Priti Patel has accused those who disagree with her stance on immigration of ‘seeking to sow dissent’ | PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
30/05/2021
Chile: The Paths of the Left
The millions who voted for the plebiscite demanding a new Constitution also want a new country and a new way of doing politics | Image from Wall Street International.
25 MaY 2021 — (Wall Street International)* — On November 21, Chileans shall vote in the first round of the presidential elections. If there is no winner with 50+1% of the votes, there will be a runoff election between the first two majorities on December 19, from which the future president will emerge.
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30/05/2021
How Billionaire Foundations Fund NGOs to Advance US Foreign Policy Goals
Human Wrongs Watch
By Rick Sterling – TRANSCEND Media Service*
A Case Study from Nicaragua
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US foreign policy is increasingly promoted by billionaire funded foundations. The neoliberal era has created individuals with incredible wealth and through “philanthropy”, they flex their influence and feel good at the same time.
While these philanthropists can be liberal on some issues, they universally support U.S. foreign policy and the “free market”.
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30/05/2021
Millets Prove Tasty Solution to Climate and Food Security Challenges
29 May 2021 (UN News)* — A renewed focus on boosting the production of millets and highlighting their benefits, is critical to reducing over-reliance on more commonly grown crops, boosting diverse diets, and food security.
That’s especially true during periods of natural disaster when food becomes scarce, according to Dr Nancy Aburto, an agriculture expert at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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She spoke to UN News earlier this year, saying that following the UN General Assembly’s recent adoption of a resolution proclaiming 2023 as the International Year of Millets in March 2021, efforts are afoot to promote cultivation as a solution to climate and global food security challenges.
30/05/2021
Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendants and Migrants: Listen and They Will Speak
Human Wrongs Watch
High-level event co-hosted by FAO, Costa Rica, Spain and the Vatican
Women at work in an Amazonian food system.
ROME (FAO)* — Indigenous peoples and afro-descendants’ knowledge, innovations and resilience capacities are essential for the transformation to a more sustainable and climate-friendly world and should be included in the policy-making processes, agreed the High-Level Seminar convened on 27 May 2021 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the governments of Costa Rica, Spain and the Vatican.
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