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Water for human consumption is above its industrial uses

Water for human consumption is above any industrial or business use, warn a group of experts from the United Nations regarding the crisis facing Uruguay. Sixty percent of Uruguay’s population faces a shortage of drinking water and Uruguayan health authorities…

The US Is Nobody’s Friend, Not Even Its Own

Introduction I realize that some of the articles I’ve been writing over the course of the last year and a half have been challenging for some folks to take in. I get it. I understand. Writing these articles has been…

The robust, efficient third sector, focused on the common good and free of corruption

In Chile, there is a high level of social entrepreneurs (foundations, corporations, and other NGOs) as well as business entrepreneurs (SMEs). Each of these sectors has approximately 235,000 institutions. All face major obstacles and problems; few survive the first two…

Central America: Guatemala, the brazenness of a nefarious system

Attempted technical coup d’état The elections in Guatemala on 25 June ratified the image of a country institutionally in ‘checkmate’, prisoner of a deeply corrupt political-institutional system and a predatory neoliberal extractivist economic model, which have forced millions of Guatemalans…

Chile, and its “never again …. as far as possible”.

State neglect of eye trauma victims 2019. Re-victimisation and consequences of trauma In the face of the distressing news about the fourth suicide of eye trauma victims of the social outburst, the human rights issue is once again placed in…

NGOs’ complaint to the European Commission: the new Italian law on migratory flows limits search and rescue activities at sea

The Association for Legal Studies on Immigration (Associazione per gli Studi Giuridici sull’Immigrazione) (ASGI), EMERGENCY, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Oxfam Italy and SOS Humanity are filing a complaint with the European Commission to request an examination of the new Italian…

Our four children

11 July 2023, El Espectador A few weeks ago, when the joint work of indigenous people and the army succeeded in finding the four children lost in the jungle alive, Mauricio Rodríguez – a peace and leadership builder – wrote:…

NATO Is a Warfare Alliance, Not a Force for Global Peace or Stability

CODEPINK’s Statement on 2023 NATO Summit At his speech during the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Biden called the U.S. and Europe “anchors for global security” when in reality there are no anchors during this increasingly dangerous and polarized time…

Stop Border Violence: collecting one million signatures in Europe kicks off

Starting today, July 10, [2023], you can support the European Citizens’ Initiative “Stop Border Violence.” It is the European Union’s only participatory democracy tool. By collecting one million signatures within one year’s time, European citizens can force the Commission to…

Amazon Deforestation Drops 33% in Lula’s First Six Months

From January to June of this year — the first six months of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential term — deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon has fallen 33.6 percent, new government satellite data shows, as The Associated Press reported. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Lula’s stricter…

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