Archive for August 2nd, 2018

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02/08/2018

Daniel Ortega, a Tyrant Hanging on by a Thread

Human Wrongs Watch

By José Zepeda*

The President of Nicaragua doesn’t appear to understand that the widespread mobilisations against him are a result of social malaise accumulated during his time in power. Español

The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, in the middle, embraces the Venezuelan leader Diosdado Cabello under the watchful eye of the First Lady Rosario Murillo during a celebration of the Sandinista Revolution in Managua, July 2013

1 August 2018 (openDemocracy)* — Daniel Ortega has not hesitated in denominating the recent protests that have shaken Nicaragua to its core over the past three months as terrorist acts carried out by members of “satanic sects” – people who have been convinced by the devil that Ortega is the enemy. 

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02/08/2018

Blast From the Past: Great Pyramid ‘Concentrator’ of Radio Waves – Study

30 July 2018 (SPUTNIK News)* — A towering skyscraper of stone built without computers or complex machinery, the Great Pyramid in Egypt has fascinated historians and archeologists for centuries.

Sphinx and Pyramid of Cheops

A team of German and Russian physicists studying the properties of the Great Pyramid, also known as the Khufu Pyramid, have found that it can concentrate electromagnetic energy inside its hidden chambers and focus the electromagnetic waves into the substrate region, according to a study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Applied Physics.

Built on the plateau of Giza in the third millennium BC by Pharaoh Khufu, the 138.8-meter (455-foot) high Great Pyramid is one of the biggest and tallest structures ever built by man.

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02/08/2018

In the Words of Indigenous Ireland Pop: “People Voted for Me Because They Wanted to See Change”

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1 August, 2018 (UN Women)* — Irlanda Pop is the Mayor of Lanquín, a municipality in the Alta Verapaz department of Guatemala. She is the only indigenous Mayor and one of three women Mayors in the country.

Irlanda Pop poses for a photo outside. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Irlanda Pop. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Elected in 2015 for a term of four years, Pop has survived serious political attacks and continues to fight discrimination on account of her gender and indigenous identity.

UN Women supported Pop to participate in the IV Ibero-American Summit of Local Gender Agendas that took place in Cuenca, Ecuador, in May 2018.

There, she led an exchange between women leaders of different indigenous communities of the region about political participation of indigenous women and how to address violence against women in politics.

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02/08/2018

South Sudan Cracks Down on Charcoal Trade

2 August 2018 (UN Environment)* — South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, is endowed with extensive grasslands, wetlands, wildlife, and tropical forests. Its natural assets include significant agricultural, mineral, timber, and energy resources.

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Photo by UN Environment | The country’s forests are under immense pressure from charcoal and fuel wood production and consumption.

But despite having one of Africa’s lowest population densities, less than 13 people per square kilometre, the landlocked Central East African country’s forests remain under immense pressure from charcoal and fuelwood production and consumption.

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02/08/2018

Indian Ocean Perfume Islands Threatened by Climate Change

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1 August 2018 — Farmers living on the Indian Ocean Comoros archipelago are being supported through a UN Development Programme (UNDP) initiative, to adapt to climate change in an effort to ensure they can continue to prosper in one of Africa’s poorest nations.

UNDP Comoros/James Stapley | People living on the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean are needing to adapt to climate change.
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Some 200,000 Comorians rely solely on agriculture to make a living from crops such as ylang-ylang, vanilla and clove; fragrant plants which have led many to name the small island nation, the perfume islands.

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02/08/2018

‘Children Are Killed or Seriously Injured in Palestinian-Administered Areas; Exposed to Fear, Trauma, and Grave Injuries in Israel’ – UN Officials

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Children’s rights continue to be violated in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Israel, according to three leading UN officials in the region who on 1 August 2018 called on all parties responsible to take concrete and immediate steps to “allow children to live free of fear and to realize all their rights”.

UNICEF/Ahed Izhiman | On 12 July 2018 in the State of Palestine, 8-year old Hamid looks out over the old city of Hebron from the roof of his house. Checkpoints punctuate Hebron’s old city, part of the area known as H2, and affect the movement of people, including access to education as many children must pass one or more checkpoints on their way to school.

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