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Provocations By The U.S. State Department Can Chill Press Freedom In Latin America
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 10:17 am | Globetrotter
By Vijay Prashad The headline is provocative: “The Kremlin’s Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America.” This was a statement on the U.S. State Department website, posted on November 7, 2023. The United States government accused ... More >>
How The War On Gaza Has Stalled The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)
Friday, 10 November 2023, 10:43 am | Globetrotter
By Vijay Prashad On September 9, 2023, during the G20 meeting in New Delhi, the governments of seven countries and the European Union signed a memorandum of understanding to create an India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. Only three ... More >>
Israel Wants Either An Apartheid State Or An Ethnic Cleansing Process, Both Crimes Under International Law
Wednesday, 1 November 2023, 9:33 am | Globetrotter
By Vijay Prashad On October 30, 2023, Israeli authorities said that they had killed “dozens” of Hamas fighters in the first days of their ground invasion. Meanwhile, Gaza’s Ministry of Health has struggled to keep its website online given the lack ... More >>
Ecuador Elects New Right-Wing President Linked To Big Banana Business
Friday, 20 October 2023, 8:06 am | Globetrotter
Daniel Noboa, son of one of the wealthiest men in Ecuador, was elected as the new president of the Andean nation on October 15. The 35-year-old Noboa of the right-wing National Democratic Action alliance accepted his victory, saying, “Today we have ... More >>
UN Security Council Rejects Resolution Demanding Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza
Friday, 20 October 2023, 8:04 am | Globetrotter
On October 16, the UN Security Council (UNSC) failed to adopt a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israeli war in Gaza. The U.S. and its allies in the UNSC voted against the move, dashing all hope for relief for millions ... More >>
Global News Dispatches: 5 Stories | Myanmar, Netherlands, Latin America, Afghanistan, South Africa
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 7:53 pm | Globetrotter
At Least 29 Killed in Myanmar Government Attack on Refugee Camp An October 11 article by “Democracy Now!” stated that the Burmese government has killed at least 29 people in northern Kachin state at a refugee camp. The October 9 attack included ... More >>
The Savagery Of The War Against The Palestinian People
Wednesday, 11 October 2023, 11:48 am | Globetrotter
By Vijay Prashad Who knows how many Palestinian civilians will be killed by the time this report is published? Among the bodies that cannot be taken to a hospital or a morgue, because there will be no petrol or electricity, will be large numbers ... More >>
Parents of Disappeared Ayotzinapa Students Begin Indefinite Sit-in Protest Outside Military Camp in Mexico City
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 12:26 pm | Globetrotter
On September 21, parents of the 43 students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College, who disappeared in September 2014, demonstrated in front of the Military Camp No. 1 in the capital Mexico City. Carrying large banners that read, “Where ... More >>
Under French-Backed Military Ruler Mahamat Déby, Chad Is a “Pressure Cooker Waiting to Explode”
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 12:21 pm | Globetrotter
The wave of anti-French sentiment sweeping the Sahel region is resonating in Chad as well. While the French-backed military junta has received support from the international community, including UN officials, it is facing intense resistance within, with an ... More >>
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Demands Renewal of Peace Process, Full UN Membership
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 12:19 pm | Globetrotter
Addressing the 78th session of the UN General Assembly on Thursday, September 21, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas underlined that there can be no hope for peace in the region until Palestinians get their legitimate right to national self-determination. ... More >>
Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., Faces Another Terrorist Attack
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 12:17 pm | Globetrotter
Cuba’s embassy in the U.S. capital of Washington D.C. was the target of a violent attack late on September 24. In a statement shared on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla said that an individual ... More >>
Why Healthy Forests Mean Fewer Pandemics
Monday, 18 September 2023, 7:51 pm | Globetrotter
COVID-19, SARS, and Ebola were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests. Destroying their habitats is killing us. As scientists continue to research the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, one fact has become clear: Deforestation ... More >>
Breaking Europe’s Hold On Football
Sunday, 17 September 2023, 6:58 am | Globetrotter
Initiatives from Saudi Arabia and the United States continue to put pressure on Europe’s traditional stranglehold over FIFA The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar brought together nations from around the world, and 1.5 billion people tuned in to watch ... More >>
Colombia, From The Guerrilla To The Ballot Box
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 6:22 am | Globetrotter
On May 4, 2023, during the International Summit on Nonviolence held in Antioquia, Colombia, a handshake shocked those who were present. The handshake was between two men with vastly different histories. One of the men was Daniel Gaviria, whose father—Guillermo ... More >>
Chile Needs A Communist Party
Saturday, 9 September 2023, 5:44 am | Globetrotter
On August 31, 2023, the President of the Communist Party of Chile Guillermo Teillier was buried in the historical cemetery of Recoleta. In this graveyard lies the remains of a range of important people, from former Chilean President Salvador Allende to ... More >>
Activists Mohamed Adel And Mahmoud Hussein Jailed In Egypt
Friday, 8 September 2023, 10:45 am | Globetrotter
The Egyptian government continues its persecution of activists and critics despite the so-called national dialogue initiated earlier this year to address the political and economic issues raised by the opposition. On September 3, political activist ... More >>
Is Intellectual Property Turning Into A Knowledge Monopoly?
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 11:18 am | Globetrotter
By Prabir Purkayastha The twentieth century saw the emergence of public funded universities and technical institutions, while technology development was concentrated in the R&D laboratories of large corporations. The age of the lone inventor—Edison, ... More >>
Pakistani Rights Activist Ali Wazir And Lawyer Imaan Mazari-Hazir Jailed On Terror Charges
Saturday, 26 August 2023, 6:31 am | Globetrotter
Former member of Pakistan’s parliament and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir and human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir were remanded to three days in detention by the country’s Anti-Terrorism Court on August 21. Wazir and ... More >>
Private Military Companies Continue To Expand In Africa
Tuesday, 22 August 2023, 2:27 pm | Globetrotter
By John P. Ruehl In the wake of the July 26 coup in Niger, the world’s spotlight has once again turned to the expansion of private military and security companies (PMSCs) across Africa. Following the removal of the relatively pro-Western government ... More >>
What’s Happening In Niger Is Far From A Typical Coup
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 7:02 am | Globetrotter
On July 26, 2023, Niger’s presidential guard moved against the sitting president—Mohamed Bazoum—and conducted a coup d’état. A brief contest among the various armed forces in the country ended with all the branches agreeing to the removal of Bazoum ... More >>