By Chakravarthi Raghavan and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) GENEVA and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2019 (IPS) – In Davos in late January, several powerful governments and their allies announced their intention to launch new negotiations on e-commerce. Unusually, the intention is to launch the…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos * The current situation in Venezuela is a tragedy in the making, and it will very likely cause the death of many innocent people. Venezuela is on the verge of foreign military intervention, and the ensuing bloodbath may take on dramatic proportions.
By Federico Mayor Zaragoza* Suddenly -said Leonardo Da Vinci- there are no poor and rich, no young and old, no white and black on board… only a bunch of passengers toiling, working together to survive, to avoid a shipwreck. This is the advice we should convey today through…
By Idriss Jazairy* GENEVA, Feb 4 2019 (IPS) – The count down towards a tragic outcome in Venezuela has started. All outside powers express what they say is a shared concern for its peace-loving people that has the misfortune of sitting on what is maybe the largest oil reserves…
Opinion, Zhiqun Zhu* – Newsweek Chinese President Xi Jinping’s January 2 speech on Taiwan triggered a new round of heated debates about China-Taiwan relations. Those who do not support Taiwan-China unification believe a democracy should not be devoured by an authoritarian…
Editorial As the first leader of the Catholic church to visit the Arabian peninsula, Francis knows his contact with Muslims will be as important as the mass he hosts for the Christian minority Pope Francis’s visit to the United Arab Emirates this week will be greeted…
By Simon Lewis, Alexander Koch, Mark Maslin and Chris Brierley – The Conversation While Europe was in the early days of the Renaissance, there were empires in the Americas sustaining more than 60m people. But the first European contact in 1492 brought diseases to the Americas…
By Miguel González* – El País, Spain –US Embassy in Madrid notified Spanish government before Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president — We are under a lot of pressure, I won’t tell you from whom but you can figure it out : Foreign Minister Josep Borrell The US…
Opinion, By Amina J. Mohammed* UNITED NATIONS, Feb 1 2019 (IPS) – After flying into the city of Bol in the Republic of Chad, over the lush fields and receding lakes, we landed to a rapturous welcome from traditional rulers and local women. Their faces reflected a hope and…
Opinion of William Lambers* – Newsweek The government shutdown over President Trump’s border wall has ended, but not before causing a hunger crisis. Federal workers who lost income from the shutdown had to turn to foodbanks for support.
