International
Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
Venezuela’s Maduro Goes on the “Offensive” With Package of Economic Reforms
By RYAN MALLETT-OUTTRIM Merida, 7th November 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has announced a slew of policy reforms aimed at combating speculation and hoarding, along with the creation of new government institutions to regulate trade and oversee foreign currency exchange…. Read More ›
South Korea moves to ban pro-North party
A far left-wing South Korean political party could be banned from contesting elections for its pro-North Korean stance in a move critics say smacks of President Park Geun-hye’s father’s suppression of democracy during his long stay in power. The Unified… Read More ›
Renamo crisis hits cross-border traders
ZIMBABWEAN cross-border traders doing business in Mozambique have started counting their losses as they are no longer able to travel to the neighbouring country following the recent political clashes between Renamo insurgents and government troops. JOHN NYASHANU STAFF REPORTER In… Read More ›
My Lai and the Black Blouse Girl: The Forgotten Story of Sexual Assault Behind the Famous Vietnam War Photo
While the My Lai Massacre is widely recognized as a military atrocity and an act of mass murder committed on civilians and non-combatants, true appreciation of the event as an act of mass rape and sexual abuse has never clearly… Read More ›
BREAKING: Israel bombs Syria
Statement from the ANSWER Coalition condemning Israel’s new strikes Bitterly frustrated that the Obama administration was forced to pull back from its planned aerial war against Syria, the Israeli government has just launched its own bombing of Syria. The Israeli… Read More ›
Record number of nations oppose US embargo of Cuba in UN vote
In an overwhelming UN vote, 188 countries have called on the US to lift its 53-year trade embargo on Cuba. Havana has slammed the financial sanctions as a flagrant violation of human rights and said they are tantamount to genocide…. Read More ›
Georgia to enforce ban on communist symbols
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is planning to fine the use of communist symbols with 1 000 lari (USD 600). The use of communist symbols was prohibited by the previous government, but it failed to define the sanctions that apply, and the law… Read More ›
‘It was obviously a policy not to report them’: New research finds at least 3,000 confirmed Indian residential school deaths
by Colin Perkel, Canadian Press TORONTO — At least 3,000 children, including four under the age of 10 found huddled together in frozen embrace, are now known to have died during attendance at Canada’s Indian residential schools, according to new unpublished… Read More ›
Rebels conduct new chemical weapons attack in Syria near Turkish border – report
The rebels used chemical weapons in north-eastern Syria near the border with Turkey on Tuesday, a Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadeen reported. The toxic shell exploded near a Kurdish defense forces’ checkpoint close to the border with Turkey in the city… Read More ›
Almost 30 million people worldwide live as slaves – report
Nearly 30 million people across the globe live as modern-day slaves, according to a new report. Many are forced into being child brides, child soldiers, prostitutes, or laborers. India accounts for nearly half of the worldwide total. The Global Slavery… Read More ›
The Bangladesh poor selling organs to pay debts
Kalai, like many other villages in Bangladesh, appears a rural idyll at first sight. But several villagers here have resorted to selling organs to pay back microcredit loans that were meant to lift them out of poverty. Journalist Sophie Cousins… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 