Letters of Love, Letters of War: Algeria’s war for independence | Independence

Letters of Love, Letters of War: Algeria’s war for independence | Independence

ByNews Polite

Algerian resistance fighters wrote heartfelt letters home in the 1950s. Few arrived but many remained unseen, until now. Algeria lived under French colonial rule for 132 years, from 1830 to 1962. Letters and correspondence provided evidence of Algeria’s long struggle to end French colonial rule in the 1950s. They enabled…

Panama celebrates court order to cancel mine even as business is hit | Mining

Panama celebrates court order to cancel mine even as business is hit | Mining

ByNews Polite

For more than a month, protests against Central America’s largest open-pit copper mine have held Panama in a state of siege. Roadblocks have caused gas and propane shortages. Many supermarket shelves have run bare. Restaurants and hotels have sat empty. But on Tuesday, protesters in Panama got the news they…