Tension Surrounds Start of Venezuela’s Post-Chávez Era
The political polarisation in Venezuela became even more marked as the country emerged from Sunday’s elections basically divided in half, between two sectors that are antagonistic and reluctant to try...
View ArticleMomentum Builds in U.S., Beyond to End Corporate Tax Evasion
The U.S. government’s main watchdog on Monday reported that U.S. corporations are paying taxes on less than half of their declared income, largely due to dozens of tax breaks that have come under...
View ArticleMissing Christian Girls Leave Trail of Tears
When a young Christian girl goes missing in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, her family will call on a certain Muslim sheikh in the nearby town of El-Ameriya. The local Salafi leader, whose...
View ArticleThe Road to Fulfilling Election Promises
Kenya’s newly sworn-in President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta may be faced with a number of challenges, including an impending International Criminal Court case and a slow economy. But he must also tackle...
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Q&A: ‘Empowering Girls Alone Will Not Bring Social Change’
The Global Education First Initiative stands at the forefront of this week’s Learning Ministerial Meetings in Washington, D.C., underscoring the importance of education in the development of the global...
View ArticleMauritians Unprepared for Effects of Climate Change
Mauritius may be one of the best-prepared countries in the world when it comes to cyclones, but recent heavy rains and flooding due to climate change have brought the country’s readiness for coping...
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Luxury Homes Block Up Delta near Buenos Aires
Gated residential communities on the Paraná Delta have sprawled out of control in recent years, and are plugging up the local ecosystem and preventing the natural runoff of water that cushions the...
View ArticleLand, But No Paradise, for Brazil Massacre Survivors
The order came from the office of the governor of the northern Brazilian state of Pará, Almir Gabriel, at 5:00 PM on Apr. 17, 1996: clear route PA-150, the epicentre of social protests for land reform,...
View ArticleBipartisan Task Force on Torture Calls for U.S. Redemption
Former U.S. Republican Congressman Asa Hutchinson hopes his country can redeem itself after torturing an unknown but certainly large number of detainees. “There is no persuasive evidence in the public...
View ArticleOpposition Takes to the Streets to Demand Recount in Venezuela
Noisy pot-banging protests broke out in Venezuela’s cities to demand a recount of the votes from Sunday’s presidential elections, which leftwing candidate Nicolás Maduro won. Several people have been...
View ArticleHunger Strikes Put Guantanamo Back in the Spotlight
Public debate here over the military prison at Guantanamo Bay heated up again following Monday’s surprise publication of a highly charged article by an inmate at the prison, one of dozens currently...
View ArticleMore Diplomacy, Less Pressure Needed for Iran Settlement – Report
The administration of President Barack Obama should put more emphasis on diplomacy in its quest for a satisfactory resolution of Iran’s nuclear programme, according to a major new report released by...
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Should South African Taxpayers Subsidise Car-Making Robots?
If job creation is South Africa’s major social and economic priority, the country should be investing in people rather than in robots that populate the country’s highly-automated automotive...
View ArticleWhere Skis Replace Bullets
When 37-year-old Igor Urizar first happened upon the isolated mountain village of Penjwin, 300 kilometres northeast of Baghdad, he had a vision of this border-town — nestled in the pristine,...
View ArticleTime to Decolonise the World Social Forum
When participants at the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal, received word that former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down, swept away by a wave of popular resistance that brought...
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Q&A: Why ‘Rape Victims Must Talk About Their Trauma’
Rape is often perceived as an individual trauma, but in reality its impact extends far beyond a single person and instead affects entire communities, complicating the already challenging task of...
View ArticleNo Zimbabwe Media Reforms, Just More Intimidation
As Zimbabwe heads to the polls later this year, media analysts and journalists are concerned about increasing crackdowns on both the judiciary and the media. This comes as stalwarts from President...
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Meeting Terror With Defiance Ahead of Election
Bacha Khan Markaz, a two-storey building in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar, is abuzz with activity. Located deep in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, whose northwestern tip borders...
View ArticleFBI Release Boston Marathon Bomb Details
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents have said the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel, but said they...
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Maduro, Capriles and Wayward Democracy
When the left was in opposition in Latin America, it never tired of repeating that true democracy was not limited to electing governments at the ballot box. Democracy was also needed in the...
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