Several hundred people marched through the southern Ecuadorean city of Cuenca to protest the Ibero-American Summit, reports Ben Radford.
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While electric cars are often touted as the future of transport and a crucial part of the effort to reach “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions, in reality they are not a meaningful solution, argues Ben Radford.
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The United Nations General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution calling on the United States to end its 62-year blockade of Cuba. Out of the 193 member countries, only Israel and the US voted against the resolution, with Moldova abstaining, reports Ben Radford.
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Nicolas Calabrese, coordinator of the Emancipa Popular Education Movement in Brazil spoke to Green Left’s Ben Radford about the struggle for the right to university education in Brazil.
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Thousands of workers went on strike across Peru, followed by nationwide protests, to demand that Congress repeal laws that favour organised crime and criminalise the right to protest, and call on the government to take action against worsening extortion and violence, reports Ben Radford.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro gave an impassioned speech at the opening ceremony of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) which takes place in Cali, Colombia until November 1, reports Ben Radford.
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The Peruvian government will send a delegation to the International Mining and Resources Conference to be held in Sydney over October 29‒31, to promote foreign investment in the country’s mining sector, reports Ben Radford.
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Transport workers in Peru’s Lima and Callao region went on strike on October 10–11 to demand that the government act against the worsening violence and extortion that workers face at the hands of organised crime groups, reports Ben Radford.
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More than 300,000 fires have burned more than 80 million hectares and claimed hundreds of lives across South America this year, reports Ben Radford.
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Israel has faced little condemnation from Western political elites and mainstream media for its genocidal war on the Palestinians because they uncritically accept the Zionist myths used to justify Israel’s ongoing colonisation and genocide. Ben Radford reviews Ilan Pappe's 10 Myths About Israel.
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Thousands rallied across Peru for International Safe Abortion Day on September 28, demanding the right to safe, accessible abortions. Hundreds marched through the capital, Lima, under the banner of “The Right to Decide”, reports Ben Radford.
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Thousands of Colombians mobilised across the country on September 19 in defence of the government’s pension reforms and to reject the attempts by right-wing forces to oust President Gustavo Petro, reports Ben Radford.