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Artificial intelligence threatens to increase inequality

5 min read STEVEN SEAMAN

STEVE SEAMAN

A quarter of the world's population, 2.200 billion people, still lack internet access, according to data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). This digital divide risks widening with the rise of Artificial Intelligence.

In 2025, 85% of urban residents used the internet, but almost half of the rural population (58%) still did not. The digital divide also shows a marked gender bias: it affects 52% of women compared to 42% of men.

Spain Europe Principal4

Juan Torres: Economics has become the biggest intellectual fraud in history

8 min read PASCUAL SERRANO

PASCUAL SERRANO
We live in times when we constantly hear alarmist voices from the left about the rise of the far right, or even fascism. We see leaders fervently defending neoliberal economic policies, from Milei with his chainsaw to Trump with his tariffs. Therefore, finding a book that attempts to analyze this rigorously, without merely scratching the surface, is a welcome relief.

Asia U.S. Principal4

Iran and the book that recounts the CIA's first coup d'état

5 min read PASCUAL SERRANO 0 comments

PASCUAL SERRANO
One of journalism's shortcomings is that it allows itself to be dominated by the frenetic pace of current events and overlooks historical context. In the case of geopolitics, this means that citizens, no matter how much information they consume, cannot fully decipher reality. The most obvious example these days is Iran.

America U.S. Latin America Principal4

From blockade to suffocation: the United States' war against Cuba enters its most brutal phase

5 min read MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS 0 comments

MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS
In the stillness of a Havana night, the only sounds are the hum of a generator at a distant hospital and the murmur of a family gathered by candlelight. For them, “U.S. national security” is not an abstract concept debated on American cable news; it is the tangible reality of a 20-hour blackout, the smell of spoiled food, and the fear for a child’s refrigerated medication.

Asia U.S. Principal4

Yemen's Foreign Minister: "The Yemeni case is a clear example of US intervention in the region"

7 min read Jayro sanchez 0 comments

JAYRO SANCHEZ
Abdulwahed Abu Ras is the Foreign Minister of the Yemeni government based in Sana'a. As one of the country's top political figures, he is the most authoritative voice to describe the crisis that has gripped Yemen for over a decade. We spoke with him about the civil war, the regional chaos in the Middle East, and his Cabinet's positions on Palestine and Syria.

U.S. Latin America Principal4

Watershed

4 min read FARRUCO SESTO

FARRUCO SESTO
I want to begin this note by paying a small personal tribute to my president Nicolás Maduro Moros, who is the president of all Venezuelans, and in whom I recognize, in addition to being a good man, a great revolutionary.

We saw Nicolás in some images and videos that surfaced, and in all of them he appears unharmed, surrounded by his kidnappers, with great dignity, even managing to send his people the message that “we will win” by gesturing with his hands. And perhaps, in passing, a message to the world as well.

Asia U.S. Europe Principal4

The business of genocide: there are no limits to capitalism when it comes to making money

5 min read JUAN TORRES 0 comments

JUAN TORRES LÓPEZ
I'm sure many of the people who read my articles have heard about the latest report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, published last June.

However, I want to return to activity after the summer break, echoing it for three important reasons. First, because we must continue to denounce and combat what I believe is a true crime against humanity, committed by Israel against the Palestinian people and with the complicity of the great powers that dominate the world.

Africa America Asia Principal4

Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of people are dying of hunger.

7 min read VIJAY PRASHAD 0 comments

VIJAY PRASHAD
I've written this article before. In fact, I could write it every year when a new Global Report on Food Crises is published. The report is based on four points:
1. The number of people suffering from hunger is higher now than last year.
2. The amount of food produced this year is greater than that produced last year.
3. There is enough food to feed the entire world's population, and more.
4. How do we explain why there are people who suffer from hunger?

Europe Principal4

Romania awaits new presidential elections in crisis

11 min read Jayro sanchez

JAYRO SANCHEZ
Romania's Central Election Bureau (CEB), the institution responsible for ensuring the security of the national elections, has finally announced: Călin Georgescu will not be able to run as a candidate for the presidential elections on May 4.

The vote to elect the new head of state in Romania was due to take place at the end of last year, but the Constitutional Court decided to annul the results of the first round of elections, held in November, and to have them repeated in 2025.

Asia USA/Europe Principal4

Bibi Netanyahu's juggling act

4 min read EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON 0 comments

EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON
Netanyahu knows that as long as the war is not over, there will be an important pretext to justify its continuation and the non-calling of elections. He repeatedly declares that the circumstances are not yet in place to proclaim the “total victory” that he promised the Israelis more than a year ago and which includes the complete disappearance of Hamas.

He claims that the day after the war ends, Hamas should be absent from the Strip, not only as a militia but also as a political entity. However, to this day, the Islamic Resistance Movement maintains its influence in all the territorial sectors of the Strip that the Israeli army has abandoned.

Europe Principal4

Will Europe be able to “guide itself”?

28 min read MILLAN FERNANDEZ

MILLAN FERNANDEZ
If the EU has renounced active diplomacy for peace and has uncritically submitted to the US; if it has shamelessly promoted revolts and interference in the Caucasus or ignored results ranging from Romania (EU) to Venezuela or if, in short, it only aspires to impose a vision and a “democratic model” that is not very democratic, what remains of its founding spirit and values? Does it make sense to try to expand it through wars, destabilizations and promotion of coups d'état?

Ukrainian soldiers train at a military camp in eastern France, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP)

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More than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers desert from a newly trained elite brigade in France

4 min read PASCUAL SERRANO

PASCUAL SERRANO
On November 15, the Associated Press reported that the new brigade of several thousand Ukrainian troops had been trained in France and was joining “the fight against the Russian invasion armed with tanks and artillery guns supplied by France.”