Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Brazilian officials on Monday blamed years of government cutbacks for an inferno that gutted the treasured National Museum, described by President Michel Temer as a “tragic” loss of knowledge and heritage. Even before the embers had begun to cool Monday, grief over the huge cultural loss gave way to anger […]
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Palestine Recognized as Sovereign State by Outgoing Colombia Government
Bogota (AFP) – Colombia recognized Palestine as a sovereign state in the days before new President Ivan Duque took office, according to a letter from the foreign ministry made public on Wednesday. “I would like to inform you that in the name of the government of Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos has decided to recognize […]
Leftist Wave sweeps Mexico: Can Lopez Obrador take on Corruption, Poverty… & Trump?
Lopez Obrador also benefited from widespread voter anger at the establishment political parties
Nicaragua’s People Power at the Barricades again, this Time against Ortega
If Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega refuses to leave office we may see more killings, beatings, and jailings
Look Deeper: Child Detention and the US’s Paramilitary Politics Abroad
Throughout Central America extreme inequality along with ruthless and repressive governments have led to a pathological politics
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 […]
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