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February 2, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Lucy Pagoada-Quesada From New York Mr. President Joe Biden, As a Honduran-US citizen, I am writing to urge you to change course in U.S. policy towards Honduras so that my country recuperates its democracy. You were Vice President when in 2009, the government of your party led ... <a title="Open Letter from a Honduran Teacher to President Joe Biden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/open-letter-from-a-honduran-teacher-to-president-joe-biden/" aria-label="Read more about Open Letter from a Honduran Teacher to President Joe Biden">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2021
By RNZ Pacific The governors of Pacific US territories the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and Guam have denounced the violent protests in US Congress. In a statement, CNMI’s Governor Ralph Torres said he was disappointed and saddened to see the nation’s senators and representatives threatened and law enforcement officials overwhelmed by this unprecedented act ... <a title="Pacific US territory leaders denounce the storming of Capitol Hill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/10/pacific-us-territory-leaders-denounce-the-storming-of-capitol-hill/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific US territory leaders denounce the storming of Capitol Hill">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2021
ANALYSIS: By David Smith, University of Sydney After weeks of President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about voter fraud and other improprieties costing him the presidential election, Washington erupted in chaos today as his supporters stormed the Capitol during a joint session of Congress to certify the results. While shocking to watch, in hindsight, today’s riots ... <a title="‘Delighting in causing complete chaos’ – behind Trump supporters’ brazen storming of the Capitol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/08/delighting-in-causing-complete-chaos-behind-trump-supporters-brazen-storming-of-the-capitol/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Delighting in causing complete chaos’ – behind Trump supporters’ brazen storming of the Capitol">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage COHA WEBINAR: The National and Regional Impact of Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela Zoom and Facebook Live Monday Dec. 14, 8PM EST | 5PM PT Zoom registration, here SPEAKERS: COHA Guest Scholar and Keynote Speaker: Steve Ellner Election Observer Brief: Dr. Margaret Flowers COHA Election Report From the Field: ... <a title="COHA WEBINAR: The National and Regional Impact of Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/coha-webinar-the-national-and-regional-impact-of-parliamentary-elections-in-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about COHA WEBINAR: The National and Regional Impact of Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Op-Ed By Arnold August From Montreal, Canada On December 14, a live webinar was broadcast on the topic of “The National and Regional Impact of Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela.” It was organized by the Washington DC-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA). Along with electoral observers Dr. Margaret Flowers, ... <a title="Trump-Guaidó’s Pyrrhic Victory and Their Achilles Heel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/trump-guaidos-pyrrhic-victory-and-their-achilles-heel/" aria-label="Read more about Trump-Guaidó’s Pyrrhic Victory and Their Achilles Heel">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Leaders from the progressive world highlight that “organized peoples make revolutions.” By Alina Duarte From La Paz and Washington DC Although the extreme right and their paramilitary groups sought to prevent it by any means necessary, Luis Arce Catacora won the presidency of Bolivia, and Evo Morales returned ... <a title="Bolivia and Necessary Self-Critique: “It is not enough to have the government, we have to have people’s power.” " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/14/bolivia-and-necessary-self-critique-it-is-not-enough-to-have-the-government-we-have-to-have-peoples-power/" aria-label="Read more about Bolivia and Necessary Self-Critique: “It is not enough to have the government, we have to have people’s power.” ">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Guam has suffered its 90th covid-related death with the US Pacific territory now recording 5233 cases. The Pacific Daily News today reported 249 new cases on infection yesterday. Guam’s Joint Information Centre reported that 75 people were hospitalised with covid-19, including 18 in intensive care and 13 on ventilators. The latest figures ... <a title="Another Pacific death as covid cases in Guam and CNMI keep rising" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/another-pacific-death-as-covid-cases-in-guam-and-cnmi-keep-rising/" aria-label="Read more about Another Pacific death as covid cases in Guam and CNMI keep rising">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2020
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland US President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement is “fresh air” news for Pacific Islands countries, say some commentators. The US formally left the Paris pact a day after the US elections last week – a year after the Trump administration gave notice it was quitting. However, ... <a title="Biden presidency likely to be boost for climate change, West Papua issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/09/biden-presidency-likely-to-be-boost-for-climate-change-west-papua-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Biden presidency likely to be boost for climate change, West Papua issues">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is reported to have become the first world leader to publicly congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden on his victory – despite there being no clear winner yesterday morning when he did so. Bainimarama took to Twitter on Saturday to express his well wishes to Biden and ... <a title="Fiji’s Bainimarama first world leader to congratulate Biden – too early" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/08/fijis-bainimarama-first-world-leader-to-congratulate-biden-too-early/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Bainimarama first world leader to congratulate Biden – too early">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Joe Biden is almost certain to be the next president of the United States, ushering in a welcome return to engagement with the climate crisis after four years of denial. Great news for the Pacific. In contrast with Donald Trump’s premature declaration of victory and desperate calls to “stop the count”, ... <a title="Joe Biden edges closer to White House, but faces climate policy frustration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/07/joe-biden-edges-closer-to-white-house-but-faces-climate-policy-frustration/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden edges closer to White House, but faces climate policy frustration">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
OPINION: By Crosbie Walsh As Aotearoa New Zealand waited for the election special votes results there was no talk of violence in the streets or threatened endless litigation. Our citizens are more tolerant of opposition and more liberal than the citizens of the divided nation that used to be called the “United States” of America. ... <a title="Thank goodness for the peaceful poll contrast in NZ to ‘united’ US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/thank-goodness-for-the-peaceful-poll-contrast-in-nz-to-united-us/" aria-label="Read more about Thank goodness for the peaceful poll contrast in NZ to ‘united’ US">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Two former New Zealand prime ministers have called for an end to polarisation and the need for “healing” as the US presidential election remains in limbo. Both former Labour PM Helen Clark and ex-National PM Sir John Key talked up the “television spectacle” in newspaper columns today with Key admitting that ... <a title="Two former NZ prime ministers call for US to restore global ‘leadership’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/two-former-nz-prime-ministers-call-for-us-to-restore-global-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Two former NZ prime ministers call for US to restore global ‘leadership’">Read more</a>
