Colombia Rocked by Sustained, Countrywide Protests
Colombia has been seized by debilitating, nationwide protests that show no signs of abating. While the original impetus for protests was a tax proposal aimed at closing a yawning budget…
Colombia has been seized by debilitating, nationwide protests that show no signs of abating. While the original impetus for protests was a tax proposal aimed at closing a yawning budget…
In those African countries led by autocrats, COVID-19 has cost not just lives but an erosion of civil liberties as well. According to the excerpted accompanying article from Germany-based Deutsche…
Many of the victims of COVID-19 in Africa don’t have the virus. Instead, as the accompanying article from Deutsche Welle points out, they are the women who have been beaten,…
Despite Kenya’s Isiolo County being located far from the Kenya-Somalia border as well as the country’s hotspots of violent extremism, such as Nairobi and the coast, and despite the deployment…
The Philippines has been battling Communist insurgents in the New People’s Army (NPA) for decades. Despite the end of the Cold War, the NPA has remained resilient. However, the excerpted…
As expected, Russia proved victorious during the 6th annual International Army Games, which were held from 23 August to 5 September. Russia has won every year since its inception in…
Despite the outbreak of COVID-19, the Turkish military is more active than ever. It is currently fighting on two military fronts (Syria and Libya) while conducting operations against Kurdistan Workers’…
Comments on reportage in covering the COVID-19 pandemic in the Ibero-American region have been problematic because data sources and methods have appeared so confusing, untrustworthy and inconsistent, both across and…