As the planet’s temperature rises, the climate emergency intensifies a little more each day. Heat waves, wildfires, floods and increasingly frequent and powerful hurricanes are costing billions of dollars and causing unprecedented human migration, fuelling conflicts...
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ALADAM, a Latin American Network of Accompaniment, is born
“Dying is not an illness to be treated, it is not a medical or health issue, it is a biological and biographical process of profound anthropological depth.” On 1 March 2022, ALADAM (Asociación Latinoamericana de Alivio al Duelo y Aceptación de la Muerte) was born in...
“Dangerous pesticides should be banned and agrochemical-free agriculture should be supported”.
Axel Kicillof’s government published a resolution to “geo-reference” the areas where agrochemicals are not allowed to be used. Each municipality will have to adhere voluntarily. Socio-environmental organisations point out that the National Constitution is clear and...
Eleven Arrestees Go To Court After Protesting Nuclear Weapons
Eleven (11) individuals who were arrested on August 2nd in front of the U.S. Mission calling for nuclear disarmament will appear in NYC Municipal Count on Monday, August 22, 2022. At the press conference the eleven will explain their reasons for drawing attention to...
Deputy Hirsch argues that the Right is trying to prevent citizens from being informed
The Comptroller General’s Office of the Republic has granted an injunction from Christian Democrat deputies against the Minister of the Presidency, Giorgio Jackson, in which it states that the government authority “did not comply with the requirement of independence”...
Lorena Corrias: “I don’t want to live in a world without Julian Assange”.
Every Saturday since 6 August, Lorena Corrias has been sitting in Como’s Piazza Verdi in an imaginary cell measuring two by three metres drawn on the ground, dressed in the orange uniform of the Guantanamo prisoners, in a non-violent protest demanding the release of...
Jesse Kinch Returns: Love It, Live It, Share It
Under a sky with an imposing full moon, the Jesse Kinch Returns concert offers more than just music—the gratitude and love from this talented artist are palpable at Long Island University’s Krasnoff Theater. A version of Jesse’s own Divine Comedy story and his triumph...
Montreal declaration for a Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence
On November 3, 2017, the Université de Montréal launched the co-construction process for the Montréal Declaration for a Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence (Montréal Declaration). A year later, the results of these citizen deliberations are public....
Chile at a dangerous crossroads
On 4 September, Chileans will decide whether to approve or reject the Magna Carta proposed by the 154 members of the Constituent Convention. Both options are the only ones available in this electoral call, so it is a fallacy or a mere electoral trick to call for...
Deputy Hirsch introduces bill for a Memorial in memory of victims of the Caravan of Death
Today a bill entered the National Congress to be processed, which authorises the erection of a Memorial and Memory Circuit in the Commune of La Reina, in memory of the victims thrown into the sea by the Chilean Army during the civil-military dictatorship. Between 1973...
Support for Angolan presidential candidate
In view of the upcoming presidential election to be held in Angola on the 24th of August, the International Federation of Humanist Parties (IHP), gives its full support to the candidacy of Dr. Florbela Malaquias of the Humanist Party of Angola. Punta de Vacas,...
“We are Bahá’is too”.
For weeks now, messages have been multiplying on social networks denouncing the repression and violation of human rights in Iran. Journalists, teachers, filmmakers, activists, etc. have been suffering persecution and arrests, seeing their homes demolished… or simply...