The question is not simply how much we spend on defence, but what we understand defence and security to mean, says SIMON BRIGNELL
Chile: learning from history
VICTOR ARELLANO-CANCINO and ROGER McKENZIE look at how the background and aftermath of the coup affect Chile today, as it struggles to set a new constitution
Painter Efren Cortes opens the door of his workshop after transporting his paintings, including one of the late President Salvador Allende, on a dolly from the Plaza de Armas, where he has been selling his paintings for over 30 years, in Santiago, Chile, August 31, 2023
Given the recent rejection of peace proposals by Israel the world must provide an immediate and resolute response to force accountability on Gaza, argues RAMZY BAROUD
MARK SEDDON tries to cool off in the countryside to avoid the heatwaves but the greed and incompetence of the privatised water industry is now at boiling point
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
by Her Excellency Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the United Kingdom
DR STEPHEN WILKINSON assesses the life and legacy of a revolutionary giant
THE US-backed coup against elected Chilean president Salvador Allende was the culmination of a long campaign of sabotage paid for by the US administration of soon-to-be-disgraced president Richard Nixon.
Following the coup, more than 30,000 people were killed under Augusto Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship, with countless tortured and disappeared as the right-wing dictator implemented neoliberal “shock therapy” to the Chilean economy.
The memory of September 11 1973 and its aftermath continues to cast a long shadow over the nation’s history.
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