Throughout Central America extreme inequality along with ruthless and repressive governments have led to a pathological politics
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Argentinean Soccer Team cancels Israel Match to avoid “Sports-Washing” Apartheid
Palestinians have thanked the Argentinian football team and star forward Lionel Messi for cancelling their friendly match with Israel
Having had Green Electricity for 300 days, Costa Rica Moves to EVs
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Costa Rica, which has among the cleanest electrical grids in the world, has just passed a law promoting electric vehicles. The transportation sector in this Central American country of 5 million is heavily dependent on dirty petroleum and accounts for about half of its emissions of […]
Brazil: Huge Solar Plant to help get to 45% Renewables by 2030
AFP News Agency | (Video News Clip) | – – “Brazil has lagged far behind in the shift to solar power, but the biggest facility on the continent now being built in the south-east aims to give the country its place in the sun.” AFP: “Huge solar plant aims for brighter Brazil energy production”
A Visit to Heaven and Hell: Galeano
By Eduardo Galeano | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – [The following passages are excerpted from Hunter of Stories, the last book by Eduardo Galeano, who died in 2015. Thanks for its use go to his literary agent, Susan Bergholz, and Nation Books, which is publishing it next week.] [The following passages are excerpted from Hunter […]
JFK Files Reveal US Mulled Use of Biological Weapons in Cuba
TeleSur | – – During a top-level meeting, U.S. officials warned against the possibility of it being traced back to the United States. The recently published JFK files have shed further light on U.S. plans to use biological weapons as part of its Cuban Project, an agricultural sabotage plot against the socialist country. During a […]
Much of U.S.’s Puerto Rico “Destroyed” by 138 mi/hr Storm, Pleads with Trump for Aid
Climate Scientists predicted serial Super-Storms decades ago
Book-Burning, Trump’s Torchbearers & Reading Donald Duck
We thought the days of book-burning ended with the defeat of Hitler, but with Trump they might be back
Sint Maarten: Live footage of Hurricane Irma destroying the Maho Beach WebCam
PTZtv | Webcam video | – – “Live footage of Hurricane Irma destroying the MahoBeachCam.com camera located at AAA Rent-A-Car in St Maarten. We will rebuild!” Live footage as Hurricane Irma destroys Maho Beach Cam in St Maarten 9/6/2017 NB. I was in Sint Maarten in June, and here are two pictures of Maho Beach, […]
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