Hope in the Andes: What Ollanta Humala’s Victory Means for Peru
Peru's election of Ollanta Humala puts him among a growing number of leftist presidents in Latin America and offers hope to the poorest sectors of Peruvian society.
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Western Sahara Refugees Host International Film Festival in the Desert
Western Sahara’s eighth Sahara International Film Festival the world's most remote film festival, took place in early May this year deep in the Algerian desert.
Haiti: Homes and Land Are Sources of Life
During the International Forum on the Crisis of Housing, held in Port-au-Prince, hundreds of Haitians, plus allies from around the Americas, developed strategies to force a solution to Haiti’s greatest crisis: homelessness.
Middle East: Who Cares What Obama Says?
Source: The Independent
This month, in the Middle East, has seen the unmaking of the President of the United States. More than that, it has witnessed the lowest prestige of America in the region since Roosevelt met King Abdul Aziz on the USS Quincy in the Great Bitter Lake in 1945.
While Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu played out their farce in Washington – Obama grovelling as usual – the Arabs got on with the serious business of changing their world, demonstrating and fighting and dying for freedoms they have never possessed. Obama waffled on about change in the Middle East – and about America’s new role in the region. It was pathetic. “What is this ‘role’ thing?” an Egyptian friend asked me at the weekend. “Do they still believe we care about what they think?”
Blood in the Amazon: Brazilian Activists Murdered as Deforestation Increases
The recent murder of two environmental activists took place the same day the Brazilian Congress passed legislation that would allow agribusinesses and ranchers to clear even more land in the Amazon.
The Arrest and Coming Trial of Ratko Mladic: A Step Forward for World Law
On May 26, 2011, President Boris Tadic of Serbia announced the arrest of General Ratko Mladic, the Yugoslav general who had been charged by the War Crimes Tribunal for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.