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A better world’s in birth

The old is dying and the new struggles to be born

Authoritarian drift and political blackmail shape the runoff election in Ecuador, where incumbent President Daniel Noboa won Sunday’s vote.

Hot war, cold war, trade war, class war

The European takeaway

The decision of the Noboa government to hand over these islands goes against what the Ecuadorian people decided in the referendum to approve the Constitution in 2008 regarding military bases.

The food issue and the world struggle

Can a left electoral front beat the far right in France?

Irish reunification in the age of the EU

From Israel’s bombing of Iran’s embassy in Damascus to Ecuador’s raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, leaders feel emboldened by the impunity granted by the Global North to disregard diplomatic norms and respect.