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July 26, 2022
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), which wants independence from Indonesia. The Kanak-Papuan deal was signed by Roch Wamytan, President of New Caledonia’s Congress, and the visiting ULMWP leader Benny Wenda. Wamytan told La ... <a title="Pro-independence Kanaks sign pact with West Papuan movement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/pro-independence-kanaks-sign-pact-with-west-papuan-movement/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-independence Kanaks sign pact with West Papuan movement">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage John PerryMasaya, Nicaragua July 19th is a day of celebration in Nicaragua: the anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. But the international media will have it penciled in their diaries for another reason: it’s yet another opportunity to pour scorn on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. We’ll hear ... <a title="Nicaragua celebrates 43 years of revolution: a clash between reality and media misrepresentation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/20/nicaragua-celebrates-43-years-of-revolution-a-clash-between-reality-and-media-misrepresentation/" aria-label="Read more about Nicaragua celebrates 43 years of revolution: a clash between reality and media misrepresentation">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Arturo López LevyOakland, California. I don’t remember when I started listening to Silvio Rodríguez’ songs. It must have been during college prep, once I was grown up and wanted to be able to express things better so that the ones that I loved would be more receptive ... <a title="Interview with Mythical Cuban Troubadour, Silvio Rodríguez: “I am closing ranks with my people who have been subjected to systematic torture for six decades”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/19/interview-with-mythical-cuban-troubadour-silvio-rodriguez-i-am-closing-ranks-with-my-people-who-have-been-subjected-to-systematic-torture-for-six-decades/" aria-label="Read more about Interview with Mythical Cuban Troubadour, Silvio Rodríguez: “I am closing ranks with my people who have been subjected to systematic torture for six decades”">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patrick Synan Boston As the trial of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández proceeds,[1] as Guatemalan Attorney General María Consuelo Porras begins her controversial second term,[2] and as the state of exception in El Salvador enters its 3rd month[3], progressive members of Congress and the Senate maintain ... <a title="Progressive Legislators Call to Cut Aid to Northern Triangle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/09/progressive-legislators-call-to-cut-aid-to-northern-triangle/" aria-label="Read more about Progressive Legislators Call to Cut Aid to Northern Triangle">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny Shaw New York On August 7th a new left of center government will take power in Colombia. Many questions remain to be answered but one thing is clear: this historic election marks a break with a long Colombian history of State violence and monolithic conservatism. On ... <a title="Colombia’s new President, Gustavo Petro: What does this Historic Leftist Victory Mean for a Continent in Revolt? " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/colombias-new-president-gustavo-petro-what-does-this-historic-leftist-victory-mean-for-a-continent-in-revolt/" aria-label="Read more about Colombia’s new President, Gustavo Petro: What does this Historic Leftist Victory Mean for a Continent in Revolt? ">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Dan Kovalik Pittsburgh In his new memoir, Sacred Oath, former US Defense Secretary, Mark Esper, who served under President Donald Trump at the time of the arrest of Alex Saab in Cape Verde, effectively admits that the White House was quite aware of the fact that Saab ... <a title="New Revelations of Former US Secretary of Defense Confirm Illegality of the Extradition and Arrest of Diplomat Alex Saab" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/11/new-revelations-of-former-us-secretary-of-defense-confirm-illegality-of-the-extradition-and-arrest-of-diplomat-alex-saab/" aria-label="Read more about New Revelations of Former US Secretary of Defense Confirm Illegality of the Extradition and Arrest of Diplomat Alex Saab">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
RNZ Pacific Church bells and police sirens rang out across Samoa at midnight to herald the start of 12 months of nationwide celebrations for the 60th year of independence from New Zealand. Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, who is the chair of the Independence Committee, raised the flag of freedom at a ceremony this morning, ... <a title="Church bells, police sirens mark 60 years of Samoa’s independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/church-bells-police-sirens-mark-60-years-of-samoas-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Church bells, police sirens mark 60 years of Samoa’s independence">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2022
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ French Pacific reporter The Kanak people will not accept France’s attempt to “recolonise” New Caledonia, a pro-independence delegate has told the United Nations. Addressing a UN Decolonisation Committee seminar on the Pacific in Saint Lucia, Dimitri Qenegei said since 2020 the French President, Emmanuel Macron, and his Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu ... <a title="Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/17/kanak-delegate-warns-france-against-recolonising-new-caledonia-with-a-lie/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2022
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s Amuitahiraa Party has registered its three candidates for the French National Assembly elections next month — just hours before the nomination deadline. The three are Pascale Haiti, Jonathan Tariha’a and Sylviane Terooatea. Haiti, a former member of the French Polynesian Assembly, is the partner of party founder and leader Gaston Flosse, ... <a title="Flosse’s Amuitahiraa party names candidates for French elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/16/flosses-amuitahiraa-party-names-candidates-for-french-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Flosse’s Amuitahiraa party names candidates for French elections">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) movement and five other small nationalist parties have agreed that they will only discuss the territory’s accession to full sovereignty in talks planned with France. The joint position was adopted at the weekend at the congress of the FLNKS and then a meeting ... <a title="FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/flnks-insists-on-full-sovereignty-for-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2022
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter As the French Pacific is gearing up for Sunday’s first round of the French presidential election, incumbent President Emmanuel Macron appears to be enjoying the most support among the 14 candidates. Committees set up in support of Macron have been campaigning with the backing of those in power in ... <a title="French Pacific readies for presidential election as Macron seeks second term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/french-pacific-readies-for-presidential-election-as-macron-seeks-second-term/" aria-label="Read more about French Pacific readies for presidential election as Macron seeks second term">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2022
Last week the Bougainville Autonomous Government announced an agreement had been reach with Panguna landowners to reopen the island’s controversial gold and copper mine. Once the backbone of the Papua New Guinea economy, Panguna has been idle since the civil war began more than 30 years ago — a war the mine was at least ... <a title="PNG faces dilemma over ‘momentous’ decision to reopen Bougainville’s Panguna mine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/20/png-faces-dilemma-over-momentous-decision-to-reopen-bougainvilles-panguna-mine/" aria-label="Read more about PNG faces dilemma over ‘momentous’ decision to reopen Bougainville’s Panguna mine">Read more</a>
