
The national strike that erupted on 28 April 2021, following a proposed tax reform by the current administration, was met with state repression of protests. That repression and the impasse of dialogue since late April have revealed deep grievances and polarization in Colombia. As discussed at a virtual panel a week earlier on 19 April, many
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A recent high-level report on global methane emissions has found that the world could reduce the expected warming of Earth by 0.3°C through a combination of specific policy interventions. The Government of Canada should seize the opportunity by rallying the international community to meet this challenge at the upcoming ‘COP 26’ climate talks in Scotland, slated for later this
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Canada’s recent announcement that it would donate 17.7 million doses of vaccines to the global fight against COVID-19 is to be applauded. But don’t clap too loud. We weren’t ever going to use them anyway. For all of its rhetoric on global vaccine equity, the Canadian government could be doing far more to help combat the pandemic. Positive
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China has changed tremendously since 1949, when the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) took power. The leaders of the CCP have plenty of reasons to celebrate the centennial of the organization under whose stewardship China has become the largest economy in the world (the latter measured in GDP calculated at purchasing power parity). According to the CCP’s Secretary-General
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