Most headlines in the US media these last few days are devoted to the events, protests, or extraordinary occurrences, depending on how you describe them, taking place in the city of Los Angeles, California. These events are also impacting the information circulating in the rest of the world, where images of protesters being confronted by […]

The miscalculating of global supply and demand dynamics can lead to a misinterpretation of market trends. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) has again found its ‘missing barrels’. Although the term should be viewed as a misnomer. Barrels are never actually missing; it is just that global demand for oil is being materially under-counted. RELATED: Venezuela […]

UN reports warn that resettling thousands of hardened fighters in Syria could transform it into a hub for exporting terror. With Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s rise to power in Damascus after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024, developments in Syria are raising fears of attempts to normalize extremist groups with a long history […]

We need many Luisas in a continent where a plutocratic oligarchy exacerbates the dehumanization of the poorest. I don’t have the elements to say how many votes each candidate received in the Ecuadorian runoff election, but the presidential election is tainted by a series of irregularities that, had they occurred elsewhere, would have provoked an […]

She envisions a nation where essential services, such as healthcare and education, are free and accessible to all. In the intricate landscape of Ecuadorian politics, few figures resonate as strongly with the aspirations of the people as Luisa Gonzalez. As the presidential candidate for the Citizen Revolution movement, she embodies the dignity and determination of […]