By Dawisson Belém Lopes, Professor de Política Internacional e Comparada, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
A victory for Flávio Bolsonaro could keep Brazil trapped in a model of extractivism that has been part of the country’s history since the arrival of the Portuguese settlers in the 16th century.
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By Guilherme Casarões, Associate Professor of Brazilian Studies, Florida International University
Carlos Ricaurte, Latin America and Caribbean Center, Florida International University
Iván Cepeda’s defeat in Colombia served as a wake-up call for the left in Brazil. The campaign shifted its focus from rhetoric about sovereignty to issues that directly affect people’s daily lives, pushing foreign policy into the background
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By Caitlin Macdonald, Researcher, School of Art, Communication and English, University of Sydney
Switzy is an impressive, surprising novel that tackles a big topic: assisted dying, and how we might meet our own cognitive decline.
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By Grant Duncan, Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
National’s repeated refusal to work with potential king-making party Opportunity might appear self-sabotaging – but there’s a hidden logic at play.
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By Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
The original costings for Snowy 2.0 were wildly optimistic. But the troubled scheme is close to completion – and will help power the grid as coal exits.
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By Amnesty International
Civilians in El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, are still suffering detention, torture and limited access to humanitarian aid one year after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the city and committed brutalities against civilians, Amnesty International said today. In new testimony, residents who recently escaped the city told Amnesty International how schools had been […] The post Sudan: El Fasher civilians suffer unlawful killings, detention and torture one year after city’s capture by the RSF – new testimony appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Global Voices Caribbean
Dancehall’s interactive, collaborative nature doesn’t treat a work as isolated or even something that is “finished.” Iteration is a part of the creative process that is decided by the next function or party.
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By Gabriela Mesones Rojo
Venezuela’s worsening electricity crisis is disrupting daily life, pushing frustrated residents into the streets as prolonged blackouts expose the fragility of the country’s power grid.
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By Divna Haslam, Associate Professor & Clinical Psychologist, The University of Queensland
Some might worry prohibiting physical punishment would lead to parents suddenly being convicted of assault,. But data from overseas shows this doesn’t happen.
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By Jeff Sparrow, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
AI is a project of the powerful, implemented in the name of an efficiency that has nothing to do with the good, writes Jeff Sparrow.
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