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30/07/2018

A Short List of the Most Lethal CIA Interventions in Latin America

By Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service*

10 of the Most Lethal CIA Interventions in Latin America– teleSUR 18 Sep 2016 (minimal editing by Gary G. Kohls)

Che Guevera, the revolutionary face of resistance against US homicidal interventions. Two years after leading a rebellion against Washington’s intervention in Bolivia, Che was murdered.

Note: In its 200 year history, the USA has intervened in, invaded or militarily occupied the following Western Hemisphere nations: Canada, Confederate States of America, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Surinam, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Grenada. The article below enlarges upon the 10 most lethal coups.

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30/07/2018

Madmen and Economists

By John Scales Avery*

30 July, 2018 – TRANSCEND Media Service*

“Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad or an economist.” — Kenneth E. Boulding (1910-1993)

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Why Are Economists Addicted to Growth?

Economists (with a few notable exceptions) have long behaved as though growth were synonymous with economic health.

If the gross national product of a country increases steadily by 4 percent per year, most economists express approval and say that the economy is healthy.

If the economy could be made to grow still faster (they maintain), it would be still healthier.

If the growth rate should fall, economic illness would be diagnosed. However, it is obvious that on a finite Earth, neither population growth nor economic growth can continue indefinitely.

But why do economists cling almost religiously to the idea of growth?

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30/07/2018

‘We never used to eat fish’

No boats needed for a Guatemalan fishing community – A rainwater harvesting project in the country’s dry corridor is putting fish on the plates

Home-grown fish is now a regular part of the meal in Chiquimula’s households. ©FAO/Carlos Zaparolli

30 July, 2018 (FAO)* — Imagine living in one of the driest areas on the planet. What little rain there is falls over the space of a few months, yielding around 700 mm in total each year. A population of 1.2 million has to survive on 65 percent less water than the rest of their compatriots, on a traditional staple diet of corn and beans.

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30/07/2018

Sticking Your Tongue Out at the Crystal Palace – What Can Dostoyevsky Tell Us about the Rise of Political Populism?

By Alex Watson*

28 July 2018 (Wall Street International)*– Across the world, the major political events of recent years have left many people confounded and apprehensive. The rise of strong-man leaders and nationalism have surprised and shocked many who believed that increased democratization and global co-operation were inevitable.

Crystal Palace – Northeast | Photo from Wall Street International.

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30/07/2018

“I like going to school so much! I dream of becoming a doctor when I grow up”

“My name is Younes, I’m 10 years old and I come from Iraq. I live here, at the open accommodation center of Drama, with my mom, my sister and my brother. Our dad is not with us.

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30/07/2018

In the Words of Marija Andjelkovic: “The Girls Are Getting Younger… Poverty Is Driving Trafficking in Persons”

UN Women* — In the 1990s, Marija Andjelkovic worked at a call centre for girls experiencing violence, when she received a training on human trafficking. In those days, trafficking was not a known, researched and understood phenomenon in Serbia which left an institutional vacuum in addressing the needs of survivors.

Marija Andjelkovic Director and founder of the Serbian NGO, ASTRA-Anti trafficking action, Serbia, grantee of UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Marija Anjelkovic. Photo: UN Women/ Ryan Brown

The training opened her eyes, says Andjelkovic, speaking to UN Women during an event at the 62^ndsession of the Commission on the Status of Women:

“I realized that some of the girls I had spoken to were probably victims of trafficking!”

She was one of the first civil society activists to raise the issue of human trafficking in the Balkan region, and went on to become the founder and Director of the Serbian NGO, ASTRA-Anti trafficking action.

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30/07/2018

‘A City in a Garden’: Singapore’s Journey to Becoming a Biodiversity Model

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Biodiversity transformation: Preserving quality of life and urban spaces, Singapore style.

Photo by VisualHunt

30 July 2018 (UN Environment)* — You wouldn’t know it today, but in 1965 Singapore was a polluter’s paradise: mucky rivers, polluted canals and raw sewage running rampant.

It was a developing country, newly split from neighbouring Malaysia, an island surrounded by waters that now they had to govern on their own.

The incredible journey of Singapore, from a struggling polluted backwater into a global green powerhouse, was not automatic or easy.

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30/07/2018

Most Victims Trafficked Internationally Cross Official Border Points – IOM

Geneva, 30 July 2018 (IOM)* – On the occasion of World Day against Trafficking in Persons (30/07), new data released by IOM, the UN Migration Agency, show that in the last ten years, almost 80 per cent of journeys undertaken by victims trafficked internationally cross through official border points, such as airports and land border control points.

IOM/Amanda Nero Almost half of identified cases of child trafficking begin with some family member involvement, UN Migration Agency (IOM) reported.

Trafficking in persons is often seen as an underground activity, linked to irregular migration, and hidden from the authorities and the general public. IOM case data depict a different story, indicating that most trafficking is in fact happening through official border points.

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30/07/2018

World Day against Trafficking in Persons: ‘With Public and Private Sectors at Odds, Traffickers Win’ – IOM Chief

By William  Lacy Swing, IOM Director General*

30 July, 2018 (IOM)* — The world’s workforce has never been more mobile—from the gardener in California to the banker in Singapore. Whether it’s the dishwasher in Rome or the designer in London, we recognize human ambition is on the move; everyone—skilled or unskilled, with work permits or without—is seeking an identical goal: how to deploy their talents in those markets that reward them best.

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Simple economics trigger those journeys that start with a dream of a better life and can result in enormous collective benefits for countries of both origin and destination when done in a safe and orderly way.

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A Short List of the Most Lethal CIA Interventions in Latin America

Human Wrongs Watch

By Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service*

Madmen and Economists

Human Wrongs Watch

By John Scales Avery*

‘We never used to eat fish’

Human Wrongs Watch

Sticking Your Tongue Out at the Crystal Palace – What Can Dostoyevsky Tell Us about the Rise of Political Populism?

Human Wrongs Watch

By Alex Watson*

“I like going to school so much! I dream of becoming a doctor when I grow up”

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In the Words of Marija Andjelkovic: “The Girls Are Getting Younger… Poverty Is Driving Trafficking in Persons”

Human Wrongs Watch

‘A City in a Garden’: Singapore’s Journey to Becoming a Biodiversity Model

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Most Victims Trafficked Internationally Cross Official Border Points – IOM

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World Day against Trafficking in Persons: ‘With Public and Private Sectors at Odds, Traffickers Win’ – IOM Chief

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By William  Lacy Swing, IOM Director General*

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