Archive for October 22nd, 2018

22/10/2018

Macron Stresses Importance of [Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty] INF Treaty for EU Security in Call With Trump

Human Wrongs Watch

Earlier, reacting to Trump’s statement, Russia called US accusations that it violated the INF Treaty unsubstantiated and warned Washington against unilaterally withdrawing from agreements.

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Macron shakes hands with US President Donald Trump in September 2018 | The White House from Washington, DC | Public Domain

22 October 2018 (Sputnik)* – French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the important role the treaty plays in safeguarding European security and stability during his telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Monday [22 October 2018], the French president’s office announced.

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22/10/2018

Minimalism

Millburn and Nicodemus had achieved highly-paid corporate positions with a telephone-service company. However, they discovered that “working 80 hours a week just to buy more stuff didn’t fill the void. We didn’t have control of our time, and thus we didn’t control our own lives.”
22/10/2018

Brazil: Bolsonaro’s Son Threatens Electoral Court with Violence

Eduardo Bolsonaro warned TSE they would face dire consequences if they contested his father’s candidacy.
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Grande Expediente – Dep. Eduardo Bolsonaro (PSC-SP) | Lucio Bernardo Jr. – Câmara dos Deputados | Source CC BY 3.0

21 October 2018 (teleSUR)* — A soldier and a corporal are enough to close Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of Brazilian Presidential Candidate Jair Bolsonaro, said Sunday [21 October 2018].
A controversial video surfaced this weekend showing Federal Member of Parliament Elect Bolsonaro warning the TSE they would face dire consequences if they contested his father’s candidacy.
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Allegations of electoral crimes, specifically the abuse of economic power and illegal use of social media, triggered calls for an investigation to bar the popular right-wing candidate from the presidential race and from politics for the next eight years.

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22/10/2018

Our Apparent Surrender – Immolation of Privacy in the Digital World

 Human Wrongs Watch

By Fernando Velázquez*

(Wall Street International)*The almighty god of technological progress demands countless sacrifices.
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Internet security | Photo from Wall Street International.

We sacrificed our time at first; navigating at all times and everywhere in that immense cloud of information called the Internet, and even we stay in it through various apps that locate us and call us at any moment.

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22/10/2018

Blue Awakening as Latin America and Caribbean States Say No to Plastic

22 October 2018 (UN Environment)*From the remote Galápagos Islands to the humid depths of the Amazon forest, governments are cutting back on plastic, citizens are cleaning beaches, and innovators are seeking alternative products as part of a region-wide movement to turn the tide on plastic pollution.

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Wembley/ Unsplash | Photo from UN Environment

Awareness of the need to act is growing in a region that is particularly vulnerableto marine litter – the Caribbean is the second most polluted sea in the world – and to other environmental threats caused by our changing climate, such as increasingly powerful storms.

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