Global South

Today, in the globalized neoliberal system (which I prefer to call ordo-liberal, borrowing this excellent term from Bruno Ogent) dominated by financialised monopolies of the imperialist triad (United States, Europe, Japan), the political authorities in charge of the management of the system for t

Twelve years ago today [July 9, 2004], the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion at the request of the United Nations General Assembly on the legality of the wall Israel has constructed in the West Bank.

Official government representatives and private individuals from about fifteen African countries attended the IV Russia-African Forum (RAF) held on 11-14 July as part of the INNOPROM-2016 international industrial trade fair in Yekaterinburg (Urals).

Former Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Varoufakis’ crusade to help save the 60-year-old European Union from a growing potential disintegration is intriguing.

On July 17, Bill Gates will deliver the annual Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg, justifying his philosophy of market-oriented, technology-centric philanthropy.

On June 27, 2016 the eleventh edition of the Fragile States Index was published by the Fund for Peace.

Since the June 23 vote on whether the United Kingdom (UK) would “Leave” or “Remain” within the 28-member-state European Union (EU), uncertainty has accelerated not just in London but throughout the international community.

Since its inception, the Bolivarian process was identified by Washington as an excrescence that must be quickly removed from the hemisphere. All means were tried but nothing worked: neither the coup, nor the oil strike, nor the diplomatic, political and media harassment paid off.

This past year, the United Nations marked the end of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and ushered in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global goals as they are commonly referred to.  Since its inception the organization has mitigated intra- and international conflict, promoted inter

Sports is an area of human interaction where respect for rules, teamwork and fair play are the norm. Teamwork, cooperation, abiding by the rules, respect for opponents and similar concepts all feature in the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.