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Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, August 19, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug 19 (IPS) – There was an unusual sense of hope going into Venezuela’s 28 July presidential election. Democracy seemed on the horizon. María Corina Machado, the opposition’s rallying figure, had inspired a rare level of enthusiasm, promising millions of…
Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Friday, August 16, 2024 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug 16 (IPS) – During the first half of the 20th century, antisemitism was endemic in Europe and eventually burst out in full force when Nazi-Germany and its collaborators between 1941 and 1945 systematically (and well-documented) murdered six million Jews across…
Opinion by Anis Chowdhury – Khalilur Rahman – Ziauddin Hyder (sydney, new york, washington dc) Friday, August 16, 2024 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON DC, Aug 16 (IPS) – Bangladesh has become increasingly indebted since 2009. The country’s external debt stock increased from US$23.3 billion in 2008 to US$100.6 billion in December 2023 (see…
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of 21 infectious diseases that affect 1.65 billion people around the world and can disable, disfigure, and be fatal Opinion by Thoko Elphick Pooley (hove, united kingdom) Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Inter Press Service HOVE, United Kingdom, Aug 14 (IPS) – The outgoing Executive Director of Uniting to…
Record-breaking rainfall and flooding are increasingly threatening our ability to grow essential crops like wheat, soybeans, and maize. Credit: Shutterstock Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, us) Friday, August 09, 2024 Inter Press Service Record-breaking rain, flooding events, and other weather impacts people and our ability to grow crops successfully, including wheat, soybeans, maize, and vegetable…