US state department declassifies more documents about Pinochet’s 1973 coup
Papers reveal how Richard Nixon was briefed on impending military takeover in Chile that ushered in 17-year dictatorship Two more US Department of State documents...
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The ‘false prophet’ v the pope: Argentina faces clash of ideologies in election
Javier Milei, a culture war populist and sex coach who won country’s open primary, rages at ‘communist’ pontiff as he sets his sights on becoming...
Haiti violence: gang guns down churchgoers protesting against criminals
Rights groups say churchgoers were killed and wounded as they marched in order to rid the area of gang members At least seven people were...
Growing number of countries consider making ecocide a crime
Mexico latest country where government is considering passing new laws to criminalise environmental destruction A growing number of countries are considering introducing laws to make...
Family of former British PM apologises for enslaver past in Guyana
Descendants of William Gladstone urge British government to discuss reparations in the Caribbean The descendants of the former British prime minister William Gladstone have apologised...
Guyana’s president asks European slave traders’ descendants to pay reparations
Irfaan Ali also demands posthumous charges for crimes against humanity for traders and enslavers The president of Guyana has called on descendants of European slave...
Brics to more than double with admission of six new countries
Major expansion as economic bloc that includes Russia and China attempts to provide counterweight to the US and western allies The Brics group of big...
Quebec judge gives go-ahead for lawsuit over sterilisation of Indigenous women
Three doctors accused of performing or coercing women into sterilisation procedures A judge in Quebec has given the go-ahead for a class action lawsuit over...
Ecuadorians vote to halt oil drilling in biodiverse Amazonian national park
Referendum result protecting Yasuní reserve will benefit huge range of species as well as ‘uncontacted’ Indigenous peoples Ecuadorians have voted in a historic referendum to...
Brics group looks to expand at summit despite divisions among key members
Experts say India concerned about expansion and any overt anti-west turn as leaders fly into South Africa Leaders from developing countries representing almost half the...
