Venezuela has completed its presidential elections, with current President Nicolas Maduro being reelected as president. Maduro has started to gather his new cabinet. In recent years, the country has achieved financial stability with stopping hyperinflation and stabilizing the currency exchange rate. The oil industry continues to be the centerpiece of the economy, with a limited sanctions relief prior to the ...

The agenda in Türkiye was as packed as ever. Last week, Türkiye was shaken by the protest of 15 young people putting a hood on the head of a US soldier in the city of Izmir. Another prominent development was Türkiye’s application to join BRICS. And lastly, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Türkiye made headlines. Hood on the ...

By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein, Caracas / Venezuela On October 5th, 50 years wii have passed since Miguel Enríquez, secretary general of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) of Chile, fell in combat. A few years ago, in commemoration of this anniversary, I gave a few words at an event to which I was invited. I am going back to the “aide-memoire” ...

By Michael Roberts * Editorial note: This article was published prior to the election it deals with. But due to its deep and structural analysis, UWI considers that its finding are not only worthy to explain the results but also shed a light on Germany’s path ahead. Elections took place in two large provincial states (Lander) in eastern Germany. All the ...

UWI author, political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan gave an interview to Russia Today France on the Türkiye’s application to join the BRICS. We present the interview translated into English. What is the point for Türkiye to join the BRICS? There are several reasons. Geographically, Türkiye is an Asian country and has strong relations with countries like Russia, Iran and China. ...

On September 3rd, 15 members of the Vatan Party’s youth wing, Vanguard Youth, put a hood on the head of a US soldier in the Turkish city of Izmir. The US soldiers were stationed on the USS Wasp, the largest assault ships in the American fleet, docked at Izmir Port. Following the action, Erol Aslan, speaking on behalf of the ...

By Takai Hiroyuki What is the “postwar international order”? During his visit to the U.S. in April, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio made the following remarks in a speech to the U.S. Congress. “The U.S. shaped the international order in the postwar world through economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power…The international order that the U.S. worked for generations to build is ...

by Yunus Emre Özgün A/Secretary General of the World Anti-Imperialist Youth Union & A/Head of International Relations Bureau of the Youth Union of Türkiye (TGB) As human beings, the states can only be as sovereign as the area of independence they gain. Political power is the primary apparatus for deciding or not deciding this. The government takes decisions to be ...

On September 1st, the German states of Saxony and Thuringia went to the polls. With voter turnout at 74.3% in Saxony and 73.6% in Thuringia, here are five key observations from the election results. 1. No party can form the government alone In both states, no party has secured enough seats to form a government on its own. To govern, ...

By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein, Caracas / Venezuela Terrorist forces caused last Friday, the 30th blackout of more than 9 that affected the Caracas area as well as a major part of Venezuela. In my house too, the lights went off, there was no electricity, no internet nor water. My 8-year-old son asked me what was happening and how that was ...

By Tehran Tapdigov, Baku / Azerbaijan The new realities created by the Second Karabakh War have also prompted countries to consider peace. After the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia ended, the two countries began working towards peace. However, certain powers that do not want peace to be established between Baku and Yerevan continue to create obstacles to normalizing these relations. ...

By Brian Mier, reporting from Recife, Brazil Millions of Brazilians woke up on August 31 in a country without X, after the Supreme Court ordered the national telecommunications agency to block the social media platform. This move culminated over a year of X’s refusal to follow Brazil’s telecommunications laws, particularly those requiring deplatforming of suspects in internet crime investigations. In ...