Here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming.- Mumia Abu-Jamal Rio de Janeiro is the postcard city of Brazil. Itis one of the most visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere and is known for its Carnival, samba, and beaches such as Leblon. In …
Vladimir Putin has been in power in Russia since 1999. Under his leadership, Russia has become an authoritarian and militaristic society. His ideology to push against US dominance seems to be working. To find out why this man has such immense power we need to go back to the past. In the final years of …
The economic sphere is full of peculiar and interesting anomalies. The Cuban economic system is one that has been left behind by time. On a bad day, a taxi driver expects to earn 60 dollars, whereas doctors earn no more than 40 dollars a month and engineers earn even less than that. Doctors and engineers …
Venezuela is a country in the middle of a never-ending political and economic crisis with two rival politicians claiming to be the country’s legitimate leader. Venezuela has been governed for the past 20 years by the socialist PSUV party. From 1999 to his death in 2013, Hugo Chavez was president. He was succeeded by his …
While The COVID-19 is ravaging the world there are some lessons for the future to be taken out from the response towards the pandemic. Coronavirus originated in the Huanan market of Wuhan, China and the SARS virus of 2003 also originated in a similar market the SARS outbreak eventually reached 71 countries and claimed nearly …
“Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year.”-Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva More than 820 million people in the world were still suffering from hunger according to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) report of 2019. These were the astonishing numbers before the Coronavirus pandemic. As borders …
Coronavirus or COVID-19 is a disease that originated in China. Today it has spread to nearly every corner of the planet. The most peculiar thing during this whole pandemic is the way in which different countries have responded to the situation. On one hand, countries such as South Korea and Hong Kong started their counter-attack …
In 2013 the Chinese government adopted a global development strategy called the “belt and road initiative”. This mega project has a targeted completion date of 2049. Under the project, the land “belt” will run from china through south and central Asia into Europe. The maritime “road” plans to connect coastal Chinese cities with Africa and …
South America is the largest producer of a drug called cocaine. Most of the countries in the region are losing their war against it. Most of the cocaine produced ends up in the United States. Entire regions of Latin America are controlled by drug cartels. These cartels bribe government officials to support the drug trade. …
“In the race for excellence, there is no finish line” – Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (Ruler of Dubai) The fact that Dubai just nearly 50 years ago was a village lost in the deserts has made its success more amazing and peculiar. There was a time when Dubai had no source of business for …