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Masking power in the age of contagion: China’s two faces over coronavirus

April 4, 2020

ANALYSIS: By Haiqing Yu of RMIT University and Michael Keane of Curtin University China has gradually emerged out of its shadow of despair as the epicentre where the coronavirus pandemic started. Now, there is face saving required – as well as agenda-setting in the global power play. China played a decisive role in combating the ... <a title="Masking power in the age of contagion: China’s two faces over coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/04/masking-power-in-the-age-of-contagion-chinas-two-faces-over-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Masking power in the age of contagion: China’s two faces over coronavirus">Read more</a>

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Puerto Rico and COVID-19: A Precarious Healthcare System Faces Serious Challenges

April 3, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Erick J. Padilla Rosas From Eugene, Oregon The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great challenge to countries with high levels of poverty, limited medical infrastructure, and a lack of universal access to health care.  So far, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Puerto Rico is 286 ... <a title="Puerto Rico and COVID-19: A Precarious Healthcare System Faces Serious Challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/puerto-rico-and-covid-19-a-precarious-healthcare-system-faces-serious-challenges/" aria-label="Read more about Puerto Rico and COVID-19: A Precarious Healthcare System Faces Serious Challenges">Read more</a>

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COVID-19 Pandemic Spotlights Ethical Dimension of Hemispheric Affairs

March 31, 2020

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By COHA’s Editorial Board From Washington DC The defense of human life in the Americas, in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, has become an ethical imperative for progressive forces throughout the region and beyond. The manner in which each government is now responding to the crisis ... <a title="COVID-19 Pandemic Spotlights Ethical Dimension of Hemispheric Affairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/covid-19-pandemic-spotlights-ethical-dimension-of-hemispheric-affairs/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 Pandemic Spotlights Ethical Dimension of Hemispheric Affairs">Read more</a>

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Marape makes rare PNG visit to NZ to boost friendship, model public service

February 21, 2020

ANALYSIS: By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has embarked on a state visit to New Zealand. It is the first visit to New Zealand by a sitting PNG prime minister since Marape’s predecessor Peter O’Neill’s trip in 2013. Marape, who rolled O’Neill last May in what could yet ... <a title="Marape makes rare PNG visit to NZ to boost friendship, model public service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/21/marape-makes-rare-png-visit-to-nz-to-boost-friendship-model-public-service/" aria-label="Read more about Marape makes rare PNG visit to NZ to boost friendship, model public service">Read more</a>

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Families Fleeing from Guatemala: A Case of Corporate and State Aggression

December 24, 2019

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Marc Pilisuk, Jennifer Rountree and Rebecca FerencikFrom Berkeley, CA and Portland, OR In its attempt to stem a spike in the number of Latin American men, women, and children traveling to the U.S., an unprecedented number of them seeking asylum, the Trump administration has pushed Guatemala and other ... <a title="Families Fleeing from Guatemala: A Case of Corporate and State Aggression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/families-fleeing-from-guatemala-a-case-of-corporate-and-state-aggression/" aria-label="Read more about Families Fleeing from Guatemala: A Case of Corporate and State Aggression">Read more</a>

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Now the People Speak: International Congress of Social Communicators

December 17, 2019

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny ShawFrom Caracas “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” Malcolm X From December 2 through 5, 1,700 international and local journalists and media activists gathered in Venezuela to ... <a title="Now the People Speak: International Congress of Social Communicators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/now-the-people-speak-international-congress-of-social-communicators/" aria-label="Read more about Now the People Speak: International Congress of Social Communicators">Read more</a>

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Brutal Repression in Cochabamba, Bolivia: November 15, 2019

December 2, 2019

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Frederick B. Mills, Washington DC Today Bolivia is in morning. On November 15, 2019, police and military forces opened fire on anti-coup protesters in Cochabamba, killing five and wounding scores more. (1) These are conservative figures. The Mexico Hospital in Cochabamba received so many wounded protesters that it ... <a title="Brutal Repression in Cochabamba, Bolivia: November 15, 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/02/brutal-repression-in-cochabamba-bolivia-november-15-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Brutal Repression in Cochabamba, Bolivia: November 15, 2019">Read more</a>

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31 US organizations denounce the brutal repression in Bolivia

December 2, 2019

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage We, the undersigned US organizations condemn the civic-military coup in Bolivia and the brutal repression unleashed by the police and military authorized by the self-proclaimed anti-Indigenous “President” of Bolivia, Senator Jeanine Áñez.  The regime has burned the Wiphala, flag of the Indigenous nations of Bolivia; decreed an exemption ... <a title="31 US organizations denounce the brutal repression in Bolivia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/02/31-us-organizations-denounce-the-brutal-repression-in-bolivia/" aria-label="Read more about 31 US organizations denounce the brutal repression in Bolivia">Read more</a>

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Lula extols “true heroes” of the country: “We need to retell the history of Brazil”

December 2, 2019

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Former Brazilian president grants an interview for the first time since leaving prison on November 8 By Erick GimenesOriginally published in Portuguese on Brasil de Fato Lula granted this exclusive interview – for the first time since leaving prison on November 8 – to journalists Fernando Morais, Aline ... <a title="Lula extols “true heroes” of the country: “We need to retell the history of Brazil”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/02/lula-extols-true-heroes-of-the-country-we-need-to-retell-the-history-of-brazil/" aria-label="Read more about Lula extols “true heroes” of the country: “We need to retell the history of Brazil”">Read more</a>

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Behind the Racist Coup in Bolivia

November 12, 2019

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny Shaw Yesterday, Sunday November the 10th, at approximately 4pm (eastern standard time) the democratically elected president and vice president of Bolivia, Evo Morales and Álvaro García respectively, were forced to resign from power. This was no voluntary resignation as CNN, the New York Times and the ... <a title="Behind the Racist Coup in Bolivia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/behind-the-racist-coup-in-bolivia/" aria-label="Read more about Behind the Racist Coup in Bolivia">Read more</a>

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Argentina embraces progressive hope with challenges on the horizon

November 2, 2019

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Op-Ed Juan Pablo VacatelloFrom Washington, D.C. A few seconds past 9:00 PM last October 27, the outgoing administration of Mauricio Macri announced the first official results of the presidential election. A first reading indicated that the numbers were clear and irrefutable. With 65% percent of the votes cast, ... <a title="Argentina embraces progressive hope with challenges on the horizon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/02/argentina-embraces-progressive-hope-with-challenges-on-the-horizon/" aria-label="Read more about Argentina embraces progressive hope with challenges on the horizon">Read more</a>

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The “Super-Mustache” of Nicolás Maduro: The Scapegoat of Neoliberal Elites

October 30, 2019

Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Frederick B. MillsFrom Washington DC Over the past month, ruling elites in Ecuador and Chile as well as the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, have been warning that the specter of the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, is behind rising anti-neoliberal sentiments throughout the region. ... <a title="The “Super-Mustache” of Nicolás Maduro: The Scapegoat of Neoliberal Elites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/the-super-mustache-of-nicolas-maduro-the-scapegoat-of-neoliberal-elites/" aria-label="Read more about The “Super-Mustache” of Nicolás Maduro: The Scapegoat of Neoliberal Elites">Read more</a>