RICARD GONZÁLEZ Tunisia While the entire world looks in horror at Gaza, Egypt, the only country adjacent to the martyred Palestinian strip, apart from Israel, is distracted by rather irrelevant elections. Starting Sunday, and for three consecutive days, Egyptians are summoned to the polls to endorse the dictator who rules the country with an iron fist: Marshal Abdelfattah Al-Sisi.

AMY GOODMAN AND DENIS MOYNIHAN Dubai While lobbyists enjoy virtually unlimited access to COP28, climate activists say they are finding it harder to secure credentials than in previous years. Add to that the United Arab Emirates' authoritarian and strict ban on protests, and the UN climate summit looks more like what climate scientist Kevin Anderson wrote on social media: "a cabal of producers of oil, not a climate COP.

EUGENIO GARCÍA GASCÓN Washington's attitude in recent weeks has consisted of relentlessly feeding Israeli arsenals with bombs of all kinds, knowing the terrible humanitarian cost that the massive destruction has had for more than a million civilians. The image of a benevolent power that the United States cultivates has been shattered, to the point that protests against President Joe Biden's administration in North American cities have become a regular, daily occurrence. The unrest has spread among thousands of officials in the White House, Congress, the State Department and the Pentagon. In some cases, the unrest has transpired through letters, signed or not, and even with a loud resignation.