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May 9, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Analysis by Patricio ZamoranoFrom Washington DC New information divulged this week reveals that Juan Guaidó was designated as “commander and chief” of the mercenary operation that completely unraveled on the shores of Venezuela. The 41 page contract that formed the basis of the already known eight page General Services ... <a title="New information: Guaidó was the “commander in chief” of the failed mercenary operation against Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/09/new-information-guaido-was-the-commander-in-chief-of-the-failed-mercenary-operation-against-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about New information: Guaidó was the “commander in chief” of the failed mercenary operation against Venezuela">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio ZamoranoFrom Washington DC Now that we have had a few days to study the failed, illegal paramilitary incursion by a group of American and Venezuelan mercenaries into Venezuela, some key details have emerged in this incredible story. They reveal the internal dynamics of the country’s fractured, ... <a title="Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/06/guaido-and-the-failed-military-operation-against-venezuela-a-story-of-betrayal-and-financial-corruption/" aria-label="Read more about Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By John PerryFrom Masaya, Nicaragua “He’s not a doctor, I don’t think.” Trump had just finished a phone call with Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), the de facto president of Honduras who runs a narco-state[1]. On April 30, JOH was indirectly implicated in drug and murder charges by the ... <a title="COVID-19 as Pretext for Repression in the Northern Triangle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/covid-19-as-pretext-for-repression-in-the-northern-triangle/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 as Pretext for Repression in the Northern Triangle">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Marcia Cury Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s statements are at first shocking, leaving one wondering what he really means. But they are not surprising in the context of the paranoid rhetoric that has always characterized his administration. Since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging the ... <a title="Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/18/bolsonaro-covid-19-and-the-crisis-of-brazilian-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government to end the “absurd situation” in which Australian investigative journalist Mary Ann Jolley is banned from visiting New Zealand because she was deported from Malaysia in 2015 in connection with her reporting. “I’m basically regarded by New Zealand as a ... <a title="RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/rsf-protests-over-absurd-ban-on-australian-journalist-visiting-nz/" aria-label="Read more about RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2020
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta Experts have warned that a slate of sweeping deregulation planned by the Indonesian government could prove disastrous for the environment and create even more conflicts over land and resources. The administration of President Joko Widodo is preparing to submit to Parliament two bills containing more than 1200 proposed amendments ... <a title="Experts warn over Indonesian plan for fast track environmental deregulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/15/experts-warn-over-indonesian-plan-for-fast-track-environmental-deregulation/" aria-label="Read more about Experts warn over Indonesian plan for fast track environmental deregulation">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2020
By Llanesca T. Panti in Manila Textbooks should be changed to underscore the atrocities committed by the Philippines martial law regime of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, rather than make light of these violations and rehabilitate the Marcos’ reputation as proposed by former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., says Vice-President Leni Robredo.advertisement “Medyo nakakatawa kasi [na] ... <a title="Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/21/textbooks-should-highlight-marcos-dictatorship-atrocities-says-robredo/" aria-label="Read more about Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2020
The Rappler video feed on the Ampatuan convictions last month. For decades, the feared Ampatuan clan held sway in the impoverished province of Maguindanao in Mindanao in the southern Philippines. Through a ruthless private army and a reported “propensity for beheadings”, the clan cultivated a culture of impunity. Now, however, reports David Robie, a courageous ... <a title="Ampatuan massacre justice aftermath with more fear of warlords, corruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/16/ampatuan-massacre-justice-aftermath-with-more-fear-of-warlords-corruption/" aria-label="Read more about Ampatuan massacre justice aftermath with more fear of warlords, corruption">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea police have issued a warrant for the arrest of former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. According to EMTV News, the Waigana district court issued the warrant which was based on evidence previously compiled by police investigators. Acting Police Commissioner David Manning said he could not reveal the details of ... <a title="PNG police issue arrest warrant for former PM Peter O’Neill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/16/png-police-issue-arrest-warrant-for-former-pm-peter-oneill/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police issue arrest warrant for former PM Peter O’Neill">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2019
By Michael Andrew The Indonesian media is contributing to resentment and racism toward Papuans, according to a human rights researcher and former journalist. Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch Jakarta told Pacific Media Watch many Indonesian journalists either view Papuans as enemy “separatists” or deviants and their reporting tends to convey these stereotypes. Papuan anger has erupted in ... <a title="Indonesian journalists ‘bought, broken and soul searching’, says researcher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/24/indonesian-journalists-bought-broken-and-soul-searching-says-researcher/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian journalists ‘bought, broken and soul searching’, says researcher">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Keith Jackson Following the election of James Marape’s as Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, on Sunday, he issued a declaration on Facebook that soon had the foreign media (and social media) agitating over just one phrase. “Work with me,” he wrote, “to make PNG the Richest Black Christian Nation on earth.” True, they ... <a title="Keith Jackson: Marape’s commitment to PNG a checklist for judging him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/04/keith-jackson-marapes-commitment-to-png-a-checklist-for-judging-him/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Jackson: Marape’s commitment to PNG a checklist for judging him">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is coming under increasing pressure from his own MPs to switch the country’s political allegiance from Taiwan to China, report local news media. Solomon Islands is one of 17 nations that give diplomatic recognition to Taiwan, which provides Solomon Islands with many millions of dollars in ... <a title="Solomons PM under pressure to switch allegiance from Taiwan to China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/solomons-pm-under-pressure-to-switch-allegiance-from-taiwan-to-china/" aria-label="Read more about Solomons PM under pressure to switch allegiance from Taiwan to China">Read more</a>
