Editorial Brazil’s far-right populist president has encouraged the wanton destruction of the world’s greatest forest. He has been humbled but not stopped As Donald Trump’s America retreats from global leadership, coalitions of like-minded nations are attempting to limit the damage.… Continue Reading
Danny Holt* – Newsweek Last Monday, the Trump administration announced a new expedited removal policy, expanding the Department of Homeland Security’s power to deport more immigrants with increased speed. This news comes on the heels of a series of raids… Continue Reading
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* The words that come to mind the most are astonishment and perplexity. The Brazilian government has slipped into the abyss of absurdity, into an absolute trivialization of abuse and aggression, into a gross violation of… Continue Reading
MARIANNA BIRÓ – Index, Budapest Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament and chairman of Fidesz’s governing board László Kövér said that the establishment of administrative courts was only taken off the agenda until the international disputes around Hungary’s rule-of-law situation settle.… Continue Reading
Tom Phillips* – The Guardian Protests, scandals, corruption claims, allegations of mafia links … ‘It’s the worst start to a presidency’ in decades, says pollster Brazil was just weeks from last year’s electoral earthquake when rock legend Lobão sat down… Continue Reading
Glenn Greenwald, Leandro Demori, Betsy Reed – The Intercept How and Why The Intercept Is Reporting on a Vast Trove of Materials About Brazil’s Operation Car Wash and Justice Minister Sergio Moro Análisis Part 1 A massive archive of previously… Continue Reading
By Ellen Brown * – WEB OF DEBT BLOG This article is excerpted from my new book Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age, available in paperback June 1. The U.S. federal debt has more than doubled since the 2008… Continue Reading
By Peter Foster* – The Telegraph When the Hungarian branch of the Union of European Federalists decided to meet and discuss the new challenges facing EU democracy, its secretary-general was expecting a spirited debate. Eszter Nagy invited the main political… Continue Reading
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,… Continue Reading
By Vijai Maheshwari* – POLITICO Will a media, metal and aviation tycoon be the big winner of the Ukrainian election? KIEV — With the second round of Ukraine’s critical presidential election less than a week away, it’s looking increasingly likely… Continue Reading
By Nelsy Lizarazo* ~Pressenza, International Press Agency 12.04.2019 – Quito, Ecuador Pressenza interviewed Javier Arcentales Illescas, Human Mobility Advisor of the Ombudsman’s Office of Ecuador, an institution that spoke today about the detention of Julian Assange, at the consulate of… Continue Reading
By Claire Provost and Mary Fitzgerald (*) – openDemocracy MEPs call for action as openDemocracy analysis reveals ‘shocking’ flows of cash crossing the Atlantic to push ultra-conservative agendas 27 March 2019 (openDemocracy)* — US Christian right ‘fundamentalists’ linked to the Trump administration and Steve… Continue Reading
By Frank Bruni*, Opinion Columnist – The New York Times A new college admissions scandal is just the latest proof of a grossly uneven playing field One of the funniest stories I ever heard about the college admissions madness came… Continue Reading
