Month: <span>November 2019</span>

Evo Morales won the presidential elections of 2005 with 53.5% of the votes. His victory was the result of the accumulation of social movements against the neoliberalist regime set up in the country in 1985 that generated cracks in this economic model, creating public mobilizations in different fronts. That regime blew up in 2003. The…

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Those working in international affairs would not be surprised to observe that a small number of countries and institutions spearhead a “global peace policy agenda”. In reality, several asymmetries in peacemaking knowledge and decision-making demonstrate that the adjective “global” is merely cosmetic. Within the United Nations, this historic inequity is clearly reflected in the way…

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It’s only been one day since Chelsea Handler decided to end her Netflix show after two seasons, and she’s already crushing her goal to become more politically involved. The comedian took to Twitter to announce that she’s donating one million dollars to aid the relief effort in Puerto Rico. “I just gave 1,000,000 dollars to Unidos…

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Hugh Jackman is celebrating his birthday today! The versatile and Golden Globe-winning actor is turning 49, and we’re sure he’s ringing in the special day with a bit of Jackman-esque whimsy. We’ve been keeping up with the Australian actor’s Instagram feed from the beginning, and it’s been a constant flow of Jackman’s dapperness mixed in…

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The Conners are back and loving it! On the eve of Roseanne‘s 29th anniversary, EW is proud to share this exclusive image of the original cast reuniting for the first table read of the revival’s premiere episode, which is titled “Twenty Years to Life.” In the laughter-filled behind-the-scenes photo above, star and executive producer Roseanne…

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In case you needed another reason to follow Lin-Manuel Miranda’s star-studded For Puerto Rico Spotify playlist (it supports hurricane relief efforts!), the Hamilton creator has sweetened the deal big time. After he announced that Spotify will make a contribution to the Hispanic Federation UNIDOS Disaster Relief Fund on behalf of playlist followers earlier this month,…

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‘Laudato Si’, considered by environmentalists all around the world as the “Green Encyclical, has become a work read by Christians and non-Christians alike in all corners of the world. In it, Pope Francis calls on us all to take care of our “Common Home” and all that exists in it.  In his call, the Pope…

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Despite widespread opposition among the residents of Europe, the European Union is set to grant anti-trust approval of a $62.5 billion merger between German chemical giant Bayer and the U.S-based Monsanto, according to reports on Wednesday. “The European Commission should stop this merger from hell.”—Joerg Rohwedder, WeMove.eu Reuters reported that sources familiar with the review expect…

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Providing the clearest indication yet that he is rapidly “putting together a war cabinet,” President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Thursday night that John Bolton—described by one commentator as the “most reckless and consistently wrongheaded extremist in American public life”—will replace H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser early next month. “Bolton now represents…

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Preliminary results from Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Austria point towards a 31-year-old immigration hardliner becoming the country’s next leader and his conservative party forming a coalition with the neo-Nazi linked Freedom Party. Millennial Sebastian Kurz’s People’s Party (OVP)—which he’s moved further to the right—took in 31.6 percent of the vote, while the Social Democrats and…

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