, Member of Parliament for Acción Humanista, who is about to go to the polls again, seeking re-election on November 21st for the District where he has worked for the last four years: Peñalolén, La Reina,…

A series of declassified US documents added details to the so-called “Operation 30 Hours”, the plan hatched by the Brazilian dictatorship in 1971, half a century ago, to invade Uruguay if the leftist Frente Amplio coalition won the elections that…

In the gardens of the Centro Cultural de Ñuñoa, Gabriel Boric’s long-awaited government programme was presented this morning. In the presence of many collaborators and supporters, as well as numerous press media, the presidential candidate was presented by the Mayoress…

On October 18, 2021, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency for 60 days. This declaration led to the constitutional rights of Ecuadorian nationals being suspended and heavily armed troops flooding the streets in Ecuador. The immediate reason…

LIVE SHOW on Saturday, November 13th at 1 PM EST On this show, we speak with Michael Nagler, founder and president of the Metta Center for Nonviolence in Petaluma, California.  We are speaking about the challenges of nonviolence and the…

LIVE SHOW on Friday, November 19th at 1 PM EST On this show, we speak Professor Karl Grossman, author, TV program host and full professor of journalism at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury. For 30 years, he has…

Whether it was “a coup or not a coup” by definition, description or explanation, what happened October 25 was simply a power shift or appropriately a political power grab under gun point (unconstitutional change of government and state power) in…

by Hafizur Talukdar A suicide bomber has killed at least 50 people at a Shi’ite mosque in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kunduz, shortly after Friday prayers. It is the deadliest attack in the country since the withdrawal of US-led foreign…

by Kazi Jamshed As of July 2021, only $366 million of the total required, around $1 billion, humanitarian assistance fund for the Rohingyas has been disbursed. The disbursement has declined to 34 percent, which used to be within the range…

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow October 31st thru November 12th may be the most significant climate conference of all time. The fate of the planet is on the line. Prior to that august event, hundreds of peer-reviewed…