Over the years, Russia’s participation in the meeting of League of Arab States (LAS), that consists of a host of Middle Eastern and North African countries, the discussions focused on their regional conflicts, its implications and impact on development. It… Kester...
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Popular protest in Sri Lanka over widespread crisis
The General Medical Officers Association (GMOA) accused the government of jeopardising Sri Lanka’s renowned universal healthcare system, which gives all citizens access to free state healthcare. “Both the government and health ministry have failed to prevent a...
We will be forced to become globally conscious if we do not want to become extinct as a species.
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty organised an international discussion on the state of the world’s access to health technologies to address the pandemic. The following is a statement by Marianella Kloka (member of pressenza’s greek editorial team). Hello…...
Greece Using Other Migrants to Expel Asylum Seekers
Greek security forces are employing third country nationals, men who appear to be of Middle Eastern or South Asian origin, to push asylum seekers back at the Greece-Turkey land border, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The… Human Rights Watch
40K + support Candidate Ana Maria Archila for Lt. Governor
On April 3rd, Ana Maria Archila celebrated more than 40K signatures that her volunteers collected in her bid to be a Lt. Governor. The party was in Terraza 7, a bar in Jackson Heights, a well-known Colombian neighborhood in Queens,… Jhon Sánchez
“Conflicts should be resolved through negotiations, not war.”
The following interview was conducted by Reiner Braun, Executive Director of the International Peace Bureau, 1910 Nobel Prize winning organization over e-mail in recent days with Oleg Bodrov and Yurii Sheliakhenko, two peace activists from Russia and Ukraine...
Young combatants in Chile, yesterday and today were violated by the State
An altar has been lit up in Estación Central on the evening of every 29th March for 37 years. Near the corner of 5 de Abril and Las Rejas they celebrate the life of Rafael and Pablo Vergara Toledo and… Redacción Chile
OAS: “Yes, there were human rights violations in Bolivia during 2019”.
The Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS) received on 02 March the Final Report of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI-Bolivia) on the massacres, extra-summary executions and other human rights violations that occurred in...
NATO’s internal gold war: Brexit negotiations still inconclusive
Brexitology has largely focused on the UK’s fish, but has completely ignored the EU’s gigantic gold reserves, supposedly still held in safe custody at the Bank of England. To make matters worse, a no-deal divorce between the UK and the… Redacción Barcelona
Face 2 Face with Durga McBroom
LIVE SHOW on Wednesday, April 6 at 12 (noon) In this show, we speak with Durga McBroom, singer, songwriter, and actress who has performed backing vocals for Pink Floyd and is a member of the house music band Blue Pearl, best known… Pressenza New York
Statistical deception
We only know bits and pieces of information. The most important things are left in the dark. In developing countries, it often happens that the authorities decide public policies on the basis of the convenience of like-minded sectors. This manipulation… Carolina...
What caused Sri Lanka’s disaster?
If I say Facebook did it, people would wonder if I have developed some mental illness. If I say IMF and World Bank did it, economics buffs would cringe, because they were not even in the picture, at least directly.… Pressenza New York