Daily Round-up | Saudi Arabia joins SCO & other stories
In today’s episode, we look at Saudi Arabia joining SCO, Chad nationalizes oil assets, and more.
“Mexico is a free and independent country”: AMLO leads rally in defense of sovereignty
The mobilization on the anniversary of the nationalization of the oil industry was also in support of the AMLO government and its decision to nationalize the country’s lithium
Mexico is charting its own path towards energy sovereignty
On March 18, Mexicans are marking 85 years since the decision to expropriate oil resources from foreign companies. This comes at a time when Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has nationalized the country’s lithium and has promised energy self-sufficiency by 2024
Report finds 193 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2021 and other stories
Today we look at the UN’s report on rising acute food insecurity, mass displacement amid violence and massacres in Darfur, and more
Oxfam: COVID-19, inequality, rising food prices driving severe poverty and other stories
Today we look at an Oxfam report on global extreme poverty rates, rising deaths among unhoused people across the US, and more
Israel attacks Al Aqsa, Palestine Action targets Elbit Systems and other stories
Today we look at renewed Israeli attacks on the Al Aqsa mosque, Palestine Action’s protest at an Elbit Systems factory in the UK, and more
Mexico’s move to shunt out neoliberal agenda holds lessons for India
Alongside efforts to reclaim control over Mexico’s natural resources, the Andrés Manuel López Obrador government is also planning to recapture control over its Central Bank
It’s official: Left candidate Pedro Castillo declared winner of presidential elections in Peru
Pedro Castillo of the left-wing Free Peru party won the run-off elections with 50.126% of the votes, receiving 44,263 more votes than his opponent Keiko Fujimori of the far-right Popular Force party
Keiko Fujimori alleges fraud as Pedro Castillo takes leads in Peru’s presidential run-off
Fujimori, who had been leading in the early vote count, refused to respect the official results and raised allegations of fraud when Castillo pulled ahead
Why should the Argentine government take over Vicentin?
Argentina’s elite has waged strong resistance to the possible state takeover of the Vicentin Agroindustrial Group, ignoring how this could contribute towards food sovereignty and help Argentina deal its foreign debt crisis
Unions in UK protest bid by P&O Ferries to lay off 1,100 workers
P&O Ferries, owned by Dubai-based DP World, has announced plans to cut 1,100 jobs in the UK citing the crisis in the ferry industry due to the COVID-19 lockdown
French Communist MP calls for nationalization of gas cylinder firm to fight COVID-19
Communists in France have asked for the nationalization of a plant manufacturing medical oxygen cylinders to help in the fight against the severe Coronavirus outbreak in the country. As of March 23, France has over 16,200 cases of COVID-19, resulting in 674 deaths
