Stock photo from the headquarters of the Supreme Court of Brazil. Source: STF Brasil On Friday, March 7, Brazil’s Supreme Court First Panel reached a majority decision, with Justices Flávio Dino and Cristiano Zanin voting to uphold Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ February 21 order to suspend the Canadian social media platform Rumble in Brazil until […]
A young man sports a Tupac (2Pac) Shakur t-shirt in Parque Carolina (Quito, Ecuador) Photo: Julian Cola Cruising the streets of Quito, it’s my distinct impression that the top five music artists or groups, their name or image printed on fans’ t-shirts, are Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses, and Tupac (2Pac) Shakur.
Part One LISTENING TO THE POOR –September’s enormous march, October’s blockades, and the assassination attempt against Evo Morales met with thousands of Indigenous standing guard “For them –for this kind of government– we are worth nothing. So who are we, then? Do we not eat? Do we not know how to speak?” –A
Below is a statement emitted by ALBA Movimientos in responses to comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, in which he threatened the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Panama, and its operation of the Panama Canal. Days after a new anniversary of the Invasion of Panama perpetrated by the United States Army on December 20, 1989,
U.S. organizations are observing this year’s International Human Rights Day with a call to end the cruel unilateral coercive measures targeting Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Human Rights Day is celebrated annually on December 10, the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A week of actions against sanctions will demand an
With three months before crucial presidential elections, Ecuador is engulfed by scandalous revelations that question the actions of US-backed Attorney General Diana Salazar and showcase the deep corruption of the country’s current neoliberal period. According to thousands of chats leaked from the phone of murdered presidential candidate and FBI informant Fernando Villavicencio, Salazar has systematically
The people of the United States and most of the rest of the world woke up this week to the last news they wanted to hear. Not only had Donald J Trump presiding over a proto-fascist Maga mass movement been elected president of the United States, he will enjoy a comfortable Republican majority in the
On October 6, millions of Brazilians will head to the polls to elect 5,569 mayors and roughly 58,000 city councilors.
Despite significant PR support from the world’s richest man
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