On 21 November, 2020, thousands of Guatemalans rallied in the central square of the country’s capital, took over the Congress and set fire to several rooms inside. The immediate trigger for this outburst of anger was the 2021 budget – now revoked by the Congress after sustained protests – which, despite being the largest in the country’s history, slashed funding for both education and healthcare. The[Read More...]
On 21 November, 2020, thousands of Guatemalans rallied in the central square of the country’s capital, took over the Congress and set fire to several rooms inside. The immediate trigger for this outburst of anger was the 2021 budget – now revoked by the Congress after sustained protests – which, despite being the largest in […]
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This is probably one of President Trump’s “I told you so” moments. Here, Dr Steve Turley shows us how the border wall, both its physical representation and its manifestation through policy agreements with Mexico and Guatemala, is a very real phenomenon.
It further shows how the physical wall really has been getting built, and this information is presented by the super-liberal network MSNBC, which hates all things Trump. They have pivoted here from “The wall is not real; Trump is a liar” to “The wall is real; Trump is a monster!”
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the long-drawn-out conflict at the Escobal silver mine in Guatemala – the second- largest in the world – is intensifying. The Escobal mine is located in southeast Guatemala, outside the town of San Rafael de las Flores, approximately 40 km from Guatemala City. Since the beginning of commercial production in early 2013, the mine has been[Read More...]
A report released by Oxfam in July 2020 states, “COVID-19 is deepening the hunger crisis in the world’s hunger hotspots and creating new epicentres of hunger across the globe. By the end of the year 12,000 people per day could die from hunger linked to COVID-19, potentially more than will die from the disease itself.” Like other regions in the world,[Read More...]
Armed police transporting suspected members of a communist youth group, Jakarta, Indonesia, October 10, 1965. Photo Credit: Vincent Bevins)
I’m guessing that “Jakarta Is Coming” or “Plan Jakarta” won’t elicit immediate recognition from most of you and until very recently that was also true for me. But before defining it, here’s a bit of necessary background:
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
teleSUR | December 13, 2019 With 169 votes in favor, nine abstentions, and two votes against, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Friday extended the mandate for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) until June 30, 2023. “The General Assembly… expresses special commendation to the Agency […]
