Earlier this month, the Trump administration bombed a civilian boat in the Caribbean, after sending warships to the region. āInstead of interdictingā…
This February, Franceās Minister of the Interior GĆ©rald Darmanin unveiled plans forĀ a large-scale military operationĀ against migrants in Mayotte. The island chain hosts…
This January, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and around 60 Republican legislators held a press conference in Eagle Pass, Texas, accusing President Joe Biden…
This fall, the military junta in Niger compelled France to agree to withdraw its ambassador and 1,500 soldiers from the country. The…
This June, the Swiss journalist Maurine Mercier found several United States citizens fighting in Ukraine under the guise of humanitarian work. āAll…
This spring, the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan GuaidĆ³ delivered a solemn address to the international press in Miami, Florida. Claiming his life…
This spring, Lockheed Martin is expanding operations to meet Ukraineās demand for arms. In recent months, its Camden, Arkansas, plant won nearlyĀ a…
In early January, Nicaraguan officials assaulted political activistĀ Edder MuƱoz CentenoĀ in La Granja, a prison in the department of Granada. First, they confiscated…
Fifty years after Allendeās election, ordinary Chileans are pursuing revolutionary change following a strategy reminiscent of the vĆa chilena. And as in the Chilean Revolution, change has come from the bottom
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