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Getty and Unsplash+. Growing up in Venezuela and now living in the United States, I’ve always felt caught between two independence days: July 4th and July 5th. Two celebrations. Two flags. Two very different ideas of what it means to be free. In the U.S., the Fourth...

Photo by Tim Mossholder I thought I knew myself pretty well, but then this old-age thing hit . . . hard. Both physically and psychologically. I’m still in Appleton, Wisconsin as I write, awaiting my second cataract surgery, right eye, tomorrow. The first one went...

Photograph Source: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street – OGL In a few days’ time the Labour party will be celebrating the first anniversary of its landslide 125-seat victory in the 2024 UK general election. For now though there seems little to celebrate. Keir Starmer...

Image by kaleb tapp. It’s late afternoon, and most of the cars are pulling out of the parking lot behind a nondescript office building in Whippany, New Jersey, as I arrive. Our small group has been gathering here since March, so we know the drill. After some quick...

Photograph Source: Eden, Janine and Jim – CC BY 2.0 The Supreme Court’s first chief justice, John Jay, would have empathized with the billionaires who’ve been freaking out ever since Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York last Tuesday. “Those...

Photograph Source: MSC / Preiss – CC BY 3.0 de An angry argument is currently raging over the extent of the damage inflicted on Iran’s nuclear capabilities by the American attacks on Iran’s three principal declared nuclear sites. While the argument is relevant, the...

Honduras continúa fortaleciendo la refundación energética, a través del socialismo democrático, cuyo modelo económico recupera las empresas estatales al servicio del pueblo hondureño. La entrada <font color="#0ac600">Honduras</font>: histórica licitación...

Aunque sin mucha sorpresa, fue aprobada la Rendición de Cuentas correspondiente al año 2024 con los votos del Frente Amplio y cabildo abierto (negociación mediante). La entrada <font color="#0ac600">Uruguay</font>, Rendición de Cuentas 2024: gastaron más y...

Aunque sin mucha sorpresa, fue aprobada la Rendición de Cuentas correspondiente al año 2024 con los votos del Frente Amplio y cabildo abierto (negociación mediante). La entrada <font color="#0ac600">Uruguay</font>, Rendición de Cuentas 2024: gastaron más y...

Image by Winston Chen. Beijing President Xi Jinping has put the Chinese military in the crosshairs as he proves once again that Mao Zedong’s metaphor, power is gained through the barrel of a gun, remains as relevant today as it was when the communists took power in...

Image by kaleb tapp. It’s late afternoon, and most of the cars are pulling out of the parking lot behind a nondescript office building in Whippany, New Jersey, as I arrive. Our small group has been gathering here since March, so we know the drill. After some quick...

Image by Winston Chen. Beijing President Xi Jinping has put the Chinese military in the crosshairs as he proves once again that Mao Zedong’s metaphor, power is gained through the barrel of a gun, remains as relevant today as it was when the communists took power in...