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Lukashenko is a handy villain to mask the cruelty of Fortress Europe

 

European Union policies have turned migrants into a resource to be exploited

 

Sun 14 Nov 2021 08.00 GMT

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/14/fortress-europe-violent-pushbacks-exploit-people-pursue-policy

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President of Brazil says it ‘makes no sense’ for him to be vaccinated   Jair Bolsonaro’s comments called ‘stupid and selfish’ in country where 600,000 people have di

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Lebanon sentenced me to 10 years in prison for helping sick Palestinian children – I consider my work a badge of honour   As a doctor, I believe turning away from desperately ill kids – be t

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Chile president Piñera faces impeachment after Pandora papers leak   Opposition politicians launch proceedings against Sebastián Piñera over possible irregularities

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The Guardian view on Bosnia and Herzegovina: past time to take a stand

 

Serb separatist provocations must not be tolerated – and the people must be offered hope of something better

 

Sun 14 Nov 2021 18.46 GMT

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/14/the-guardian-view-on-bosnia-and-herzegovina-past-time-to-take-a-stand

 

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From Nicaragua to China, reckless autocrats betray the promises of revolution

 

Freedom and progress are hard won, and any gains made are all too often lost by a single, self-aggrandising individual

 

Sun 14 Nov 2021 07.30 GMT

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/14/from-nicaragua-to-china-reckless-autocrats-betray-the-promises-of-revolution

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We need a new observatory of democracy in the Americas

 

The Organization of American States is no longer credible. We need a new body if we are to protect democracy

 

Mon 15 Nov 2021 11.13 GMTLast modified on Mon 15 Nov 2

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Al Jazeera bureau chief arrested in Sudan amid deadly anti-coup protests

 

Toll from Saturday’s demonstrations rises to seven with death of 13-year-old girl as news outlet calls for journalist’s release

 

Reuters in Cairo
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Ugandan children held in prison for months after crackdown on opposition

 

Victims describe systematic physical abuse, denial of basic legal rights and appalling conditions

 

Jason Burke and Samuel Okiror in Kampala
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Ending corruption and reliance on Gazprom key for Moldova, says PM

 

Natalia Gavrilița’s government has headed off gas crisis but she says structural solutions are still urgently needed

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Cuba democracy protests thwarted after rallies banned and leaders arrested

 

Authorities act swiftly to snuff out dissent after being caught off guard by demonstrations for change in July

 

Ed Augustin in Havana
Tue 16 Nov 2021 02.31 GMTLast modified on Tue 16 Nov 20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Argentina’s far right and far left make big gains in congressional elections

 

Ruling Peronist party lost majority as Javier Milei turned notoriety into votes and a Trotskyist party got third largest vote share

 

Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires
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There’s a brutal conflict in Ethiopia. My family there ask: why does no one hear us?

 

People in Tigray are crying out for the world’s help, as war has left them starving and fearing for their lives

 

Wed 17 Nov 2021 12.41 GMT

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/17/conflict-ethiopia-tigray-war-starving

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Dirty dollars: how tattered US notes became the latest street hustle in Zimbabwe

 

In country hit by hyperinflation, a shortage of dollars means those struggling to survive can make a profit dealing torn notes

 

Nyasha Chingono in Harare
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‘A fairer Chile’: protest generation aims to reshape country in divisive election

 

Gabriel Boric has a serious chance of becoming Chile’s next president, but his far-right opponent – who offers an opposite agenda – holds a narrow lead

 

John Bartlett in Santiago
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Denied a state, Palestinians are now denied a say in their own future

 

Boycott, divestment and sanctions is a peaceful movement. If it’s banned, how do we press for an end to human rights abuses?

 

Fri 19 Nov 2021 14.53 GMT

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/19/state-palestinians-boycott-divestment-sanctions-human-rights-abuses

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Support for populist sentiment falls across Europe, survey finds

 

YouGov/Guardian poll finds ‘clear pattern of decreasing support for populism’ in European countries

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent
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Jailed, on hunger strike and humiliated on camera: how Georgia treats its ex-president

 

Mikheil Saakashvili deserves a fair trial, but the west seems to have forgotten its former golden boy

 

Fri 19 Nov 2021 15.38 GMT

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/19/jailed-hunger-strike-mikheil-saakashvili-georgia

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Colombian president condemns police academy’s Nazi costume event

 

Iván Duque says ‘any apology for Nazism is unacceptable’ after photos of cultural exchange ceremony posted on Twitter

 

Agence France-Presse in Bogotá
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BVI premier denies islands are corrupt and praises Geoffrey Cox

 

Andrew Fahie accuses former governor Gus Jaspert of making untrue claims about islands at UK inquiry

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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‘He is responsible for torture’: nominee for Interpol chief accused by detained Britons

 

An academic and a football fan who were held in the United Arab Emirates claim Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi oversaw physical abuse

 

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Scores of children killed by starvation in Tigray, says health official

 

Research suggests terrible suffering amid communications and aid blockade affecting Ethiopian region

 

Emmanuel Akinwotu West Africa correspondent
Tue 16 Nov 2021 15.07 GMTLast modified on Tue 16 Nov 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Instability grips a weakened Europe as global predators smell blood

 

Threats from Russia and China, a weaker US security alliance and internal discord expose fundamental strategic weaknesses

 

Sun 21 Nov 2021 06.15 GMT

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/21/instability-grips-a-weakened-europe-as-global-predators-smell-blood

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Chileans face stark choice in vote for president after two years of unrest

 

Progressive former student leader Gabriel Boric and far-right José Antonio Kast are neck-and-neck ahead of Sunday’s first round

 

John Bartlett in Santiago
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Spanish rightwing party leader under fire for attending Franco mass

 

Leader of People’s party Pablo Casado’s appearance at service for dictator called a ‘coincidence’

 

Sam Jones in Madrid
Mon 22 Nov 2021 15.38 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Netanyahu was ‘control freak’, ex-spokesman tells corruption trial

 

Key prosecution witness Nir Hefetz testifies that former prime minister was obsessed with image in press

 

 
Mon 22 Nov 2021 12.50 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cop27 is in Egypt next year … but will anyone be allowed to protest?

 

Green experts and human rights activists are concerned the hardline Cairo regime will suppress any civil society action

 

Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul and Fiona Harvey
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El Salvador rights groups fear repression after raids on seven offices

 

NGOs believe raids, officially part of an embezzlement inquiry, are an attempt to ‘criminalise social movements’

 

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‘She’s the only option’: Hondurans hope Xiomara Castro can lead the nation in a new direction

 

Presidential candidate would be the country’s first female president who vows to stop the violence and corruption causing many to flee

 

Jeff Ernst in Tegucigalpa
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