Protesters upset over economic inequalities have thrown free-market darling Chile into disarray, prompting a crackdown decried by rights advocates. Demonstrators protest against the Chilean government, Santiago, Chile, 10 January 2020. (EPA-EFE/ELVIS GONZALEZ) This...
By Sue Landau Four years ago, almost every country in the world signed up to the Paris Climate Accord, a commitment to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions enough to limit global warming to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial times by 2050. But they pledged to do...
The next push to combat climate change comes soon in Spain, when more than 190 countries meet to tackle global warming. Here’s what to expect. Smoke rises behind a destroyed apartment complex, Ventura, California, 5 December 2017 (AP Photo/Noah Berger) At the...
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yn_lfk7rjQ&w=580&h=400] By Christopher Alexander Gellert Paulo, Pablo, Pablo, Paolo and Marcelo. A night a while back I turned to introduce Pablo and before I could stumble, forget and mispronounce his name, he cut me...
By Christopher Alexander Gellert The country was littered with flags this past weekend. You couldn’t walk down a street without seeing them flying in yards and from apartment windows. In Chile, September 18 marks the South American nation’s independence from...