Cuba’s streets witnessed protest gatherings on Sunday, July 11th. Western media such as the British BBC reported of “thousands rally against government”, although the news text acknowledges that “the crowds of protesters do not look particularly large”. The US Washington Post reported of “the biggest anti-government protests in decades”, based on social media footage. The newspaper also based its reporting ...
For more than a century, the United States has intervened in the internal affairs of Nicaragua in various forms. They occupied the country militarily between 1912 and 1933. They supported the bloody dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza for 42 years (1937-1979). After the emergence of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and its accession to power in 1979, the US organized ...
“The Freedom of the New World is the Hope of the Universe” – Simón Bolívar The Bicenttenial Congress in Caracas, Venezuela has convened from June 21st to June 24th and concluded with the “Manifest of the Bicentennial of the Battle of Carabobo”. United World International presents below the complete text of the manifest. Manifest of the Bicentennial of the Battle ...
By Awad Abdulsebur Ahmad / Addis Abeba Ethiopia was supposed to conduct its 6th general election last year in August. However, the elections postponed twice due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and instability in some parts of the country as well as lack of logistical preparations. In spite of all these predicaments, the nation was finally able to conduct ...
NATO and its allies have started the military exercise See Breeze 21 in the Black Sea on Monday, June 28th. The exercise, co-hosted by the US and Ukrainian navies, takes place amidst rising political and military tensions between western countries and Russia. NATO stated that 32 countries will take part in the exercise, providing 5,000 troops, 32 ships and 40 ...
By Orçun Göktürk “The U.S. is back“ was Biden’s first statement after being elected. And then Biden went on to say: “The main challenge in the 21st century will be between the United States and China.” These statements of Biden showed that he would continue Trump’s policies. Consequently, the US administration made its first foreign trips to Japan and South ...
By Erkin Feyyaz Eşli The UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), Marie-Therese Keita-Bocoum has expressed harsh criticism against the UN Mission in the country, MINUSCA (Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations unies pour la stabilisation en Centrafrique), in the last days. In spite of having been established in the country 7 years ago, ...
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum took place June 2 – 5, 2021. The forum was the largest event on economics in the post-pandemic world. 13,500 participants from 141 countries attended the forum. 43 ministers from foreign nations, 93 diplomats (84 of which were top ambassadors) participated alongside 9 Russian Deputy Prime Ministers and 6 Ministers. 5,000 of the total ...
The political crisis in Belarus, which had been almost forgotten over the last few months, actualized again as a result of the incident with the plane of the Ryanair company and the detention of the activist Roman Protasevich. As it is well known, a plane of the Irish Ryanair company, which was travelling from Greece (Athens) to Lithuania (Vilnius), was ...
By Awad Abdulsebur Ahmad, Addis Abeba Awad Abdulsebur Ahmad is a journalist and communication expert closely following the politics of the Horn of Africa. He has worked in Ethiopia for public, private and international humanitarian organizations for more then 20 years. Currently, he is Deputy Editor in- chief at the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA), a public owned media outlet operating ...