By Gianni Beretta
At least 1,400 young pandilleros were arrested in El Salvador in some 50 public order operations throughout the country. This happened in the first three days of the 'state of exception' adopted by the President of the...
On March 29th, 2022, Parliamentaries from all over the world met at an international gathering focused on the greatest good of the planet: water.
"Let's free water from the stock market!" was the international meeting's telling title.
From Belgium, Cameroun, Chile,...
By Maurizio Sacchi
The Department of Correction, South Carolina's prison authority, announced last Friday that it was preparing to carry out death sentences by firing squad. The decision and the measure were taken in order to circumvent the obstacles that...
In the past 72 years, 71 peacekeeping missions have been deployed by the United Nations. As of March 2022, the UN has 12 active operations, employing more than 90,000 military personnel from national armies around the world, UN police...
"The first victim of conflicts is always the truth"
- Ivo Andrič
By Emanuele Giordana*
The wars of the 21st century have more eyes upon them than they did in the 20th. Perhaps, therefore, able to mitigate Ivo Andrič's famous aphorism that...
"Twelve proposals and an outline of analysis. I have tried," writes Giovanni Scotto, associate professor at the University of Florence, "to articulate an argument about the Russian invasion in Ukraine, and the peaceful and effective actions we can take....
By Carlotta Zaccarelli
A medal for indigenous merit. This is the recognition awarded to the Brazilian president on 15 March. It was awarded by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security for his "important selfless services in favour of the...
According to the evidence published by the German newspaper Die Spiegel, Fabrice Leggeri - the head of the European agency FRONTEX (European Border and Coast Guard Agency) - was aware of the repatriations taking place at sea by Greek...
New York, Mar 11 2022 (IPS) - By Samira Sadeque
Countries on the African continent have a pattern of a six-month break before a new COVID-19 spike happens, researchers at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change have said in...
By Alice Pistolesi
The suffering of the Syrian population continues unabated. On Wednesday 9 March, Paulo Pinheiro, chairman of the UN International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, described the impact of the 11-year conflict on communities as "devastating" at a...
