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October 10, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk By officially passing the controversial Omnibus Law on Job Creation this week, Indonesia’s House of Representatives (DPR), has triggered widespread protests and accusations of “betrayal”, reports CNN Indonesia. The House passed the law in a plenary session on Monday and accelerated the scheduled ratification – which had been planned for Thursday, ... <a title="Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/10/environmental-movement-condemns-indonesias-betrayal-of-the-people/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Peter M. TaseFrom Asunción, Paraguay Landlocked, hit by wildfires, engulfed in a prolonged rainfall shortage and drought, and with its people succumbed into malnourishment, the Republic of Paraguay under the leadership of Mario Abdo Benítez is confronted with an overwhelming number of middle income families that have ... <a title="Paraguay marred by violence at home and uncertain foreign policy abroad " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/09/paraguay-marred-by-violence-at-home-and-uncertain-foreign-policy-abroad/" aria-label="Read more about Paraguay marred by violence at home and uncertain foreign policy abroad ">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Ford, University of Canterbury; Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury, and Kevin Watson, University of Canterbury When New Zealand Health Minister Chris Hipkins recently quipped that the Green Party is “to some extent the conscience of the Labour Party” he was not simply referring to polls suggesting Labour may need the Greens’ support ... <a title="How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/09/how-the-greens-have-changed-the-nz-language-of-economic-debate/" aria-label="Read more about How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
By The Conversation Prime Minister and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Judith Collins met tonight for the first televised debate of the 2020 election campaign. With the results of the latest 1 News-Colmar Brunton poll released only an hour earlier, there was much at stake. While down slightly on previous polls, Labour ... <a title="Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/labour-and-national-leaders-contest-debate-draw-but-sharply-different/" aria-label="Read more about Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis Stung by successive Grubsheet articles revealing how the military wants changes to the Fiji government and also revealing the name of his designated successor, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has made an astonishing personal attack on me on the front page of the government-controlled Fiji Sun newspaper today and in the government-controlled ... <a title="Graham Davis: Why Bainimarama has slammed me in the Fiji ‘state’ media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/20/graham-davis-why-bainimarama-has-slammed-me-in-the-fiji-state-media/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Why Bainimarama has slammed me in the Fiji ‘state’ media">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
By RNZ Pacific As Papua New Guinea marked its independence anniversary the Prime Minister urged all citizens to help build a “better” PNG. Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of PNG gaining independence. Due to covid-19-related restrictions, there were limited public events to mark the occasion. However, Prime Minister James Marape addressed the nation at a ... <a title="Marape urges PNG citizens to work together for ‘better nation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/marape-urges-png-citizens-to-work-together-for-better-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Marape urges PNG citizens to work together for ‘better nation’">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage John PerryFrom Masaya, Nicaragua An extraordinary leaked document gives a glimpse of the breadth and complexity of the US government’s plan to interfere in Nicaragua’s internal affairs up to and after its presidential election in 2021. The plan,[1] a 14-page extract from a much longer document, dates from ... <a title="The US contracts out its regime change operation in Nicaragua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/the-us-contracts-out-its-regime-change-operation-in-nicaragua/" aria-label="Read more about The US contracts out its regime change operation in Nicaragua">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes and Lara Sartorio GonçalvesFrom Rio de Janeiro, Brazil It is a recurring debate. In 2011 journalist and activist Darcus Howe commented on the civil unrest that had happened in England in August of that year saying, “I don’t call it rioting. I call ... <a title="Fire, the Right to Breathe, and the Aesthetics of Protest in the Americas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/fire-the-right-to-breathe-and-the-aesthetics-of-protest-in-the-americas/" aria-label="Read more about Fire, the Right to Breathe, and the Aesthetics of Protest in the Americas">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
The recent University of the South Pacific (USP) Council meeting to address governance issues resulting in the reinstatement of its suspended vice-chancellor may have opened a pathway for political will among leaders and politicians of forum member countries to push for better governance in regional institutions. It may have also put the spotlight on our ... <a title="USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/usp-saga-lesson-for-pacific-future-no-more-looking-the-other-way/" aria-label="Read more about USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other way?">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Rita Jill Clark-Gollub (Washington), Erika Takeo (Managua), and Avery Raimondo (Los Angeles) “A nation that cannot feed itself is not free.” Fausto Torrez, Nicaraguan Rural Workers Association An array of UN agencies is predicting a global hunger pandemic triggered by COVID-19 lockdowns, with the head of the ... <a title="Feeding the people in times of Pandemic: The Food Sovereignty Approach in Nicaragua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/23/feeding-the-people-in-times-of-pandemic-the-food-sovereignty-approach-in-nicaragua/" aria-label="Read more about Feeding the people in times of Pandemic: The Food Sovereignty Approach in Nicaragua">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here By John Perry From Masaya, Nicaragua Every country in the world is trying to balance its fight against the virus with the need to have a functioning economy, and there is plenty ... <a title="Nicaragua battles COVID-19 and a Disinformation Campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/31/nicaragua-battles-covid-19-and-a-disinformation-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Nicaragua battles COVID-19 and a Disinformation Campaign">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
By Mong Palatino of Global Voices A book excerpt published by The Guardian narrates the survival of six shipwrecked Tongan boys on an island for 15 months in 1965. The story received more than seven million hits in just four days, but some Tongans have pointed out that the story, which foregrounds the point of ... <a title="Where’s the Pacific voice in the viral ‘real Lord of the Flies’ story?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/wheres-the-pacific-voice-in-the-viral-real-lord-of-the-flies-story/" aria-label="Read more about Where’s the Pacific voice in the viral ‘real Lord of the Flies’ story?">Read more</a>