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In the Spring of 2020, through the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, grocery store shelves sat empty while local farms had…
Since the January 3, 2026, military strikes and kidnapping of President NicolĆ”s Maduro, the Trump administration has imposed semi-colonial rule over Venezuela,…
On 25 October, Brazilians will return to the polls to choose between President Luiz InĆ”cio Lula da Silva and FlĆ”vio Bolsonaro, son…
Ambassador Celso Amorim, special adviser to the presidency on international affairs, warned of the risk that the United States could interfere in…
Marcos RupĆ©rez Cerqueda spent years as an engineer on green hydrogen projects in Spain, installing electrolysers and fuel cells, before the numbers…
When the shrill of heavy earthmoving machinery crept towards Elias Mlamboās riverside banana plantations in February, the sudden brownish color of the…
The Horn of Africa is moving toward another potentially devastating war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. This danger did not emerge overnight. For…
On September 25, I attended a meeting between President Luiz InĆ”cio Lula da Silva and business leaders to discuss the outlook for…
It is commonly said that human beings, or at least many of us, can survive three minutes without oxygen, three days without…
Britainās energy giants stand to make huge profits in Venezuela amid a major diplomatic rapprochement between London and Caracas, it can be…
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