Category Archives: Viva!

¿Cómo investigar el asesinato de un periodista?

An investigative report reveals details, failed negotiations, errors from the Governments of Ecuador and Colombia, and cover-ups in the abduction and murder of three Ecuadorian journalists. Javier Ortega, Paul Rivas and Efraín Segarra were murdered with shots in the neck, at point-blank range, under a dark and rainy night in the middle of the Colombian jungle…

Una investigación periodística revela detalles, negociaciones fallidas, errores de los gobiernos de Ecuador y Colombia y encubrimientos en el secuestro y asesinato de tres periodistas ecuatorianos.   Javier Ortega, Paúl Rivas y Efraín Segarra fueron asesinados con disparos en la nuca, a quemarropa, bajo una noche oscura y lluviosa en medio de la selva colombiana.…

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Iran charges five wildlife activists with capital offences

WTF – nothing better to do with your power than to harass people and maybe kill them for trying to save their environment ?

Allegations of spying are unfounded, says government, as UN expresses alarm

Five environmentalists have been charged in Iran with national security crimes punishable by death, in a development the UN environment head said was deeply troubling.

The activists from the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation were arrested in January alongside at least four other people, and face allegations of spying, which human rights campaigners and Iran’s own government say are unfounded.

Related: Widow of jailed wildlife expert prevented from leaving Iran

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‘Worst cover-up ever’: Trump on apparent Khashoggi murder plot – video

Don’t care about the murder, just the bad cover up?

Donald Trump has criticised the apparent Saudi plot to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi, calling it one of the ‘worst in the history of cover-ups’. Trump told reporters he expected a full report on Khashoggi’s death soon. Saudi Arabia has claimed Khashoggi’s death was accidental, while Turkish officials say a 15-man hit squad was used to kill the journalist

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‘This is evil at work’: how should a small town react to neo-Nazis?

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Many progressives disagree on how best to fight the far right. This is how one rural Oregon community resisted

Laura Rose might go to prison for an anti-fascist action which has exacerbated a deep debate in a small Oregon town, but they say it wasn’t premeditated.

“I didn’t make a plan. I missed the bus,” Rose says, raising their eyebrows under a battered cowboy hat.

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Justin Trudeau says he is unlikely to cancel Saudi armored vehicles sale

How much does it take to buy Canadian morals? Not as much as US morals?

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Prime minister said the 2014 agreement had been written in such a way that taxpayers would have to pay a large amount to end it

Canada’s prime minister has said he is unlikely to cancel the sale of armored personnel carriers to Saudi Arabia, despite growing pressure to hold Riyadh accountable for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Justin Trudeau said the 2014 agreement for light armored vehicles, signed by Canada’s previous Conservative government and a Canadian unit of US weapons maker General Dynamics Corp, had been written in such a way that taxpayers would have to pay a large amount of money to end it.

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The usual contradictions of fascist rhetoric. We’re superior, but victims. We’re in charge, but our opposition is to blame for everything. We’re winning, but be afraid all the time. https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1054351529539325953 …

The usual contradictions of fascist rhetoric. We’re superior, but victims. We’re in charge, but our opposition is to blame for everything. We’re winning, but be afraid all the time. https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1054351529539325953 …