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Published in: HomeDemocracyWatch: Governments roll back environmental protections
Under the cover of the pandemic, governments across the planet are trashing laws which protect the planet.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPan American Health Organization in intensive care
Will the continent's highest health authority suspend its operations? Or will it be forced to reduce them...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWe are doomed if, in the post-Covid-19 world, we cannot abandon non-essentials
Instead of growth and profit-seeking, a new economy needs concepts from Gandhi, Marx, the Zapatistas and the Kurdish...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTo postpone the election of the President of the Inter-American Development Bank is a priority
The Latin American Reflection Roundtable issues a declaration on the future of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPetrobras alone cannot support the Amazon Fund. It needs other donors
Without Norway and Germany, Petrobras stands as the only collaborator, responsible for only 1% of contributions.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRegulators must crack down on big tech’s anti-repair practices
Tech giants are using their dominant positions to shorten the lives of electronic goods. This is bad for consumers...
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Published in: Home: OpinionTo solve the climate crisis, we need more democracy, not less
Do we need benign dictators to deal with the climate crisis? A new index of intergenerational solidarity provides the answer
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why uncertainty requires a new politics
Governments haven’t found the magic formula for predicting the way people and diseases will interact with each other.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Investigation"They are going to kill me, and I don't want to get killed": social leader of the Colombian Cauca region
democraciaAbierta spoke with Yaneth Mosquera, social leader of the Colombian Cauca, who has dedicated her life to...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIntellectual property must be transformed to put the public good before private profits
Patent enclosure by pharmaceutical giants results in many being denied life-saving treatments. It’s time for a new approach.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBeyond biological warfare: Why COVID-19 is a matter of land distribution in Latin America
Land concentration is one of the main causes for the high rates of poverty, economic inequality and the polarization...
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Published in: ourEconomyourVoices podcast: Tom Steyer on Joe Biden’s new climate plan
Former presidential candidate Tom Steyer discusses the future of the environmental justice movement in the US.
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Published in: oDRAfter environmental destruction in Armenia, the fight for transparency continues - in Denmark
After a Danish-funded mine caused serious environmental damage in Armenia, the Danish state has been less than...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe survival of the Amazon is at stake
Advised by policymakers, CEOs, cultural icons and elected Indigenous leaders, research panel led by Carlos Nobre,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionTo build a new world, we need less ‘machine mind’ and more ‘garden mind’
To address the complex threats and opportunities of the 21st century needs a change of mindset and daily political...
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Published in: HomeIn Amazonia, libraries are being set alight
The death of elders leads to irreplaceable loss of knowledge in the Amazon. Indigenous lives – and heritage – matter.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationJournalism in Mexico: Report for a living, get killed for reporting
Since 2000, 133 journalists have been murdered in Mexico. 10 of them in 2019. Meanwhile, impunity wins in 99% of cases.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaG20 bets on fossil fuels for post-Covid-19 economy recovery plans
G20 governments have allocated at least US$151 billion to fossil fuels since the pandemic started, largely...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWe can have a golden future with a Green Recovery Act
The climate crisis cannot be addressed without a transformative reconstruction of the law.
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Published in: ourEconomyThe faulty science, doomism, and flawed conclusions of Deep Adaptation
The claim that runaway climate change has made societal collapse inevitable is not only wrong – it undermines the...