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Panama Canal Issue #2133

Building the Panama Canal ñ A study in US racism

President Donald Trump has claimed the Panama Canal is American as 35,000 Americans were killed during its construction. His figures are false. The great majority...

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Global briefs Issue #2204

GLOBAL BRIEFS

INDONESIA: China and Indonesia have agreed to deepen their military cooperation while broadening ties in technology, minerals, energy, and other strategic sectors, as both countries...

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Motorbike riding through flooded Cartagena, Colombia. Issue #2108

Climate crisis hits Latin America

In 2023 climatic changes in Latin America and the Caribbean affected basic infrastructure, clean water supply, electricity generation, and food production. This places livelihoods and...

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Panama Canal Issue #2130

Demonstrations against Trump’s threat to take Panama Canal

On 23 December 2024, US president-elect Donald Trump threatened to take back the Panama Canal, in a post on his Truth Social platform, because of...

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Issue #2129

DINGO

It could be tempting to treat Elon Musk’s provocations as the attention-seeking of a petulant plutocrat who was born into the wealth of his father’s...

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