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“2023, the hour of a new world” : the interview of Nicolas Maduro by Ignacio Ramonet

Ignacio Ramonet – Mr. President, first of all I would like to thank you for receiving me again for this interview, it is good to continue this tradition – this is already the seventh occasion when we meet at the…

CODEPINK rejects attempted coup against Brazil’s democracy!  Calls for Bolsonaro to be sent back to Brazil

CODEPINK is appalled and outraged at the attempted coup in Brazil that took place on January 8 by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Emulating the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack, fascist and extreme-right groups stormed Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court…

Violence in Graphic Narratives

The 8th International Meeting of Graphic Narratives Dibujos que Hablan (Drawings that Speak) will take place from 9 to 16 January 2023. This year Drawings that Speak invites us to reflect on violence in comics, cartoons, illustration, and other drawn…

UN calls for an end to arbitrary detention worldwide

UN representative calls on governments to implement the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and end “once and for all arbitrary detentions”. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on all governments of the world to grant amnesty, pardon or…

Democracy as neoliberalism’s caboose

Pedro Castillo’s attempted coup d’état caused confusion throughout the country for a couple of hours. His swift capture and subsequent imprisonment quickly made headlines in most of the national and international media. In the days that followed, however, it was…

Island cores unravel mysteries of ancient Maltese civilisation

It’s part of a field of work that is expanding the use of archaeological techniques into environments where they were previously thought to be unusable. The Temple Culture of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean began nearly 6,000 years ago…

Deputy Mayor of Montes de Oca: “The only way is to decentralise the country”.

The Costa Rica we live in today is the most unequal in the last forty years and the scenario could not be more complicated. A state with very limited resources, an increase in organised crime and an “educational blackout” are…

Why is the rhetoric about Russian authoritarian inclinations and non-resistance to war misplaced?

What strikes me in the debates about the war in Ukraine is the absence of the Russian people. Of course, the Ukrainians are the victims and should be the focus of attention. However, it is unlikely that the war will…

Irina Karamanos and the project to remember the role of Chilean first ladies

The Presidency’s Sociocultural Coordination, headed by social scientist Irina Karamanos, ceased its functions on Saturday 31 December. Yesterday, however, Karamanos left the Palacio de La Moneda after meeting with the former first ladies and former sociocultural directors who held the…

The latest Legislative Elections in Tunisia: The lowest voter turnout in the country’s history

The first round of legislative elections in Tunisia is over with a voting rate of 11.2%; around 1 million people out of the 9 million registered voters. This was the lowest voter turnout in the country’s history. What was supposed…

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