Sun, Oct 2, 2022
President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters call him "the myth" and see him as the savior of Brazil. A conservative, hard-line security advocate and fervent defender of the agribusiness industry at the expense of the Amazon and the rights of indigenous peoples, Bolsonaro embodies a Brazil that is little known on the international stage, but has always existed. Since his election in 2018, he has shocked people with his provocative speeches on the dictatorship, women, homosexuality, firearms and the pandemic. Yet he has won over Brazilians from all walks of life. And after four years in office, he still has the support of 25% of the population and has no intention of leaving office.
Sun, Apr 16, 2023
On February 24, 2022, tanks rolled into Ukraine. Bombs fell from the sky. The aggressor was Russia. Ksenia Bolchakova and Veronika Dorman, two French journalists of Russian origin, found themselves plunged into a new kind of abyss: "their" Russia had become an evil empire. While the Kremlin's troops were bogged down in Ukraine, they crisscrossed Russia for three weeks to paint a picture of a society where the culture of violence has been taught since early childhood. Wherever possible, state propaganda succeeded in inverting the notions of good and evil.
Tue, Apr 28, 2020
United States has by far the world's most expensive health care. In addition U.S. health system is ranked among the least efficient in the world. 28 million Americans can't afford health insurance and it is estimated that lack of health insurance causes 44,789 excess deaths annually.