The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping on March 20 has been the most widely reported and commented meeting of the last few months. The meeting was characterized not only by the meeting of the heads of two powerful states, but also by the “personal bond” of the two leaders and the abundance of issues ...

By Ana Laura Dagorret / reporting from Rio da Janerio, Brazil * The governments of Brazil and China have advanced in negotiations so that trade and investment between the two countries can be carried out directly between the Real and the Yuan. Said agreement intends to exclude the US dollar as a reference currency in transactions between the two giants, ...

By Michael Roberts * Bank stock prices have stabilized at the start of last week. And all the key officials at the Federal Reserve, the US Treasury and the European Central Bank are reassuring investors that the crisis is over. Last week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell called the U.S. banking system “strong and resilient” and there was no risk of a banking ...

The Greek authorities announced this week the arrest of two Pakistani migrant land workers in Greece who were accused of planning a terrorist attack against a Jewish restaurant in central Athens, a restaurant which is serving also as a synagogue (sic). The supposed terrorists were receiving orders from a compatriot of them leaving in Iran, who, in his turn, received ...

To Julio García Jarpa, colleague and dear friend who left us before our time A noble and good man, loyal like few others. Just a few days ago, after reading my previous article, with his traditional humor he wrote to tell me “Write poet, you have a future” That’s how it will be dear brother, I promise I’ll keep doing ...

We are on the 20th anniversary of the invasion and brutal looting of Iraq. These 20 years have caused more impact and changes in the Middle East and the wider geography than perhaps any other period of comparable length. The powers were changed, the presidents who came to power by election or who ruled for many years with the support ...

Türkiye’s parliament was scheduled to discuss the law of approving Finland’s NATO membership on Thursday, March 30. The law has already passed the parliament’s commission for foreign relations. At the end of the debate, the parliament will vote on the law and thus approve or reject Finland’s membership. Ahead of the vote, Vatan Party Chairman Doğu Perinçek called the members ...

We are publishing the third and final part of our interview with Pedro Miguel, the advisor of the National Institute of Political Education in Mexico’s governing party MORENA. In the United States, between 35 and 40% of the population does not believe in the democratic institutions of the country. They have a fundamental criticism in regards to the political and ...

Türkiye’s electoral agenda continued to advance at full speed last week. Last week saw three important developments. The campaign for 100,000 signatures of candidates from parties without parliamentary seats to run for the presidency concluded yesterday and the presidential candidates for the May 14 elections were formalized. New parties have joined the AKP-led People’s Alliance. Doğu Perinçek, the leader of ...

Senators and Congressmen have introduced both in the House and the Senate several bills and resolutions that propose to designate Mexican drug cartels “foreign terror organizations”. Speaking to UWI, Mexican authors close to the government had evaluated such initiatives as preparing the ground for “cross-border military interventions”. Some bills indeed establish a sanctions regime against foreign governments, should they be ...

Georgiy Muradov, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea under the President of Russia and Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea provided an interview to United World International. Muradov said they were reacting with patience on sanctions and warned his government was able “to deal an economic blow” to Europe. Indicating readiness to cooperate with Türkiye, Muradov ...

Pedro Miguel is an intellectual of traditional kind: her combines various functions in his work. He is a journalist working for Mexico’s leading left-wing daily newspaper La Jornada. He is an advisor to the National Institute for Political Education of Mexico’s governing MORENA party. Therefore, he is deeply embedded into the activities within what the governing coalition calls the Fourth ...