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From Evo Morales to Rodrigo Paz: Bolivia's Dramatic Shift Toward Israel, by Jose Alberto Nino

3 June 2026 at 05:00
Bolivia is experiencing its deepest political and economic crisis in four decades, and the responses from Washington and Jerusalem have been striking in their similarity. Since early May 2026, a massive wave of protests led by indigenous communities, miners, peasant unions, transport workers, teachers, and supporters of former leftist president Evo Morales has swept the...

Mexican teachers expand protest camp and threaten to shut down the capital

3 June 2026 at 16:07
CNTE teachers at the protest camp on the streets of the Historic Center in Mexico City on Tuesday.

Teachers in Mexico have launched a nationwide strike that is bringing mounting pressure on President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government ahead of the start of the soccer World Cup.

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Teachers from the CNTE (National Coordination of Education Workers) demonstrating on Paseo de la Reforma.

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Members of the CNTE playing a game during Tuesday's demonstration.

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Statues toppled by CNTE members.

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On Tuesday, the CNTE’s Single National Negotiating Commission attended a roundtable discussion with federal authorities at the Ministry of the Interior.

Beware of the Anti-Qatar Narrative on the Right, by Jose Alberto Nino

3 June 2026 at 05:00
If you criticize Israel on the American right today, expect to be labeled a Qatari shill by a network of pro-Israel commentators who have turned accusations of Gulf Arab money into a political weapon while ignoring the elephant in the room of Jewish influence in American foreign policy. This campaign has intensified dramatically since October...

Stop Weaponizing Everything!!!

3 June 2026 at 01:00
Jan Marco Müller, the European Commission official who drafted the EU’s new science diplomacy framework, just said the quiet part out loud: “Science diplomacy is not about being nice to each other.” Yes, it is, dumbass. That was the whole point. For centuries, science diplomacy worked precisely because it allowed ordinary human beings to humanize […]
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