Ley Sophia: The return of the death penalty in Chile?
On 25 January 2018, a two-year-old girl named Sophia died in a hospital in the southern Chilean city of Puerto Montt - days after being beaten, burnt and sexually abused by her father.
The doctor...
Colombian election: Who are the candidates and what are they saying?
On Sunday 27 May, Colombians will head to the polls for first round of the country’s presidential election.
It will be an historic moment, as the first presidential election in more than fifty years held...
Bolivia seeks investment as lithium price sky-rockets
Over the past decade Bolivia’s dazzling Salar de Uyuni has become one of South America’s most unmissable sights. Millions of tourists have made the journey to see the azure sky of the Andes flawlessly...
Remember, remember, 17th November?
As rebellions go, it was significantly less explosive than that planned by Guy Fawkes and his Catholic co-conspirators in 1605, aiming to blow up the House of Lords and kill Protestant King James I....
Italian election ends in political confusion
Italy hardly went into Sunday's general election humming with positivity. The eurozone’s third-largest economy has the EU’s highest percentage of young people not in education, training, or work according to Eurostat; a national debt...
Trade and geopolitics push Japan and China together
It was supposedly a quiet conversation that kicked off a diplomatic thaw.
On the sidelines of the 2017 Asia Pacific Economic Corporation meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with Chinese...
How does the Mormon church influence international affairs?
On Tuesday, January 16, millions of Mormons around the world tuned into a live broadcast from church headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The occasion? The formal announcement of the new president of...
EU spies role for Ghana in preventing migration
On the February 9, 2018, Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrived at the University of Ghana to host a talk alongside Ghanian President Akuffo Addo on the topic of the country's sustainable development goals. Also in attendance...
Ireland abortion referendum gives huge mandate for change
On Friday 25 May, the Ireland abortion referendum saw a vote to overturn a thirty-fire year old near-total ban on abortion by a margin of 66.4% to 33.6%. Referendum returning officer Barry Ryan said that...
Macron and India: Why his visit mattered
On 10 March, French President Emmanuel Macron landed in India for a four-day visit.
Coming off the heels of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s rather botched visit to India, this mission was seen as an...
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US-China Trade War and the Future International Order
The current trade war between the United States and China has become one of the defining features of this year's news cycle. Tariffs have...
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Plata or plomo?
This is the question Miguel Hernando Torres Umba asks during his critically acclaimed production Stardust, a visceral education of the complex realities...
Remember, remember, 17th November?
As rebellions go, it was significantly less explosive than that planned by Guy Fawkes and his Catholic co-conspirators in 1605, aiming to blow up...
