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Maracaibo, Venezuela – The journey from the Venezuelan capital of Caracas to the coastal city of Maracaibo should only take about nine hours. For Maria Corina Machado, however, it took closer to 12. Machado, a popular opposition leader, had hit the road in the final days of Venezuela’s presidential race to campaign on behalf of…
Members of the indigenous guard of the native community of Puerto Nuevo, of the Amazonian Kakataibo people, located in the central-eastern jungle of Peru. Credit: Courtesy of Marcelo Odicio by Mariela Jara (lima) Friday, July 26, 2024 Inter Press Service LIMA, Jul 26 (IPS) – The invasion of lands inhabited by Amazon indigenous communities is growing…
Protesters during an anti-government demonstration in Nairobi. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Stephanie Musho (nairobi) Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jul 23 (IPS) – The resolution to the ongoing Kenyan crisis that has since morphed into an anti-government movement is not as simplistic as the withdrawal of the punitive Finance Bill 2024 as has lately been suggested by…
When Mr. Mandela addressed the Assembly in October 1994, he received a hero’s welcome. History was unfolding as he took his place on the dais in the white leather chair reserved for Heads of State and Government. Cheers erupted as he approached the podium. A collective standing ovation rose across the Assembly Hall. Indeed, the…
Opinion by Mouin Rabbani (montreal, canada) Thursday, July 18, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTREAL, Canada, Jul 18 (IPS) – Usama bin Laden once claimed that the seeds of 9/11 were planted in 1982 as he watched the scenes of mass slaughter emerging out of Beirut’s Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps, the bloody conclusion of that summer’s…