Human Wrongs Watch
By Human Rights Watch*
Two Years into Program, Thousands Face Violence, Trauma, Uncertainty
'Unseen' News and Views – By Baher Kamal & The Like
Two Years into Program, Thousands Face Violence, Trauma, Uncertainty
– The storming of Capitol Hill in Washington DC by an unruly mob is reminiscent of an insurrection in a “banana republic” –as hilariously portrayed in the 1971 Woody Allen comedy “Bananas” spoofing a revolt in a fictional Latin American country.
But judged by the disastrous four-year administration of President Trump such a description is an insult to all banana republics.
US President Donald Trump at a meeting of the Security Council. Credit: United Nations
Trump’s presidency has been characterized by misgovernment, corruption, lies, xenophobia, nepotism, arrogance, and ultimately, contempt for the country’s democratic electoral process.
For long, America has been the world’s self-appointed cop ousting dictatorships and overthrowing authoritarian regimes (read: Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan), upholding human rights and preaching peace – even while selling millions of dollars in weapons to conflict-ridden countries.
Filipino Market in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. | CC BY-SA 4.0
7 January 2021 (openDemocracy)* — Filipino healthcare workers have found themselves thrust to the frontlines of the pandemic to care for the most vulnerable across the globe. The Philippines is one of the world’s leading labour-sending countries, facilitating the migration of an estimated 2.2 million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) during the period April to September 2019.
A health worker prepares to administer a dose of Chinese CoronaVac vaccine, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 20, 2020. | Photo: Twitter/ @mlnangalama