Sandinistas complete their political domination of Nicaragua

Sandinistas complete their political domination of Nicaragua

Comment on this story Comment MEXICO CITY — The Sandinista National Liberation Front completed its political domination of Nicaragua on Monday as electoral officials said it had won control of all the country’s 153 municipalities in elections that critics called unfair. Coming into Sunday’s elections, the party of President Daniel…

Lessons from Rome. Weaving Peace Is a Polyphonic Dialogue — Global Issues

Lessons from Rome. Weaving Peace Is a Polyphonic Dialogue — Global Issues

Colosseum at the Prayer with the Pope and the representatives of the workd’s religions. Credit: Elena L. Pasquini by Elena Pasquini (rome) Monday, November 07, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Nov 07 (IPS) – Arms are raised, stretched out towards the sky, holding white cards with the word “peace” written in…

Will COP27 Deliver or be a Climate Forum of Empty Promises? — Global Issues

Will COP27 Deliver or be a Climate Forum of Empty Promises? — Global Issues

A farmer in Nkayi, Zimbabwe, looks at an empty granary following a poor rainy season. Africa is experiencing massive impacts due to climate change. Credit Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Monday, November 07, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Nov 07 (IPS) – Africa is counting on COP27 to deliver it…

Why Global Action is Needed to Decarbonise Industries Everywhere — Global Issues

Why Global Action is Needed to Decarbonise Industries Everywhere — Global Issues

Opinion by Rana Ghoneim (vienna) Monday, November 07, 2022 Inter Press Service VIENNA, Nov 07 (IPS) – Ahead of this year’s COP27 in Egypt, industry and government representatives from 15 developing countries across Asia, Latin America and Africa met in a series of consultations about the challenges and opportunities they face…

Nicaragua ruling party seeks to expand hold in local votes

Nicaragua ruling party seeks to expand hold in local votes

Comment on this story Comment MEXICO CITY — After an electoral campaign without rallies, demonstrations or even real opposition, Nicaraguans voted in municipal elections Sunday that the governing party hoped would give it near-total control of local governments. President Daniel Ortega’s party already controls all three branches of the federal…

Fireworks injure 17 at Mexico town’s Day of Dead celebration

Fireworks injure 17 at Mexico town’s Day of Dead celebration

MEXICO CITY — A fireworks explosion at a Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico injured 17 people, authorities said Sunday. The accident occurred Saturday in the township of Huejutla in Mexico’s Gulf coast region known as the Huasteca. The Huejutla municipal government said residents of the village of Tehuetlan…