Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-19). Ukraine in 2024: Prospects and Expectations. orinocotribune.com By Dmitri Kovalevich — Jan 17, 2024 | Dmitri Kovalevich is the special correspondent in Ukraine for Al Mayadeen English. He writes a monthly situation report as well as occasional special reports such as the following. | The beginning of the New Year in Ukraine is shrouded in much gloom, with a noticeable accumulation of irritation in society. Social events during the holiday period were held behind tightly closed doors, with blackout curtains and guards at entranceways. Fireworks were already banned in the country and this year it was rare to see a flashing Christmas tree in a house window or shopping distr…

Oleg Yasinsky (2024-01-19). Ecuador loves life. pressenza.com To talk about the current drama in Ecuador, I would first like to start by expressing the shame I feel every time I read or listen these days to opinions about "Correa's corrupt government". I knew Ecuador before Rafael Correa and during the years of his mandate. Several times I travelled through this beautiful country from the coast to the jungles of the Amazon, sharing with its indigenous people, its blacks, its peasants and teachers, my dear and dear friends who were witnesses and protagonists of its history. | One can and surely should criticise various negative aspects of Correa's government, which finally l…

Oleg Yasinsky (2024-01-19). Ecuador loves life. pressenza.com To talk about the current drama in Ecuador, I would first like to start by expressing the shame I feel every time I read or listen these days to opinions about "Correa's corrupt government". I knew Ecuador before Rafael Correa and during the years of his mandate. Several times I travelled through this beautiful country from the coast to the jungles of the Amazon, sharing with its indigenous people, its blacks, its peasants and teachers, my dear and dear friends who were witnesses and protagonists of its history. | One can and surely should criticise various negative aspects of Correa's government, which finally l…

newarab (2024-01-18). Gaza sees longest continuous telecoms blackout since 7 Oct. newarab.com The For nearly a week, Gaza has been without proper phone and internet services, which Palestinian telecoms provider Jawwal blames on Israel. | The blackout has left people in the enclave unable to communicate with the outside world amid an Israeli assault which has kille…

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Blackouts in Gaza must not be used as 'weapons of war': Rights group. aljazeera.com Gaza is under a weeklong sustained telecoms outage, the longest since the onset of the war with Israel.

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Ukraine's harsh winter a memory but new Russian tactics sow destruction. aljazeera.com Ukraine's latest winter hardly resembles the cold season of 2022 beset by blackouts, but Russian attacks persist.

The Independent (2024-01-18). Opposition leaders under house arrest ahead of protests. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police on Thursday morning deployed heavily at the homes of opposition leaders. On Tuesday, the opposition leaders under their umbrella, the United Forces of Change called for protests on Thursday to expose the poor state of roads in Kampala City. Some of the leaders whose homes have been cordoned off …

MEE staff (2024-01-17). War on Gaza: Ben & Jerry's joins calls for 'permanent and immediate' ceasefire. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Ben & Jerry's joins calls for 'permanent and immediate' ceasefire | Ben & Jerry's becomes one of the first multinational companies to call for a 'permanent' end to violence in Gaza | Wed, 01/17/2024 – 11: 15 | A Ben & Jerry's ice cream truck at a Black Lives Matter protest in Seattle, Washington state, on 14 June 2020 (AFP) | Ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry's has joined the calls for a c…

Rania Khalek (2024-01-16). Student Activists on Ackman's False Attack: Harvard Always Stood Against Us & Palestine. thealtworld.com Following weeks of right-wing, pro-Israel attacks accusing her of being insufficiently Zionist, Harvard's President, Claudine Gay, resigned from the university. But just how 'anti-Zionist' is Gay? | Amari Butler and Kojo Acheampong, organizers with the African and African American Resistance Organization at Harvard, join the show to discuss the intense harassment and attacks that pro-Palestine student activists are facing from the right wing as well as the Harvard administration. | "Claudine Gay was forced to resign not solely because she is the first Black woman president of Harvard, but largely because of the Z…