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Is Myanmar the new Syria? Rising violence threatens a repeat tragedy

 

As ethnic militias back the popular uprising and refugees flee the country, the similarities with Syria are deeply disturbing

 

Sun 4 Apr 2021 06.15 BST

Simon Tisdall

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/04/is-myanmar-the-new-syria-rising-violence-threatens-a-repeat-tragedy

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What did 20 years of western intervention in Afghanistan achieve? Ruination

 

Britain’s justifications for invading were having influence and deterring terror. They are just neo-imperialist platitudes

 

Fri 16 Apr 2021 12.40 BST

Simon Jenkins

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/16/20-years-western-intervention-

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Raúl Castro confirms he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist party

 

His retirement means that Cubans will not have a Castro formally guiding their affairs for the first time in over six decades

 

Associated Press in Havana
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France ‘did nothing to stop’ Rwanda genocide, report claims

 

Report by US law firm commissioned by Kigali says France bears ‘significant responsibility’ for deaths

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent
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Violence erupts as Mexico’s deadly gangs aim to cement power in largest ever elections

 

Clashes have sparked political assassinations and the forced displacement of thousands ahead of crunch 6 June polls

 

Falko Ernst in Mexico City
Tue 20 Apr 2021 10.15 BST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Skepticism and a shrug: Cubans greet the end of 62 years of Castro rule

 

People in Havana more concerned about buying chicken suspect little will change with Raúl’s departure

 

Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana
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Keiko Fujimori would be ‘lesser of two evils’ as Peru president, says Nobel prize author

 

Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa says Fujimori’s opponent Pedro Castillo would undermine democracy

 

Sam Jones in Madrid
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The Republic of False Truths by Alaa al-Aswany review – the personal cost of a failed coup

 

This fictionalised account of the Egyptian uprising of 2011 has an eye for telling detail in the choice between struggle and self-preservation

 

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Biden becomes first US president to recognise Armenian genocide

 

President called Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday to inform him US would make designation on 106th anniversary of the genocide

 

Julian Borger in Washington and Martin Chulov in Beirut
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In Britain, the rich are richer but the poor far poorer than in Europe

 

When calamity strikes, people on low incomes face the toughest time and in the UK their margin of comfort is thin

 

Sun 25 Apr 2021 09.20 BST

Torsten Bell

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/25/in-britain-the-rich-are-richer-but-the-poor-far-poorer-than-in-europe

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‘War weary’ Libya reflects 10 years on from Gaddafi and Arab spring

 

Overshadowed by Syria, the lessons of Libya from the past decade have barely been cross examined

 

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Brazil begins parliamentary inquiry into Bolsonaro’s Covid response

 

Opponents hope investigation will torpedo chances of re-election for far-right president

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
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Israel is committing the crime of apartheid, rights group says

 

Human Rights Watch calls on international criminal court to investigate ‘systematic discrimination’ against Palestinians

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem
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Political chaos and poverty leave South America at virus’s mercy

 

President Jair Bolsonaro’s prediction that the crisis was nearing an end was misguided in Brazil and many of its neighbours

 

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Atlantis review – strangely upbeat exploration of war-ravaged Ukraine

 

Valentyn Vasyanovych’s award-winning drama casts deeply likable non-professionals – most with direct experience of the conflict with Russia

 

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Fears of a coup in France are exaggerated, but a far-right president is a real possibility

 

Many people support an open letter raising the spectre of a military coup. Marine Le Pen is one of them

 

Jean-Yves Camus

Tue 4 May 2021 13.27 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/04/coup-france-far-right-president-marine-le-pen

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Colombia braces for further unrest after police react violently to mass protests

 

At least 16 demonstrators and one officer dead after police fired at protesters and rammed crowds with motorcycles

 

Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá
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Cuba punches above its weight to develop its own Covid vaccines

 

Island hit by biggest economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union has two vaccines in phase three clinical trials

 

Ed Augustin in Havana
Tue 4 May 2021 15.06 BST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Ethiopian patriarch pleads for international help to stop rape and genocide by government troops

 

Orthodox priest releases video statement on suppression of Tigray district

 

Observer staff
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What has caused Jerusalem’s worst violence in years?

 

Hundreds of Palestinian protesters wounded in clashes with Israeli police and more than 20 dead in Gaza

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem
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Cali is the cockpit of chaos as Colombia protests threaten to spiral out of control

 

The presence of armed civilians attacking protesters has added a worrying dimension to a wave of unrest that has claimed 47 lives

 

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Revealed: devastation that awaits Syrians facing expulsion by Denmark

 

Copenhagen will not renew residency rights – and families fear being sent back to homes that no longer exist

 

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The Guardian view on Jerusalem and Gaza: old struggles bring fresh violence

 

The new outbreak is the predictable result both of recent grievances and accumulated injustices

 

Tue 11 May 2021 19.28 BST

Editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/11/the-guardian-view-on-jerusalem-and-gaza-old-struggles-bring-fresh-violence

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EU states cooperating informally to deny refugees asylum rights – report

 

Beatings, thefts and dog attacks are just some of the border police practices migrants say they face when pushed back from Europe’s frontiers

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Helena Smith in Athens
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Israeli air and ground forces hit targets in Gaza Strip as death toll climbs

 

Military says no troops currently operating inside territory as number of casualties continues to grow

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem , Harriet Sherwood and agencies
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