Politics & environs articles 2020

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Surging “authoritarianization”: 2020 elections crucial to stopping slide down Trump’s path

 

March 2, 2020 1:35 PM CST By John Bachtell

 

 

 

A supporter of Donald Trump holds an American flag with an image of the president as he watches Trump on a large screen in an overflow area outside the King Jesus International Ministry, during a rally with Trump, Jan. 3, in Miami. | Wilfredo Lee / AP

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/surging-authoritarianization-2020-elections-crucial-to-stopping-slide-down-trumps-path/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indian communists launch emergency appeal after anti-Muslim pogroms

 

March 2, 2020 2:34 PM CST By Steve Sweeney

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/indian-communists-launch-emergency-appeal-after-anti-muslim-pogroms/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The biggest threat to unity is the “Anybody But Bernie” crowd

 

February 20, 2020 12:55 PM CST By C.J. Atkins

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-biggest-threat-to-unity-is-the-anybody-but-bernie-crowd/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keys to 2020: Antarctica 69.3°, Bernie in Nevada 46%, Union density 10.3%

 

March 2, 2020 10:43 AM CST By Max Elbaum

 

 

 

Record-setting temperatures in Antarctica and the breakoff of an Atlanta-sized glacier signals that the climate change danger is escalating rapidly. | AP

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/keys-to-2020-antarctica-69-3-bernie-in-nevada-46-union-density-10-3/

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Golden Dawn: the rise and fall of Greece’s neo-Nazis

 

A decade ago, violent racists exploited a national crisis and entered mainstream politics in Greece. The party has since been caught up in the biggest trial of Nazis since Nuremberg, and is now crumbling – but its success remains a warning

 

Tue 3 Mar 2020 06.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/mar/03/golden-dawn-the-rise-and-fall-of-greece-neo-nazi-trial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Libya peace efforts thrown further into chaos as UN envoy quits

 

Move follows Ghassan Salamé’s failure to get nations to use their leverage to end civil war

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Mon 2 Mar 2020 18.17 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/libya-peace-efforts-chaos-un-envoy-ghassan-salam-quits

 

 

 

 

 

Child dies off Lesbos in first fatality since Turkey opened border

 

Four-year-old dies as crisis sparked by Turkey’s decision to open its borders continues

 

Helena Smith in Lesbos

Mon 2 Mar 2020 14.45 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/child-dies-as-boat-carrying-migrants-capsizes-off-lesbos

 

 

 

 

Erdoğan puts EU's failure to agree a common migration policy in spotlight

 

Distracted leaders have been unable to agree on how to ease the burden on frontline states

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Mon 2 Mar 2020 17.55 GMT Last modified on Tue 3 Mar 2020 08.02 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/four-years-after-turkey-deal-eu-no-closer-to-new-asylum-system

 

 

 

 

 

Putin submits plans for constitutional ban on same-sex marriage

 

Draft amendment submitted among raft of conservative constitutional proposals

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Mon 2 Mar 2020 18.54 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/vladimir-putin-submits-plan-enshrine-marriage-between-man-woman-russia

 

 

 

 

 

Immigration attitudes have barely changed – so why is far right on rise?

 

There are three major reasons why voters have become more likely to back far-right parties in Europe

 

Matthijs Rooduijn

Mon 2 Mar 2020 19.16 GMT Last modified on Mon 2 Mar 2020 20.19 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/immigration-attitudes-have-barely-changed-why-far-right-on-rise

 

 

 

 

 

Israel election: Benjamin Netanyahu claims early victory but remains short of majority

 

Unofficial exit polls suggest Israeli prime minister set for comeback despite upcoming criminal corruption trial

 

Oliver Holmes and Quique Kierszenbaum in Tel Aviv

Tue 3 Mar 2020 06.30 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/israel-election-benjamin-netanyahu-claims-early-victory-but-remains-short-of-majority

 

 

 

 

 

Russia committed war crimes in Syria, finds UN report

 

The country was also blamed for indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas without ‘a specific military objective’

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Mon 2 Mar 2020 23.30 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/russia-committed-war-crimes-in-syria-finds-un-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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World's biggest meat company linked to 'brutal massacre' in Amazon

 

Investigation traces meat sold to JBS and rival Marfrig to farm owned by man implicated in Mato Grosso killings

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 3 Mar 2020 13.31 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/03/worlds-biggest-meat-company-linked-to-brutal-massacre-in-amazon

 

 

 

 

The crisis of the centre-right could rot the European Union from within

 

From Hungary to the UK, mainstream conservatives have capitulated to the authoritarianism of the far right

 

Tue 3 Mar 2020 09.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 3 Mar 2020 13.29 GMT

Jan-Werner Müller

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/03/crisis-centre-right-rot-eu-poland-hungary-uk

 

 

 

 

 

EU member states call for 2030 climate target

 

Dozen member states hope letter will focus minds before Glasgow UN talks this year

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Tue 3 Mar 2020 10.49 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/eu-member-states-call-for-2030-climate-target

 

 

 

 

The Hanau terror attack shows the need for honesty about racism in Germany

 

Angela Merkel using the word ‘racist’ to describe the murders was a quantum leap, but now society needs to foster trust

 

Tue 3 Mar 2020 12.00 GMT

Mithu Sanyal

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/03/hanau-terror-attack-germany-racism-angela-merkel

 

 

 

 

Can a nation be both open and in control? The UK is about to find out

 

As talks on trade deals begin, the government should make a virtue of a potential new economic model

 

Sun 1 Mar 2020 08.15 GMT Last modified on Sun 1 Mar 2020 14.36 GMT

Hans Kundnani

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/01/can-a-nation-be-both-open-and-in-control-the-uk-is-about-to-find-out

 

 

 

 

Argentina set to become first major Latin American country to legalise abortion

 

President Alberto Fernández says he intends to put a bill before congress in next 10 days

 

Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires

Sun 1 Mar 2020 20.29 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/argentina-set-to-become-first-major-latin-american-country-to-legalise-abortion

 

 

 

How Netanyahu got his electoral swagger back amid corruption cases

 

Israel’s voters either do not believe the allegations against their PM – or do not care

 

Oliver Holmes in Tel Aviv

Tue 3 Mar 2020 13.07 GMT Last modified on Tue 3 Mar 2020 14.28 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/how-bemjamin-netanyahu-got-his-electoral-swagger-back-amid-corruption-cases-israel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here’s why Greece’s economic ‘recovery’ has been good news for no one but the rich

 

Buoyed by fire sales of public assets, a tiny minority of Greeks are thriving. Everyone else is mired in hopelessness

 

Wed 4 Mar 2020 14.37 GMT Last modified on Wed 4 Mar 2020 19.10 GMT

Yanis Varoufakis  (fmr.finance minister of Greece)

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/04/greece-economic-recovery-for-few-not-many

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela's president urges women to have six children each 'for good of the country'

 

Nicolás Maduro’s comment sparked outrage amid a deepening economic crisis that’s led to rising rates of child malnutrition

 

 

Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá

Wed 4 Mar 2020 18.55 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/04/venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro-recommends-every-woman-have-six-children-crisis

 

The man has completely lost his mind I'm sorry to say........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel's Arab parties make historic gains as election support surges

 

Joint List alliance capitalises on backlash against Netanyahu by taking 15 seats in Knesset

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Wed 4 Mar 2020 14.50 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/04/israel-arab-parties-make-historic-gains-election-support-surges

 

 

 

 

 

Weatherwatch: Europe records one of its mildest winters

 

Germany and Austria had their second warmest winter, while in France it was the hottest since 1900

 

Andrew Stewart

Wed 4 Mar 2020 21.30 GMT Last modified on Wed 4 Mar 2020 21.48 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/mar/04/weatherwatch-europe-records-one-of-its-mildest-winters

 

And still some deny climate change.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

US prosecutors accuse Honduran president of taking drug money

 

Juan Orlando Hernández allegedly took $25,000 in 2013 in exchange for protecting trafficker from law enforcement

 

Associated Press in New York

Tue 3 Mar 2020 22.26 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/honduran-president-juan-orlando-hernandez-drug-money

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Putin and Erdoğan in last-ditch talks to secure Syria ceasefire

 

Russian and Turkish leaders will try to hammer out yet another deal to stabilise Idlib

 

Associated Press in Ankara

Thu 5 Mar 2020 09.54 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/05/erdogan-putin-talks-secure-syria-ceasefire

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey deploys 1,000 police at Greek border as tensions rise

 

Ankara claims scores of people trying to enter Greece have been injured by guards

 

Helena Smith in Athens and Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Thu 5 Mar 2020 14.41 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/05/turkey-deploys-special-forces-as-tensions-rise-along-greek-border

 

 

 

 

 

Why don’t we treat the climate crisis with the same urgency as coronavirus?

 

No Cobra meetings, no sombre speeches from No 10, yet the consequences of runaway global heating are catastrophic

 

Thu 5 Mar 2020 11.52 GMT Last modified on Thu 5 Mar 2020 14.44 GMT

Owen Jones

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/05/governments-coronavirus-urgent-climate-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilians call for boycotts of major companies that support Bolsonaro

 

Boycotts follow plans for demonstration against Brazil’s Democratic institutions, which have been backed by businesses

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Thu 5 Mar 2020 10.30 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/05/brazil-call-for-boycotts-major-companies-support-jair-bolsonaro

 

 

 

 

 

'I don't get an extra check for locking you up': a week with an LA parole officer

 

Working for the county probation department, the largest in the nation, means being equal parts social worker and law enforcement

 

 

Thu 5 Mar 2020 11.00 GMT

by Lauren Lee White (text) and Joseph Rodriguez (photos)

 

 

 

Pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/05/los-angeles-county-parole-officer-probation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine out of 10 people found to be biased against women

 

Analysis of 75 countries reveals ‘shocking’ scale of global women’s rights backlash

 

Liz Ford

Thu 5 Mar 2020 05.01 GMT Last modified on Thu 5 Mar 2020 14.12 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/05/nine-out-of-10-people-found-to-be-biased-against-women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Palestinian voters are the new power brokers in Israel, much to Netanyahu’s chagrin

 

Palestinians flocked to the Joint List party and denied the prime minister a majority. Now they could even help oust him

 

Thu 5 Mar 2020 15.48 GMT Last modified on Thu 5 Mar 2020 15.50 GMT

Yair Wallach

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/05/palestinian-voters-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-joint-list-party

 

 

 

 

 

The humanitarian crisis in Turkey shines a light on Europe’s failures

 

Turkey was once on course to join the EU. The desperate refugees trapped on its border reflect a broken relationship

 

Thu 5 Mar 2020 10.30 GMT Last modified on Thu 5 Mar 2020 10.34 GMT

Elif Shafak

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/05/humanitarian-crisis-turkey-europe-eu-refugees-border

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerial footage shows queues near Greek-Turkish border – video

 

Hundreds of refugees and migrants were queuing and camping near the Turkish-Greek border on Thursday........

 

Source: Reuters/Turkish interior ministry

Thu 5 Mar 2020 13.42 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/mar/05/aerial-footage-shows-queues-near-greek-turkish-border-video

 

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'Our role is central': more than 1m Chilean women to march in huge protest

 

Sunday march expected to reignite wave of unrest that began in October over inequality, social injustice and high cost of living

 

Charis McGowan in Santiago

Fri 6 Mar 2020 10.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/06/chile-womens-day-protest

 

 

 

 

 

'The mood is hostile': Syrians in Turkey still caught in Idlib crossfire

 

Syrian refugees and businesses attacked over Turkey’s economic woes and war casualties

 

Bethan McKernan in Reyhanli and Hussein Akoush in Gaziantep

Fri 6 Mar 2020 05.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/06/the-mood-is-hostile-syrians-in-turkey-still-caught-in-idlib-crossfire

 

 

 

 

Zaky moved to Cairo prison

Jail has a section for political detainees

 

Redazione ANSA Cairo

05 March 202016:33 News

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2020/03/05/zaky-moved-to-cairo-prison_616012c8-3bd6-4779-ac2e-f9ae9c861521.html

 

 

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“Supreme Inequality”: Author Adam Cohen on the Supreme Court’s 50-Year Battle Against Justice

 

March 06, 2020

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/6/adam_cohen_supreme_inequality_supreme_court

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As coronavirus spreads, “Medicare for All” takes center stage in Illinois primary fight

 

March 5, 2020 9:44 AM CST By John Bachtell

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/as-coronavirus-spreads-medicare-for-all-takes-center-stage-in-illinois-primary-fight/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scientists fault gov’t and private industry response for U.S. coronavirus spread

 

March 6, 2020 9:41 AM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/scientists-fault-govt-and-private-industry-response-for-u-s-coronavirus-spread/

Edited March 6, 2020 by umbertino

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Refugees told 'Europe is closed' as tensions rise at Greece-Turkey border

 

Teargas fired by both sides amid political standoff over people displaced by war in Syria

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels Helena Smith in Athens and Kate Connolly in Berlin and Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Fri 6 Mar 2020 18.05 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/06/refugees-europe-closed-tensions-greece-turkey-border

 

 

 

 

 

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Lufthansa plans to cancel half its flights and may ground all superjumbos

 

Norwegian shares plummet with German flag-carrier warning bookings are down everywhere as coronavirus hammers travel sector

 

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Fri 6 Mar 2020 18.46 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/06/norwegian-airlines-shares-plummet-as-coronavirus-hammers-travel-sector

 

 

 

 

 

With its heavy-handed response to the border crisis, Europe is making a bad situation worse

 

Turkey’s decision not to stop migrants crossing its borders will force politicians to reveal what they plan to do with them

 

Fri 6 Mar 2020 13.51 GMT Last modified on Fri 6 Mar 2020 14.37 GMT

Daniel Trilling

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/06/eu-ignore-refugees-turkey-migrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Saudi Arabia detains three royal family members in latest crackdown

 

Royal relatives accused of plotting to oust King Salman and successor Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

 

Agence France-Presse

Sat 7 Mar 2020 03.55 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/saudi-arabia-detains-three-royal-family-members-in-latest-crackdown

 

 

 

 

 

 

'This is our feminist spring': millions of Mexican women prepare to strike over femicides

 

As the country grapples with a worsening crisis, the revolt among a new generation of feminists is picking up steam: ‘It’s our last resort’

 

Sat 7 Mar 2020 09.00 GMT

by Tom Phillips in Tijuana

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/mexico-femicides-protest-women-strike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volodymyr Zelenskiy: ‘My White House invitation? I was told it’s being prepared’

 

The TV comic turned maverick Ukrainian leader on Putin, power and Trump’s impeachment

 

Sat 7 Mar 2020 08.00 GMT

by Shaun Walker and Andrew Roth

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/volodymyr-zelenskiy-tv-comic-who-became-ukraine-president-trump-putin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'It's a 50-50 nation': Chris Wallace on Fox News, Trump and America's great divide

 

The anchor doesn’t want to talk about Ingraham, Hannity and Carlson – but he does think Jim Acosta of CNN should not be lecturing the president

 

Sat 7 Mar 2020 08.00 GMT

by David Smith in New York

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/mar/07/chris-wallace-fox-news-sunday-donald-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe’s cities are leading the fight against xenophobia and the climate crisis

 

The EU is mired in a crisis of legitimacy – but municipal movements are rebuilding democracy from below

 

Fri 6 Mar 2020 11.25 GMT Last modified on Fri 6 Mar 2020 18.20 GMT

Ada Colau   (mayor of Barcelona, Spain)

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/06/europe-cities-democracy-municipal-movement-grassroots-climate-crisis-xenophobia

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Bernie Sanders 'disgusted' after man unfurls Nazi flag at Arizona rally

 

Man has been identified as a far-right stunt activist who posts offensive material to YouTube

 

Guardian staff

Fri 6 Mar 2020 22.57 GMT Last modified on Sat 7 Mar 2020 01.20 GMT

 

 

Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum on 5 March 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona

Photograph: Caitlin O’Hara/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/06/bernie-sanders-nazi-flag-arizona

 

 

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Detention, torture and killing… how the EU outsourced migration policy

 

Only a morally warped ideology can justify opening fire at those fleeing for their lives

 

Sun 8 Mar 2020 08.00 GMT

Kenan Malik

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/08/detention-torture-and-killing-how-the-eu-outsourced-migration-policy

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‘We Syrians just want to survive’: doctor who saved lives as bombs rained down

 

Amani Ballour, whose work in a Damascus hospital is the focus of Oscar-nominated The Cave, tells why she is pleading for more aid

 

Kim Willsher

Sun 8 Mar 2020 08.05 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/08/amani-ballour-syrian-doctor-saved-lives-as-bombs-fell-le-cave

 

 

 

 

 

MBS review: why Trump and the west took a pass on the Khashoggi killing

 

Ben Hubbard delivers a fine account of the crown prince’s rise – and how the murder of a journalist did not bring him down

 

Lloyd Green

Sun 8 Mar 2020 06.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 8 Mar 2020 06.09 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/08/mbs-review-mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-crown-prince-trump-jamal-khashoggi-ben-hubbard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lebanon to default on debt for first time amid financial crisis

 

Country was due to repay a $1.2bn Eurobond this month but will seek to restructure its debts

 

Agence France-Presse

Sat 7 Mar 2020 18.16 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/lebanon-to-default-on-debt-for-first-time-amid-financial-crisis

 

 

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We won’t eradicate FGM if we keep misunderstanding its history

 

Despite a century of campaigning the practice persists. But in my work as an archaeologist, I’ve learned how we can end it

 

Mon 9 Mar 2020 08.00 GMT

Sada Mire

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/09/eradicate-fgm-misunderstanding-history

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil price plunges almost 30% as Saudis vow to step up production

 

Move follows Russian refusal to join Opec-led production cut aimed at keeping prices high

 

Phillip Inman and Jillian Ambrose

Mon 9 Mar 2020 06.18 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/08/oil-price-to-plunge-as-much-as-20-as-saudis-vow-to-step-up-production

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Neil Young endorses Bernie Sanders: 'Every point he makes is what I believe in'

 

Singer says senator is the ‘Real Deal’ who offers the big changes needed to beat Trump

 

Naaman Zhou

Tue 10 Mar 2020 00.16 GMT Last modified on Tue 10 Mar 2020 09.54 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/10/neil-young-endorses-bernie-sanders-every-point-he-makes-is-what-i-believe-in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Project of death': alarm at Bolsonaro's plan for Amazon-spanning bridge

 

Residents of riverside communities in the state of Pará are unconvinced by the Bolsonaro government’s claims of jobs and other benefits that a dramatic extension of a trans-Amazon highway would bring

 

 

Tue 10 Mar 2020 08.00 GMT

by Dom Phillips in Santíssima Trindade

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/10/brazil-amazon-bridge-project-bolsonaro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arrested Saudi royals allegedly aimed to block crown prince's accession

 

King’s brother and former crown prince accused of trying to sideline Mohammed bin Salman

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Tue 10 Mar 2020 05.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/arrested-saudi-royals-allegedly

 

 

 

 

 

New York attorney general to televangelist: stop touting product as coronavirus cure

 

Letitia James sent letter to Jim Bakker saying segment on a product sold on his website could mislead consumers

 

Lauren Aratani

Mon 9 Mar 2020 12.52 GMT Last modified on Tue 10 Mar 2020 01.31 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/09/jim-bakker-letitia-james-coronavirus-product-stop-promoting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chile: $14m stolen from security van as criminals exploit unrest

 

At least seven armed men took part in what national papers have called the ‘heist of the century’

 

Charis McGowan in Santiago

Mon 9 Mar 2020 22.24 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/09/chile-robbery-brinks-van-santiago-airport

 

 

 

 

 

World Bank accused over ExxonMobil plans to tap Guyana oil rush

 

Washington DC-based bank grants funds to redraft south American state’s oil laws by lawyers linked to oil giant

 

Jasper Jolly

Sun 8 Mar 2020 14.35 GMT Last modified on Sun 8 Mar 2020 20.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/08/world-bank-accused-over-exxonmobil-plans-to-tap-guyana-oil-rush

 

 

 

 

 

Why cycling in Palestine is an intensely political act

 

Riding is way of thumbing the nose at occupation and connecting with the land

 

Carlton Reid

Tue 10 Mar 2020 07.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 10 Mar 2020 07.04 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2020/mar/10/why-cycling-in-palestine-is-an-intensely-political-act

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil firms hit hardest on day of widespread heavy losses

 

Rout in world stock markets worst since 2008, with airline shares also badly affected

 

Joanna Partridge

Mon 9 Mar 2020 20.34 GMT Last modified on Tue 10 Mar 2020 00.25 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/09/oil-firms-hit-hardest-on-a-day-of-heavy-widespread-losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Interview: Somali captive exposes conditions in bogus “refugee camp”

 

March 10, 2020 12:37 PM CDT By Ben Cowles

 

 

 

 

In this file photo taken Nov. 29, 2013, African migrants cover themselves with blankets, after being captured by the Libyan Coast Guard while on a boat heading to Italy, in a detention center for migrants in Abu Salim district on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya. Some of these detention centers present themselves as "refugee centers" to international aid agencies, but they amount to a holding pen for a slave workforce, according to one man interviewed by Morning Star. | Manu Brabo / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/interview-with-a-slave-somali-captive-exposes-conditions-in-bogus-refugee-camp/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey’s Erdogan faces growing resistance over involvement in Syria’s civil war

 

March 10, 2020 12:46 PM CDT By Conn Hallinan

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/turkeys-erdogan-faces-growing-resistance-over-involvement-in-syrias-civil-war/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Farmers say fight climate change by investing in sustainable family agriculture

 

March 10, 2020 1:23 PM CDT By National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/farmers-say-fight-climate-change-by-investing-in-sustainable-family-agriculture/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Breaking the Silence’ documents testimonies of Israeli veterans of Palestinian Occupation

 

March 10, 2020 9:40 AM CDT By Cathy Deppe

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/breaking-the-silence-documents-testimonies-of-israeli-veterans-of-palestinian-occupation/

 

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Saudi Arabia steps up oil price war with big production increase

 

State-owned Saudi Aramco told to pump 13m barrels a day in effort to corner global market

 

Jillian Ambrose

Wed 11 Mar 2020 12.09 GMT Last modified on Wed 11 Mar 2020 12.25 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/saudi-arabia-oil-price-war-production-increase-aramco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over 100,000 have fled Nicaragua since brutal 2018 crackdown, says UN

 

Exodus expected to continue from Central American country, amid fears of repeat of state and police repression

 

Karen McVeigh

Wed 11 Mar 2020 09.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 11 Mar 2020 09.05 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/11/over-100000-have-fled-nicaragua-since-brutal-2018-crackdown-says-un

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Questions over Israel's role in WhatsApp case against spyware firm

 

WhatsApp alleges NSO Group hacked 1,400 users, including diplomats and activists

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Tue 10 Mar 2020 19.51 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/10/questions-over-israels-role-in-whatsapp-lawsuit-against-spyware-firm-nso-group

 

 

 

 

 

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Bernie Sanders: We Are Winning “Ideological” & “Generational” Debate, Now Need to Win “Electability”

 

March 12, 2020

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/12/bernie_sanders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why Bernie shouldn’t quit yet

 

March 11, 2020 12:17 PM CDT By C.J. Atkins

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/why-bernie-shouldnt-quit-yet/

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Russian-led troll network based in west Africa uncovered

 

Fake Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts seemed to aim to inflame divides in US

 

Alex Hern and Luke Harding

Fri 13 Mar 2020 17.14 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/13/facebook-uncovers-russian-led-troll-network-based-in-west-africa

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Israel's opposition head Benny Gantz wins support to form government

 

Blow to Benjamin Netanyahu who appeared to come out ahead in recent election

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Sun 15 Mar 2020 17.37 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/15/israels-opposition-head-benny-gantz-wins-support-to-form-government

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Why the right's new strongmen are winning everywhere

 

From Brazil to Hungary, rightwing leaders are showing how they consolidate power: by twisting the law to their own ends

 

Mon 16 Mar 2020 13.18 GMT Last modified on Mon 16 Mar 2020 13.21 GMT

Lea Ypi

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/16/right-new-strongmen-winning-everywhere-brazil-hungary-rightwing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

European colonial powers still loth to admit historical evils

 

Netherlands, Germany and Belgium are still coming to terms with their overseas legacies

 

• UK more nostalgic for empire than all other ex-colonial powers

 

Jon Henley, Philip Oltermann and Daniel Boffey

Wed 11 Mar 2020 06.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/european-colonial-powers-still-loth-to-admit-historical-evils

 

 

 

 

 

Greece hopes EU-Turkey talks will ease tension over refugee crisis

 

Greek PM tells the Guardian planned talks including Merkel, Macron and Erdoğan are an opportunity to ‘set the record straight’

 

Helena Smith in Athens

Mon 16 Mar 2020 16.26 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/greece-hopes-eu-turkey-talks-will-ease-tension-over-refugee-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

Bolsonaro and Amlo slammed for snubbing coronavirus warnings

 

• Brazilian and Mexican leaders mingle with public
• Critics say populists should set example as outbreak grows

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro and David Agren in Mexico City

Sun 15 Mar 2020 20.11 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/15/bolsonaro-amlo-coronavirus-warnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

African nations impose stricter measures as coronavirus spreads

 

Governments warn disease will cause huge challenges for continent’s health services

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

Mon 16 Mar 2020 15.11 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/16/african-nations-impose-stricter-measures-as-coronavirus-spreads

 

 

 

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Chilean government violently attacks demonstrators on 30th anniversary of Pinochet’s fall

 

March 13, 2020 10:56 AM CDT By Steve Sweeney

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/chilean-government-violently-attacks-demonstrators-on-30th-anniversary-of-pinochets-fall/

 

 

 

Augusto Pinochet...Another individual who just didn't deserve to die in his bed.....

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet

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Silent streets: Life halts, but not for all workers

 

March 19, 2020 10:03 AM CDT By Al Neal

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/silent-streets-life-comes-to-a-halt-but-not-for-all-workers/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump response to pandemic a failing of unimaginable proportions

 

March 19, 2020 1:26 PM CDT By John Wojcik

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-response-to-pandemic-a-failing-of-unimaginable-proportions/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade unions leading fight to protect workers from coronavirus around the world

 

March 19, 2020 12:40 PM CDT By Ben Chacko

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trade-unions-leading-fight-to-protect-workers-from-coronavirus-around-the-world/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health inequality: The rich and famous get coronavirus tests first

 

March 19, 2020 12:44 PM CDT By Michael Biesecker And Michelle R. Smith

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/health-inequality-the-rich-and-famous-get-coronavirus-tests-for-first/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Deaths of despair: why America’s medical industry explains working-class suicides

 

A system based on corporate pursuit of profit sets the US apart from other countries, fleecing the poor to give to the rich

 

Chris McGreal

Thu 19 Mar 2020 10.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 19 Mar 2020 16.03 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/19/us-healthcare-industry-working-class-deaths

 

 

 

 

 

Disinformation and blame: how America's far right is capitalizing on coronavirus

 

The pandemic, a situation in which people are panic-buying supplies, is ideal for a movement powered by fear and lies

 

Jason Wilson

Thu 19 Mar 2020 06.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 19 Mar 2020 16.18 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/19/america-far-right-coronavirus-outbreak-trump-alex-jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coronavirus credit crunch could make 2008 look like 'child's play'

 

Experts warn companies that have gorged on cheap money for the past decade face going out of business

 

Martin Farrer

Fri 20 Mar 2020 01.36 GMT Last modified on Fri 20 Mar 2020 03.38 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/coronavirus-crisis-could-lead-to-new-credit-crunch-as-companies-struggle-with-debt

 

 

 

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Fighting COVID-19 in Cuba, China, and the United States

 

March 20, 2020 10:38 AM CDT By W. T. Whitney Jr.

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/fighting-covid-19-in-cuba-china-and-the-united-states/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Despite U.S. blockade, Cuban pharma industry producing needed COVID-19 medicines

 

March 17, 2020 1:56 PM CDT By Yaditza del Sol González

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/despite-u-s-blockade-cuban-pharma-industry-producing-needed-covid-19-medicines/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“This Is a War,” Says Doctor on COVID-19. “We Are at the Beginning of a Surge, and It’s Terrifying.”

 

March 20, 2020

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/20/this_is_a_war_says_doctor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senators use advance coronavirus knowledge to enrich selves; hospitals becoming desperate

 

March 20, 2020 3:37 PM CDT By John Wojcik

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/senators-use-advance-coronavirus-knowledge-to-enrich-selves-hospitals-becoming-desperate/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silent streets: The homeless, the financially desperate, and essential services carry on

 

March 20, 2020 1:14 PM CDT By Al Neal

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/silent-streets-the-homeless-the-financially-desperate-and-essential-services-carry-on/