Daily Archives: March 9, 2022

2022-03-09: News Headlines

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-03-09). Yemenis Protest Continuing U.S. Supplied Saudi – UAE Air War. indybay.org Massive U.S. and European support to besieged Ukrainians in sharp contrast to U.S. participation in Saudi – UAE air war against Yemen…

Editor2 (2022-03-09). Honduras: 'We, the Social Organizations, Must Remain Active'. orinocotribune.com On January 27th of this year, Xiomara Castro assumed the presidency of Honduras. Within a coalition of parties, organizations, and social movements, the president faces a seemingly unmanageable number of challenges; among them, to stop the plundering of the nation and to fulfill the demands that the indigenous peoples and peasants of the Central American nation have issued for decades. | Castro must also face a far-right opposition that, together with the Armed Forces and the United States, were the architects of the overthrow of her husband, Manuel Zelaya, who served as president between 2006 and 2009. | To delv…

_____ (2022-03-08). Cuba, Nicaragua And Mexico Lead World Gender Parity In Parliaments. popularresistance.org Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico have been ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the world, having achieved the highest proportion of women in parliament out of 189 countries. What's more, these three along with Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates are the only five countries in the world to have achieved gender parity in their lower or single legislative house (National Assembly, Congress, or Parliament) as of February 2022. | The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) released its 2021 Women in Parliament report of countries with the best gender balance in parliament this week. Cuba, with 53.4% of women holding seats in the National As…

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