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The people of Columbia turned to violence in the street due to the government neglecting to listen. This highly centralized state of power will continue to contribute to social unrest #comparativehill
Al Jazeera English@AJEnglish
Protests in Colombia demanding the withdrawal of government-proposed tax reform turn deadly — in pictures aje.io/8t98j
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Pro longed conflict and social unrest has contributed to new domestic wars, now women are having to fight for their lives #comparativehill
IRC - International Rescue Committee@RESCUEorg
Today marks 6 months since the beginning of the conflict in #Tigray, Ethiopia, and our new analysis reveals a hidden crisis: women are experiencing widespread abuse, including rape and exploitation, with nowhere to report it. More on the situation: rescue.org/press-release/…
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By recognizing that a transfer of focus to natural preservation would weaken a leading power in the world is shocking #comparativehill
Mike Pompeo@mikepompeo
China and our adversaries now know they can take advantage of us in exchange for a promise to reduce future carbon emissions — a promise that they have no intention of actually keeping. Climate change first is NOT America First. It weakens us — and our adversaries know it.
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Peruvians are sick of the political structure as they are caught between two extremists running for the presidency. One is a self-proclaimed Marxist, the other is a dictator, pledging to make Peru a "hard democracy." Is a popular revolt inevitable?
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David Luhnow@davidluhnow
"This year’s presidential runoff pits the ideological heir to the Shining Path insurgency against the literal heir (in fact, the daughter) of the dictator who crushed it." Great piece on how Peru got to this dismal moment. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
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The Hummer was considered to be one of the most eco-harmful vehicles on the market. Now the newest version is completely electric. Will this new trend take off? Is the market prepared for a boom in all-electric vehicles?
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India's government has drasticaly understated the impact of Covid-19 in an attempt to cover its terrible handeling of the outbreak. A large and impoverished population along with little capacity has made dealing with the virus extremely difficult.
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The Economist@TheEconomist
Between administrative incapacity and political manipulation, the real number of covid-19 cases or victims in India may never be known econ.st/3voDVyc
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The military coup which overthrew the quasi-democratic nation of Mayanmar in Febuary has calmed. Leaders from the country attended the ASEAN summit in an attempt to consolodate its power and legitimacy with its neighbors
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Kenneth Roth@KenRoth
Despite the Myanmar junta's promises made at the ASEAN summit, "there are so far no discernable signs of change on the ground." Did the summit in Jakarta just "buy time" for the junta to continue killing and arresting protesters? asiatimes.com/2021/04/asean-…
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With 2/3rds of the rainforest being lost, it is time for realist thought to be seriously questioned as superpowers are the only ones with enough influence and power to stop deforestation, however, liberal thought is not present in these IGOs and NGOs. #comparativehill
Reuters@Reuters
⚡️ @RainforestNORW analysis finds that humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover reut.rs/30nn7Kz
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an attempt to check China's rapidly expanding technological and industrial markets, the US calls on other democratic nations to move away from Chinese tech, sith international thought paralleling that of the liberalist thought. #comparativehill
Foreign Policy@ForeignPolicy
It is imperative that the United States and the rest of the free world substantially reduce their economic and technological dependence on China, @clydeprestowitz writes. buff.ly/3sRZPbW
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Territorial disputes over Western Sahara has brought in old colonial power Spain to broker diplomatic solutions to rising tensions between Morocco and Germany, a result of domestic/regional politics going international, an example of structural realism. #comparativehill
Al Jazeera English@AJEnglish
What’s behind the Morocco-Germany diplomatic dispute? aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/8/…
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Yet another example of a state which lacks the basic monopolies of violence and justice, as a simple incident has shut down the nation's domestic economy. An example of how the structural realism of the UN has failed to state-build.
The Economist@TheEconomist
How a spilled basket of tomatoes paralysed Nigeria econ.st/309oNXW
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I think it is safe to say that the Syrian conflict (in regards to Assad's government) is a general example of what classical realists would call "human nature", as the region has not known stability since the early 2000s and historically is very volatile. #comparativehill
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Uruguay has the second-highest rate of women killed due to gender-based violence. If the state has the capacity to successfully manage the rate of Covid-19 infections, the state must address the ‘shadow pandemic’ of femicide in the state. #comparativehill
Pope Francis – ARCHIVE@Pontifex266Arch
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Some states, such as the middle east, do not have the capacity to stop this boulder that is already rolling. Nations must come together in order to make a true impact on climate change. #comparativehill
Mike Hudema@MikeHudema
Humans are creating the third great extinction. If we don't change our ways 99.9% of critically endangered species will be lost & take the earth more than 3 million yrs to recover. We have solutions to the #climate crisis, let's implement them. #GreenNewDeal #PanelsNotPipelines
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As the youth of america and the world come together to promote this campaign, their ability to influence state and national leaders is growing.
billie eilish@billieeilish
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