BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil has proposed a compromise to a seven-year battle that has quietly raged over the Amazon.com internet domain: let the nations bordering the world’s largest rainforest co-govern the digital address with the biggest online retailer. Amazon.com Inc has been seeking rights to the domain name since 2012. But Amazon basin countries Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela,… Read more »
The Syrian Civil war is a conflict between the dictator, President Al-Assad and his forces, and rebel groups who want him out of power. This causes many issues globally from the factor of refugees. Issues arise with where to send and disperse, cost which includes employment and training, political which includes rise of nationalism, anti-muslim. Many countries around the globe… Read more »
On April 18, Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power will announce the country’s new leader. President Raul Castro is not seeking re-election, but this does not herald a historic transfer of power. According to Cuba’s complex electoral system, there are no direct presidential elections and thus the public have not and will not been consulted. There is only one formal… Read more »
A new IWPR booklet aims to provide advice for activists and human rights defenders at risk of suffering gender-based violence in often hostile online environments. Life Hacks also presents tools to help digital security trainers identify and assist victims of online harassment. Currently available in Spanish, it is aimed at a Latin American audience and is based on the testimonies of… Read more »
Travel is sometimes the way you get to understand what is happening back home. When I travelled from Cuba to visit Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, I found a city centre filled with women’s stories, distributed on flyers and posters. Activism seemed alive here. Dozens of women were camping out at the Congressional Plaza demanding the decriminalisation of abortion…. Read more »
On the morning of May 3 this year, environmentalist Ariel Ruiz Urquiola was working on his ranch in Viñales, western Cuba, when two forest rangers approached him. Sirilo Seara Carrasco and Alexander Blanco Calzadilla asked to see his permits for cutting down trees and erecting fences on his farm, El Infierno; in turn, Urquiola asked to see their IDs. “One… Read more »