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Protestors gather outside the White House to demonstrate against torture on the 10th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Charles Davis/IPS
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 2 2015 (IPS) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has criticised member states for ‘cherry-picking’ human rights – advocating some and openly violating others – perhaps to suit their own national or political interests.
Despite ratifying the U.N. charter reaffirming their faith in fundamental human rights, there are some member states who, “with alarming regularity”, are disregarding and violating human rights, “sometimes to a shocking degree,” he said.
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Crisis Hits Oil Industry in latin america
Mexico's state-run oil giant Pemex faces a difficult outlook due to the fall in international oil prices and the crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, which threatens its production and finances, in a situation analysed during the 29th La Jolla Energy Conference, organised online by the Institute of the Americas. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy/IPS
MEXICO CITY, May 22 2020 (IPS) - While it attempts to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Latin American and Caribbean region also faces concerns about the future of the energy transition and state-owned oil companies.
These questions were discussed at the 29th La Jolla Energy Conference, organised by the Institute of the Americas. It was held online May 18-22, rather than bringing together more than 50 speakers at the institute’s headquarters in the coastal district of San Diego, in the U.S. state of California, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alfonso Blanco of Uruguay, executive secretary of the Latin American Energy Organisation (OLADE), said during a session on global trends and the regional energy industry that the changes seen during the pandemic will spread after the crisis and will be long-lasting.
“There will be structural transformations and we are convinced that most consumer behaviors will change after the pandemic. Demand will vary due to changes in the main areas of transportation and other energy areas. The effects on fossil fuel consumption will be strong and there will be a greater impact on renewable energies,” he said.
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COVID-19 Has Blown Away the Myth About ‘First’ and ‘Third’ World Competence
JOHANNESBURG, May 15 2020 (IPS) - One of the planet’s – and Africa’s – deepest prejudices is being demolished by the way countries handle COVID-19.
For as long as any of us remember, everyone “knew” that “First World” countries – in effect, Western Europe and North America – were much better at providing their citizens with a good life than the poor and incapable states of the “Third World”. “First World” has become shorthand for competence, sophistication and the highest political and economic standards.
So deep-rooted is this that even critics of the “First World” usually accept it. They might argue that it became that way by exploiting the rest of the world or that it is not morally or culturally superior. But they never question that it knows how to offer (some) people a better material life. Africans and others in the “Third World” often aspire to become like the “First World” – and to live in it, because that means living better.
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‘Biodiversity protection needed to prevent future pandemics’
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Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star ) - April 26, 2020 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Environment advocates are pushing for stronger biodiversity protection measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in the future.
Theresa Mundita Lim, executive director of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, said the decline in biodiversity and ecosystems can result in the emergence of infectious diseases such as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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By: Mark Weisbrot
This article was published by the Latin American Advisor (Inter-American Dialogue) on February 5, 2020.
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The Trump administration’s current and future behavior in Bolivia can best be forecast by its strong support for the military coup that overthrew the democratically elected government of Evo Morales on November 10. And no one disputes that Morales was democratically elected to his term that began in 2015.
But there’s more: the Organization of American States (OAS), whose leadership under Secretary General Luis Almagro is strongly influenced by Trump and Senator Marco Rubio, played a leading role in the coup that brought this violent, repressive, racist, anti-indigenous government to power. The OAS did this by repeatedly claiming, falsely, or implying, that the Morales government committed fraud in the October 20 election.
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Exerpt from
Randy Caravaggio's talk on Bolivia
Double Standards & Hypocrisy
13 years ago Evo Morales was elected president of Bolivia. Although Bolivia's population is composed 2/3 of indigenous people, he was the 1st indigenous president to be elected.
Morales won in 2005 with 53.7% of the vote, followed by re-elections in 2009 with 64.2% and 2014 with 61.3%.
The accomplishments under his leadership in Bolivia are incredible and too numerous to mention all, but I will mention just a few to give us some ideas of how much was accomplished with an honest government that had the will to work for its people and country.
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Global Compliance Reaearch Project
In 2010. I attended the meeting of the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT), in New York
It is no secret that Israel has nuclear weapons. If Israel does ratify the NPT then Israel has to finally officially admit that it has nuclear weapons and Israel will be subject to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
In 2010 Israel denounced the planned meeting for a Nuclear Arms-free Middle East. Under the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the cornerstone of global disarmament efforts.
"This resolution is deeply flawed and “hypocritical," Netanyahu said during a visit to Toronto, Canada,.|”
The US adopted the resolution but with an asterisk, pointing out that the US objected to singling out Israel. Also, there had been a proposal that Israel ratify ]the NPT
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2003 US IS AN INTERNATIONAL ROGUE STATE: HYPOCRITICAL STANCES. CORRUPTIVE PRACTICES, AND ILLEGAL ACTIONS,
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Joan Russow (PhD) Global Compliance Research Institute
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US THWARTS ATTEMPT TO CALL AN EMERGENCY GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION
For some time, there has been a campaign to call for an emergency UN General Assembly session, invoking the 1950 Uniting for Peace Resolution. The United States knows that not only is a large percentage of civil society opposing the invasion of Iraq, but also over 80% of the member states of the United Nations would oppose the military invasion of Iraq.
Yesterday, it was revealed in the newspaper La Tercera that the US had been attempting to prevent an emergency General Assembly session.
It is well documented that the US has continually shown disdain for the rule of International law-failing to sign and ratify international instruments, and showing for the jurisdiction of International Court of Justice, and more recently for the International Criminal Court.
US ENGAGED IN AN ILLEGAL ACT
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NOVEMBER 11, 2019 · 16:34
BY Yves Engler https://yvesengler.com/2019/11/11/canada-backs-coup-againgst-bolivias-president/
 In yet another example of the Liberals saying one thing and doing another, Justin Trudeau’s government has supported the ouster of Evo Morales. The Liberals position on Bolivia’s first ever indigenous president stands in stark contrast with their backing of embattled pro-corporate presidents in the region.
Hours after the military command forced Morales to resign as president of the most indigenous nation in the Americas, Chrystia Freeland endorsed the coup. Canada’s foreign affairs minister released a statement noting “Canada stands with Bolivia and the democratic will of its people. We note the resignation of President Morales and will continue to support Bolivia during this transition and the new elections.” Freeland’s statement had no hint of criticism of Morales’ ouster, who still has two months left on his 2015 election mandate. Elsewhere, leaders from Argentina to Cuba, Venezuela to Mexico, condemned Morales’ forced resignation.
Ten days ago Global Affairs Canada echoed the Trump administration’s criticism of Morales’ first round election victory. “It is not possible to accept the outcome under these circumstances,” said a Global Affairs statement. “We join our international partners in calling for a second round of elections to restore credibility in the electoral process.”
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"There's really nothing in [the OAS's] latest so-called preliminary audit that shows that there was any fraud in this election. But it was repeated over and over again," Weisbrot told Democracy Now. The coup came after "The Trump administration and the OAS...tried — without offering any evidence — to discredit Bolivia's national election in the past couple of weeks," Weisbrot wrote at The Nation.
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CEPR's Andrea M. Beaty and Shawn Fremstad prepared a report comparing rental housing and homelessness policies expressed or proposed by most of the presidential candidates of the two major parties. This report documents the candidates' positions on a broad range of rental housing policy, including affordabilty, housing assistance, tenant protections, discrimination, and homelessness. In addition, it outlines the current funding levels of selected federal housing and homelessness programs.
Inflation inequality is one more reason the US must update its poverty measure, writes Shawn Fremstad. Citing research by the Groundwork Collaborative, Fremstad notes that the US "is the only country in the world…using a poverty line set over half a century ago and since then only adjusted for inflation."
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New York Magazine, quoting Eileen Appelbaum, The Senseless Death of Deadspin
BBC World News, interviewing Mark Weisbrot, The Bolivian Elections
New York Times, quoting Dean Baker, Bill Gates, I Implore You to Connect Some Dots
CNN, citing CEPR, Bolivia's Evo Morales on Plane to Mexico Amid Political Crisis
MarketPlace Radio, quoting Dean Baker, Worker Productivity Declined for First Time in Four Years
Thom Hartmann Program, interviewing Guillaume Long, Right Wing Oligarchs Behind Bolivian Coup Exposed!
Inflation Inequality and the Poverty Measure
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