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Diego Maradona: Comrade of the Global South

By Dave Zirin on November 26, 2020

The world mourns today the passing of Diego Maradona, the soccer god and revolutionary from Argentina whose play inspired all manner of poetry and prose. (more…)

Saving and Offering Lives

By Graciela Ramirez on November 15, 2020

“We will demonstrate that there is a response to many of the planet’s tragedies.  We will (more…)

Argentina Votes at the UN against Venezuela: Not in Our Name

By Carlos Aznárez on October 6, 2020.

Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Hall at the UN in Geneva. Photo: UN

Since this article was written Alicia Castro, who was Argentina’s ambassador to Venezuela from 2006 to 2011, and recently appointed by the Argentine government as ambassador to (more…)

British Court Annuls Ruling Granting Guaidó Access to Venezuelan Gold

October 5, 2020

UK conservative PM Boris Johnson with want to be president Guaido

The Court of Appeals of England has annulled the decision granting the gold reserves of Venezuela to the opposition deputy Juan Guaidó, thus admitting the appeal filed by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV). (more…)

The United Nations at 75: Cooperation or Apocalypse

By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on September 24, 2020

Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS

This week the General Assembly of the United Nations will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the organization. (more…)

Sterilization of Migrant Women in U.S. Detention Centers Causes Outrage

By David Brooks, September 18, 2020

Illustration: John Holcroft

An accusation of large numbers of hysterectomies done without consent of the women in an immigrant detention (more…)

An Immense Unconnected Group of Islands

By Fernando Buen Abad on September 11, 2020

We are an immense cluster of unconnected communication initiatives. So much damage has been done by individualism, sectarianism and isolationism… (more…)

Julian Assange’s Trial Begins as the U.S. Adds Charges

By Marcelo Justo, on September 6, 2020

In the midst of a political and legal offensive by the Trump Administration, the trial for the extradition to the United (more…)

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