Iran-Venezuela after Chávez, still an indissoluble bond?
There was national mourning and a ceremony in a Catholic church in Tehran to sanctify the ties with the Venezuela of Hugo Chávez, the president who, according to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “was the symbol…
Orientalism in Africa? The ICC and the case of Laurent Gbagbo
Let us imagine for a moment that at the November 1945 Nuremburg trials, which were held so as to condemn those responsible for instigating World War II and the Holocaust, a Prosecutor decided,…
Fórum pela Paz na Colômbia reúne organizações em Porto Alegre
Centenas de pessoas e movimentos sociais se reúnem para apoiar o fim do conflito armado colombiano. Está prevista uma videoconferência com representantes do governo colombiano e das Farc. Baixar (1’36” / 375 Kb)…
Plano Director do ProSAVANA é criticado pela sociedade civil
Fuga de um exemplar do Plano Director para o programa ProSAVANA no Norte de Moçambique confirma o pior; grupos da sociedade civil dizem que o plano secreto abre o caminho para a…
Why France doesn’t want to let Aminata Traoré in and Germany allowed her only inside Berlin
Malian writer, activist, former member of government Aminata Traoré is unwelcome in France, and, thanks to the ‘open borders’ of the Schengen Area, she is persona non grata in pretty much all of…
Revolução dos Cravos sob a sombra da troika
A tradicional comemoração do levante contra a ditadura corporativista (1926-1974) de Portugal deixou de ser uma celebração popular e se transformou em uma data simbólica para enormes manifestações contra a política de austeridade…
Genocide Trial of Former Dictator Ríos Montt Suspended After Intervention by Guatemalan President
Source: Democracy Now A historic trial against former U.S.-backed Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity came to an abrupt end Thursday when an appeals court suspended…
Introducing BRICS from above and BRICS-from-below
There seem to be three narratives about BRICS. The first is promotional and mainly comes from government and allied intellectuals; the second perspective is uncertainty, typical of fence-sitting scholars and NGOs; and the…
