Roberto Savio* When all is said and done, it appears that Thomas Hobbes, the 17th century English philosopher who had a dire vision of man, was not totally wrong. From the frivolous to the serious, in just a week we have had four items of news which would not happen in a normal…
By John Washington – The Nation Emiliano Monge’s novel Among the Lost leads a reader through the hellish migrant trail from the perspective of its most amoral agents. Sometimes a national conversation, no matter its constant news coverage, remains—at least for those not directly…
Alberto Nardelli* – BuzzFeed News A close aide to Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini held covert talks to pump Russian oil money to his far-right party. BuzzFeed News has the tape Six men sat down for a business meeting on the morning of October 18 last year, amid the…
By Peter Adwok NYABA * It isn’t possible that people who’ve been struggling together against a common enemy for nearly six decades could turn in the end against themselves as if nothing strategic bounded them together. Many people in the civilized world find it difficult to…
By Sarah Saadoun* – Newsweek There is a bitter irony to the White House’s newly released economic development plan for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Titled “Peace to Prosperity,” the plan was devised by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, along…
By Ernesto Lodoño y Leticia Casado – The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — Leaked private messages among law enforcement officials in Brazil have called into question the integrity of a vast corruption investigation that roiled the country’s political establishment and rippled…
By Roberto Savio * The terrible feeling I had on waking up and seeing the Italian voting results at the recent European elections was that my country was suddenly full of strangers. How could the majority of Italians reconfirm a government which has been the most inefficient in…
By Peter Maurer* STOCKHOLM, May 22 2019 (IPS) – The connection of humanitarian action to broader objectives like peace, development and human rights is understandably complex, but it is also an area in which some fresh thinking is important. The dilemma we are facing today is…
Stefania Maurizi* – Newsweek “Man is least himself when he talks with his own person. Give a man a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” This famous quote from Oscar Wilde resounded in my head when, wandering around Venice in the spring of 2013, I stumbled into a workshop…
By Letícia Casado and Manuela Andreoni – The New York Times BRASÍLIA, Brazil — When a Brazilian Supreme Court justice blocked the publication of an article about corruption that named a fellow judge, the backlash on social media was swift. Three days later, the justice…
