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Tense situation in Bolivia with Paul Jay and Carlos Orias
Bolivia: Barricades and Crisis in a Crisis | theAnalysis.news
Other News launch in-depth news series with TheAnalysis.News
Other News recently announced the first results of a novel news partnership they just launched jointly with the US-based publication TheAnalysis.News — an online magazine aiming “to carry on the work of independent, in-depth, uncompromising journalism”. Roberto Savio, founder and […]
The Bolivian Coup; Evo in Buenos Aires
December 17, 2019 President Evo Morales — who is technically still president of Bolivia — gave a press conference in Buenos Aires at the CCC (Cultural and Cooperative Centre) at 10:00 AM local time, December 17th. President Morales was forced […]
The Wards are Filling Up
By Marcus Christoph It began with a rather bizarre situation. Carlota Salomon, 26 years a doctor at the “José María Penna” hospital, Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, had put on her elaborate protective clothing and approached her first coronavirus patient to […]
Sinn Féin and the land issue: notes on the 2020 Irish general election
A century ago a change began in Ireland but some radical change can take centuries. An Irish Countess (married to an undocumented polish immigrant) was elected Minister for Labour for Sinn Féin. This was a first as women had yet […]
TV Interview on living in Argentina
An interview with me as part of a set called “Why Here?” I.e. why have you relocated to Buenos Aires? It is from a few years back, but later aired on TV and now on YouTube
A day with the Crazies
One Saturday I had the pleasure of being invited to partake in an extraordinary visit. I took some maté and bought cigarettes for the first time in four years. The maté was to help me get over the ill effects […]
Medical Emergency in Manuas
It was 7p.m. on Wednesday, the 15th of September, 2004, downtown Manaus. This capital of the state of Amazonas is not renowned for its evening cuisine. The temperature had dropped 12 degrees to a pleasant 25° Celsius, cool enough to […]