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·Jun 26, 2021

How I awoke from the lasting Cuban deception

We grew up repeating ‘pioneers for communism, we will be like Che’ — Written by Luis Rodriguez | Translated by Anthony Sutterman I was born in a small village in the south of Cuba, surrounded by the poverty that my family endured, but filled with the type of love and affection that I have never known again in my life. This was the…

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How I awoke from the lasting Cuban deception
How I awoke from the lasting Cuban deception
Cuba

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Jun 18, 2021

Nepal’s wild elephants are also on the move

Tigers and elephants are using jungle corridors for annual monsoon migration — This article by Salik Ram Chaudhary, secretary of the Khata Wildlife Corridor Homestay Management Committee, was originally published in Nepali Times and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. By Nepali Times Several hundred elephants migrate from India to Nepal through different corridors…

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Nepal’s wild elephants are also on the move
Nepal’s wild elephants are also on the move

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·Jun 17, 2021

Chile’s new constitution offers unique opportunity to rethink workers’ rights in the digital age

It is time to take workers’ rights into the digital age — By Claudio Gutiérrez and Spencer Ivy Since the installation of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in 1973, workers’ living and working conditions throughout Chile have suffered. Pinochet’s regime reduced the size of the government, removed social protections, and completely liberalized the economy. These policies initially caused the Chilean economy to boom and…

Chile

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Chile’s new constitution offers unique opportunity to rethink workers’ rights in the digital age
Chile’s new constitution offers unique opportunity to rethink workers’ rights in the digital age
Chile

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·May 29, 2021

Czechia’s Muslim women celebrated Ramadan with mixed experiences

Some speak of anti-Islam criticism, others praise country’s religious freedom — By Elmira Lyapina On May 13, the Muslim world including the Czech Muslims celebrated Eid Al-Fitr, or the feast of breaking the fast of Ramadan. In Czechia, where Muslims account for less than 0.1% of its 10.7 million people, Islam is often at the centre of much debate and criticism…

Czech Republic

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Czechia’s Muslim women celebrated Ramadan with mixed experiences
Czechia’s Muslim women celebrated Ramadan with mixed experiences
Czech Republic

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·May 26, 2021

How I came to live on Nowhere Island

Of many races, accepted by none — By Daniella Barsotti When I look at my face, I see the plight of the indigenous Caribs who, along with the other First Peoples of the Caribbean, struggled against European conquest and ravage. I see Africans violently plucked from their home, brought to toil on stolen land in heat the…

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How I came to live on Nowhere Island
How I came to live on Nowhere Island

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·May 18, 2021

Protecting its people and preserving democracy: Germany’s pandemic predicament

By spring 2021, the population had begun to question the restrictions — By Taylor Whitsell and Félix Krawatzek In early 2020, Germans expressed significant support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A consensus initially emerged across supporters of most parties that the state was handling an extraordinary situation appropriately, with trust in the government rising to 80 per cent…

Germany

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Protecting its people and preserving democracy: Germany’s pandemic predicament
Protecting its people and preserving democracy: Germany’s pandemic predicament
Germany

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·May 15, 2021

The different faces of gender equality in Vietnam politics

Treatment of women activists contradicts claim of supporting gender equality — This article was originally published on The 88 Project, an independent news site covering Vietnam, and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. By The 88 Project The Vietnamese government boasts about its achievements in pursuing gender equality. Referring to the ratio of…

Vietnam

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The different faces of gender equality in Vietnam politics
The different faces of gender equality in Vietnam politics
Vietnam

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·May 4, 2021

In the grip of pandemic, ‘the time is now’

A Trinidadian poet considers ways to survive the restrictions of COVID-19 — Editor’s note: Against the backdrop of Trinidad and Tobago’s increasing rates of COVID-19 infections, the government re-introduced certain restrictions on April 29, including the closure of restaurants, gyms and places of worship, and the reduction-to 25 per cent capacity-of the air and sea bridge routes between the two islands. By…

Caribbean

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In the grip of pandemic, ‘the time is now’
In the grip of pandemic, ‘the time is now’
Caribbean

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·Apr 29, 2021

The rise and fall of Clubhouse in Turkey

After a brief period of popularity among opposition activists, pro-Erdoğan figures have now flooded the app — By Arzu Geybullayeva In January, when students of Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University launched protests against a president-appointed rector, Clubhouse was one of the places where much of the conversation about the movement was taking place. In an interview with Middle East Eye, Furkan Dabaniyasti, a moderator at one of Boğaziçi’s…

Turkey

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The rise and fall of Clubhouse in Turkey
The rise and fall of Clubhouse in Turkey
Turkey

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·Mar 26, 2021

My truth: The pain of being silenced in Cuba

‘ … every day I live with the fear of repression’ — Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan Throughout the history of humanity, intellectuals committed to truth and freedom have always represented a threat to different power structures. The 1984 book by George Orwell provides an understanding of the existing analogies with the oppressive Cuban society. One of the most nefarious effects of…

Cuba

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My truth: The pain of being silenced in Cuba
My truth: The pain of being silenced in Cuba
Cuba

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