Credit: Emmanuel Andres/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Thursday, January 18, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan 18 (IPS) – Guatemala’s new president,…
Read more Guatemala’s Chance for a New BeginningCredit: Jenny Evans/Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, November 20, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Nov 20 (IPS) – Australia had the chance to…
Read more Australia: Reconciliation Back to Square One?Credit: Tomás Cuesta/Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, November 03, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Nov 03 (IPS) – For many of Argentina’s voters…
Read more Argentina: Unpalatable Choices in Election Plagued with UncertaintyOpinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, October 27, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 27 (IPS) – In response to lawsuits brought by LGBTQI+ activists, the…
Read more Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ PeopleOpinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 24 (IPS) – Brazil’s Supreme Court has delivered a long-awaited ruling upholding…
Read more Brazil: A Step Forward for Indigenous Peoples RightsOpinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep 26 (IPS) – Maryam al-Khawaja’s journey home ended before it had begun:…
Read more Bahrains Political Prisoners: Resistance Against the OddsOpinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Tuesday, September 19, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep 19 (IPS) – It’s a year since a photo of 22-year-old Mahsa…
Read more Iran: One Year on, Whats Changed?Credit: AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep 13 (IPS) – On 26 August, Gabon…
Read more Gabon: The End of a Dictatorship and the Beginning of Another?Credit: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, August 04, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug 04 (IPS) – The title…
Read more Cambodia’s Election a Blatant FarceOpinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, July 24, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jul 24 (IPS) – At a meeting with European and Latin American leaders…
Read more Brazil Back on the Green TrackCredit: Silvia Rodríguez/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Wednesday, July 05, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jul 05 (IPS) – When Guatemalans went…
Read more Guatemala Clings to Democratic PromiseOpinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, June 16, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jun 16 (IPS) – If you’ve never heard of the Cybercrime Convention, you’re…
Read more UN Cybercrime Convention: Could the Cure Be Worse than the Disease?Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Thursday, May 25, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 25 (IPS) – As a matter of global justice, the climate crisis…
Read more Climate Change Gets Its Day in CourtCredit: Martín Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, May 19, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 19 (IPS) – On 7 May,…
Read more Chile: New Constitution in the Hands of the Far RightOpinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, April 07, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Apr 07 (IPS) – The uncertainty that’s the hallmark of a democratic election…
Read more Cuba: Elections Without ChoicesOpinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, March 31, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 31 (IPS) – The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), an organisation whose motto is…
Read more Bahrains Botched Whitewashing AttemptOpinion by Ines M Pousadela, Andrew Firmin (london / montevideo) Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON / MONTEVIDEO, Mar 29 (IPS) – Brave protests against women’s second-class…
Read more Civil Society a Vital Force for Change Against the OddsOpinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb 22 (IPS) – On 9 February, Nicaragua’s dictator, Daniel Ortega, unexpectedly ordered…
Read more Nicaragua: An Opportunity for Democratic Solidarityby Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Thursday, February 02, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb 02 (IPS) – On 25 January, roughly six weeks after being sworn in…
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