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The new constitution was rejected as an expression of the growing discontent among Chileans regarding the general direction of social liberalism.
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The people of Bolivia and Chile imagine a different kind of extraction: one that is controlled by those who live by the resources and one that does not destroy the earth.
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Scientific advances are not always linear; they zigzag in unexpected ways. This is particularly true of genetics, which has a dark history of being coopted into eugenics and race science.
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Russia and the West have signaled their intent to commit to a long-term confrontation over Ukraine. While Russia has clearly felt the effect of sanctions, the EU remains vulnerable to Russian attempts to use energy to divide member states.
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About a third of the world’s lithium comes from Chile. The needs of the people of Chile seem to only come after the needs of the large corporations.
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The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of a pattern of American exceptionalism that harms people in both the U.S. and the rest of the world.
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The othering of non-white, non-European people serves to diminish the reality of their suffering.
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With myriad economic problems that Cuba faces, Díaz-Canel, in line with his predecessors Fidel and Raúl Castro, has renewed the principle of self-reliance. The vaccines are the biggest testimonies.
Continue readingWashington Watches as China and Latin America Deepen Their Ties
Foreign policy experts in the United States have alerted to the growing economic relationship between Latin America and China, a trend only expected to increase in the coming period.
Continue readingLabor and Workers’ Rights Are at the Heart of Chile’s New Constitutional Convention
Even the workers in the Constitutional Convention process are themselves organizing a union.
Continue readingCan Israel Stop the World from Saying ‘Apartheid’? Concealing the Suffering in Palestine
“Israel’s civilian administration and military authorities, as well as governmental and quasigovernmental institutions, are involved in the enforcement of the system of apartheid against Palestinians,” Amnesty International concluded.
Continue readingThe U.S. Makes a Mockery of Treaties and International Law
The United States claims it is operating under a “rules-based order”—but the term is not the same international law recognized by the rest of the world. Rather, it is camouflage behind which American exceptionalism flourishes.
Continue readingChile Is at the Political Crossroads: Social Renewal or Decades of Painful Neoliberal Policy
Presidential candidate José Antonio Kast reflects the failure of Chile to prosecute those who violated the rights of Chileans during the 30 years of Pinochet’s rule.
Continue readingThe Judicial Kidnapping of Julian Assange
What was truly shocking in the British court verdict was that the judges showed no hesitation in sending Julian Assange to his death, living or otherwise. They offered no mitigation, no suggestion that they had agonized over legalities or even basic morality.
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