Amazon fire
Brazil

Bolsonaro finally wakes up to the Amazon crisis, sends military for firefighting

The decision to send the military came after Bolsonaro became the target of international outrage against government inaction.

Peoples Dispatch
August 26, 2019
argentina protest-food shortage
Argentina

Elderly man killed for stealing food in Argentina; neighbourhood demands justice

Rampant inflation and the lack of adequate government policies have made basic food products inaccessible for the majority of the Argentine population.

Peoples Dispatch
August 25, 2019
Argentinians take to the streets to demand measures to combat economic crisis
Argentina

Argentinians take to the streets to demand measures to combat economic crisis

Social movements will hold a day-long national struggle to demand concrete measures for the public sectors on August 28.

Peoples Dispatch
August 24, 2019
Shipyard workers protest-Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland United Kingdom

Irish workers intensify struggle to save jobs at the Harland and Wolff shipyard

The 158-year-old Harland & Wolff shipyard, located in Belfast, landed in trouble when its current owner, Dolphin Drilling, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.

Peoples Dispatch
August 24, 2019
rohingyas-in-myanmar
Myanmar

Myanmar military weaponized sexual violence against Rohingyas: UN report

The report comes at a time when the Myanmar government’s attempts to repatriate 1,000 Rohingya families from Bangladesh failed due to widespread mistrust among the refugees.

Peoples Dispatch
August 24, 2019
Amazon fire
Bolivia Brazil

Amazon forest fires evoke global concern

While Bolivia is undertaking special efforts to fight the forest fires raging across vast swathes of the Amazon, Brazil, under Bolsonaro, refuses to take extra measures, citing ‘lack of funds’.

Peoples Dispatch
August 24, 2019
Migrant workers in Qatar score rare victory over unpaid salaries
Qatar

Migrant workers in Qatar score rare victory over unpaid salaries

Following strikes by migrant workers, negotiations with the government resulted in the payment of delayed salaries and the arrest of guilty company officials.

Peoples Dispatch
August 22, 2019
unsc-meeting
World

China and Russia call for UNSC meeting over US missile test, provocative statements

China and Russia argued that the missile test conducted by the US and the statements by the officials that followed need to be discussed as “threats to international peace and security”.

Peoples Dispatch
August 22, 2019