Pakistani parliament member and Pashtun leader Ali Wazir gets bail but to remain behind bars
On November 30, Ali Wazir was granted bail by the Supreme Court but remains in jail as a case is pending against him. He was accused of insulting a state institution in a speech in December 2020 and has been incarcerated for close to a year
Seven day march in defense of democracy concludes in Bolivia
March for the Homeland reached the Bolivian city of La Paz on November 29 after covering a distance of more than 180km over seven days.
Left-wing candidate Xiomara Castro all set to become Honduras’ next president
According to the preliminary results of the presidential elections held in Honduras on Sunday, Xiomara Castro of the Libre Party has obtained over 53% of the votes, and is leading the presidential race by a 20% margin
Padre Melo says Hondurans want their vote to be respected in historic elections
Padre Melo talks about the general elections to be held in the country on November 28 about the role of religious sectors in fighting for the restoration of democracy, what to expect on Election Day, and the impact of the political crisis in Honduras on immigration.
‘Rich countries are pretending they’re responding to climate crisis while blocking real solutions’
Vijay Prashad from Globetrotter speaks to Asad Rehman, Director of War on Want, about why even after 26 climate conferences, little progress has been made in taking concrete climate action
Bolivian government repeals law being used as a pretext for destabilization by right-wing
The Bolivian government abrogated Law 1386 of the National Strategy to Combat the Legitimization of Illicit Profits and the Financing of Terrorism, which the members of far-right civic committees and the opposition had used as a pretext to strike, mobilize and block roads
Canada’s Indigenous communities brave police violence to block pipeline project
Police cracked down on a blockade by members of the Wet’suwet’en tribe and arrested over a dozen people but failed to end the blockade of the drill site. The tribe has been resisting work on TC Energy’s Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline
Post Xi-Biden meet, what lies ahead?
Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News analyzes the US establishment’s understanding of and perception of China in the aftermath of the Biden-Xi meeting. He talks about the similarities between the major political forces on the issue and the long-term US plan to encircle China.