Global petro-resistance greets 2021
…Supreme Court of Norway, in a Dec. 22 decision, upheld a judgment of the Borgarting Court of Appeals, which had allowed the government to grant oil licenses in new sections…
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Facebook enables deforestation in Brazilian Amazon
…documentary broadcast Feb. 26, “Selling the Amazon,” BBC Brasil went undercover to show how illegal land-grabbers are moving in on public land in the Amazon—clearing rainforest and selling plots to…
China-Turkey extradition treaty to target Uighurs
China announced Dec. 26 the ratification of an extradition treaty with Turkey that it intends to use, inter alia, to accelerate the return of refugees and Uighur Muslims suspected of…
Bolivia: Evo Morales warns of new coup
Former Bolivian president Evo Morales, back in his country from exile in Argentina after October’s elections returned his Movement to Socialism (MAS) to power, warned Dec. 27 of the ongoing…
Crisis-hit Iraq mortgages oil to China
Iraq has won an up-front $2 billion infusion from a state-owned Chinese oil company, as it continues to struggle amid the pandemic-triggered collapse in energy prices. After numerous bids to…
Iraq explodes into protest —again
Two protesters were killed and several injured Jan. 10 in Iraq, as security forces attempted to put down a third consecutive day of angry demonstrations in the southern city of…
Malaysia: elections suspended amid lockdown
Authorities in Malaysia have declared a state of emergency that suspends Parliament and puts on hold any new general elections at least through August. The order is ostensibly a measure…
Podcast: for total de-Trumpification
…of Land Management (BLM) issued nine permits for wells in Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming on Jan. 20 and Jan. 21, according to a review by watchdog group Accountable.us. Recipients…
Anti-lockdown protests rock Lebanon
…Jan. 28, and several days of clashes between security forces and demonstrators left one person dead and more than 100 injured. Lebanon is in the midst of a 24-hour curfew,…
Indigenous candidate upsets Ecuador elections
Ecuador is heading to a run-off presidential race in April after leftist candidate Andrés Arauz of the Union of Hope (UNES) coalition won a first-round victory Feb. 7, following years…
Peru: populist president prevails amid polarization
…over Sendero fracas Peru’s Prime Minister Guido Bellido said at a press conference Sept. 29 that the government would consider activating a constitutional mechanism known as “vote of confidence,” which…
China: rights defender detained in ‘quarantine’
…has been charged with catch-all “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Chen was arrested in Beijing on Feb. 25 and charged one month later after a campaign of pressure by his…