Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known to the world as Lula, has been the President of Brazil for much of the 21st century. He has also been a union leader, prisoner, inspiration and figure of adoration for much of Brazil’s working class. Emerging from Northeastern Brazil’s industrial union politics, he
For many politically active Americans, the beginning of 2021 offered hope that a new U.S. presidential administration, in control of both houses of congress, could put ridiculous claims of election illegitimacy behind them. Unfortunately, however, before President Biden even got into office, the transition was marred by an attempted assault
The United States is an enormously wealthy and influential country. It remains a global hegemon after suffering some of the worst effects of a global pandemic under four years of Donald Trump’s impulsive regime. Indeed, many American companies have produced vaccines against COVID-19 that solidify American influence in allied and
On June 7th, President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti was assassinated after refusing to give up his grip on power in a timely manner. This did not come out of nowhere, there has been civil unrest for months in Haiti. Clashes between protestors and security forces were increasingly common following Moïse’s
In recent days the Indian province of Uttar Pradesh, located in the northern part of the country, Hindu nationalist extremists have been conducting vigilante police work, in coordination with the police, to enforce religious purity in romantic relationships. The province, which is the most populous in India, and firmly a
While Burkina Faso has seen several years of unrest, the violence reached new heights last week. In an attack on Solhan, a village in the northern part of the country, an armed group described by the government as terrorists — likely affiliated with the Islamic State or Al-Qaeda — murdered
Over the week of May 21st, over 8,000 migrants entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the coast of North Africa. These migrants are now being used as pieces in a political spat between Morocco and Spain, whose latest diplomatic disagreement is a territorial dispute over the enclave in which
War is never far around the corner in Israel. Since its inception, the state has, for better or worse, been dependent on martial supremacy for its continued existence. In the period since its founding in 1948, Israel has been involved in 8 wars- roughly one per decade, and won all
COVID-19 is ravaging India, and the northern region of Kashmir is no exception. However, what is rather exceptional about the spread of COVID in that region is the draconian and counterproductive response offered by the federal and local governments. Doctors and other healthcare professionals are, according to Al-Jazeera, under strict
