The French capital and enterprises feel discomfort of the sanctions imposed by the US against Russia. Total, Donone, Auchan, Leroy, Merlin and other companies are dragging feet to in retreating from the Russian market despite US insistence. Renault has declared to stop operations in Russia in a last minute decision. Pro-Atlantic forces in France meanwhile continue their pressures and even ...
As France prepares for presidential elections to be held on April 10, 2022, the NATO conflict has become one of the main issues in the country’s politics. The discussions remind of the country’s decision to withdraw from NATO’s military wing in 1966. Charles de Gaulle had said that the country gained national sovereignty by leaving the military wing of NATO ...
By Ana Dagorret / Rio da Janeiro* The October presidential elections in Brazil are one of the most important political events of 2022 in Latin America. What seems to be a traditional dispute between candidates in a representative democracy to determine the next president, in the country governed by Jair Bolsonaro is presented as a tense scenario where democratic continuity ...
By Mehmet Emre Öztürk The South Korean elections scheduled for March 9, 2022 will not only constitute a turning point in the country’s history; the will also have a great influence on the political balances in the Asia-Pacific. The Democratic Party under the leadership of Moon Jae-In is struggling with internal strife and a series of political scandals, while the ...
A country’s revolutionary past looms over its contemporary days, when there is a change of government. Even more so, when the losing candidate affirms explicitly and positively the counterrevolutionary forces. And even more so, when the winner represents the Left. And if he is a young president of only 35 years with strong roots in the radical street protest movements, ...
By Cansu Yiğit “Our plan A is to live and die in Libya. Our plan B is to live and die in Libya. Our plan C is to live and die in Libya.” This was the answer given by Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, 10 years ago, when the Arab Spring was throwing Libya into chaos and preparing the ground for a ...
By Tony López* The Condor Plan was conceived to maintain the power of Washington, in those countries of the South American cone and when these criminal policies were fought and popularly repudiated and lost their usefulness, the United States changed strategy and tactics. It is from there, that Washington practices the philosophy of “ do what I say, but not ...
Libya’s national electoral commission announced that by Sunday evening, November 21, it had accepted applications from 61 presidential candidates. On December 24, the country will hold its first-ever presidential election. However, not all candidates have the same chance to win. The biggest question is the candidacy of the current Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. He has applied to become a ...
The former President is very busy. He is at the same time on the phone, is directing his assistant and pursuing political debates with activists and even waitresses that enter and leave the restaurant in Mexico City. Maybe this is the reason why José Manuel Zelaya Rosales appears always taller and more energetic than you remember from the last time ...
The population of the Syrian Arab Republic has gone to presidential elections on May 26th. Ballot boxes were established in all government-controlled areas of Syria and in diplomatic representations of Syria abroad in order to enable expatriates to cast their votes. The Syrian constitution foresees several legal conditions for approval as a candidate. Among these are being a resident in ...