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Deforestation in the Amazon
The Guardian has a short recap of environmental milestones of this decade – from deforestation in the Amazon to the heat wave in Europe in 2003 to Hurricane Katrina to the rapid decline in food supplies across the world....
As if giving time to golpista dictators or Charles fucking Krauthammer wasn’t enough – the Washington Post is talking about Venezuela (excuse me, Hugo Chávez) again. As a former resident of the Washington area (Manassas, if you must know), the WaPo...
The 64th meeting of the UN is now in session (check the webcast here). With Day One over, I decided to keep track of what our dear heads of state had to say about the more pressing events happening in the Western Hemisphere. Everyone loves the...
The 64th meeting of the UN is now in session (check the webcast here). Everyone loves the environment, peace and economic recovery. But what do they have to say about the situation in Honduras? A crisis that, like the rest, does have an impact on the...
It has been a stellar couple of weeks for Bolivian president Evo Morales. He’s leading the polls for the upcoming presidential election. He just negotiated his debt with Spain and delivered a speech at Leganés in Madrid (check out Machetera’s...
