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We are in times of recounting our history, five decades in which the call to the viveza chilensis has been manifesting itself in the ambit of power, unleashing that characteristic that homogenises the Chilean political elite and makes them sing…

On the occasion of the International Day Against Trafficking of 30 July, the Pope John XXIII Community has released the report “The new faces of people trapped in trafficking” on its website Here is a summary. The faces of trafficking…

The Emperor of Rome, in order to keep Roman citizens and slaves distracted and demobilised, applied for a long time the imperial policy of “bread and circuses for the people”. By Ollantay Itzamná Bacchanalian festivals or circuses that lasted up…

It is not only in our continent, that the people have never been more ignored. The constant abuses of the great corporate powers, with the open complicity of a neoliberal system disguised as development, have transformed international politics into a…

Under the slogan “40 years of Democracy. 40 years of Participation”, humanist activists celebrated four decades of unwavering commitment to humanization in Santa Rosa, the capital of the Argentinean province of La Pampa. After an introductory speech by Humanist Party…

Last year, following an invitation from some folks who lived there, I was in Western Sahara in northwestern Africa. By Tim Pluta, World BEYOND War, Some friends of mine from the U.S. took a trip to visit me and the…

Sunday, August 6, 2023, marks the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, an event more in the news this year because of the release of Oppenheimer. While the history of the dawn of the nuclear age is…

As heat waves and wildfires cause chaos in North Africa, Europe and North America, climate scientists from the United Nations (UN) have announced that it is almost certain this July will be the warmest month ever recorded. At a press conference on climate Thursday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, “The…

A Living Synthesis Victoria Nuland, who is the current Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States, is a living synthesis of everything that has gone horribly wrong with US foreign policy over the course of the…

At 3 a.m. on July 26, 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed the country’s borders and declared a curfew. The coup d’état was immediately…