Haha — images and dramatic videos are circulating in Ecuador, accusing me and Ryan Grim of being paid off by Correísmo and saying Drop Site is a Correísta conspiracy. The Pakistan govt previously accused DropSite of being an Indian intelligence conspiracy.

On this day, 58 years ago, Gillo Pontecorvo's "The Battle of Algiers" (1966) premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

This is a crucial reminder by Stephen Walt, probably the most renowned Harvard professor of International Relations: "Palestinian resistance is completely legitimate" because "international law explicitly says that population under belligerent occupation have a right to resist".

Hoy Ecuador es de lo países mas violentos del mundo, extorsión, robos, masacres carcelarias y cifras de muertes escalofriantes, pero la prensa te habla de una teoría de conspiración para intentar convencerte de que hace 10 años había más inseguridad que ahora. Vamos, aplaude 👏

🗣️"Nosotros sabemos, desde hace mucho tiempo, que la fiscal #DianaSalazar juega un rol político en Ecuador, tiene una Fiscalía Ecuador parcializada que no juega su rol, es una persona que viola la Constitución, las normas más elementales de la democracia del Estado de Derecho

🗣️"La Academia no estaba a la altura de su responsabilidad histórica (...) Lo interesante es que #DianaSalazar no ha salido a desmentir los chats con Ronny Aleaga Santos , los que desmienten los chats son los otros, son estos periodistas que son más políticos que periodistas, o sus

🗣️"Sería bueno que el periodismo ecuatoriano, en vez de rehusarse a topar el tema de los chats entre #DianaSalazar y Ronny Aleaga Santos , investigue, analice, y revise ese informe", indica Guillaume Long

1/2. La visita de Sommerfeld a🇮🇱 para “fortalecer relaciones bilaterales”es una verdadera afrenta a la dignidad de🇪🇨y a la conciencia civilizada universal, que ha condenado el genocidio en Gaza, la ocupación ilegal de territorios palestinos y las permanentes violaciones de DDHH.

2/2.El Presidente, su Canciller y la prensa cómplice no tienen conciencia, ni sensibilidad frente al horror del genocidio en Gaza y su significado para la humanidad, ni sobre la vergüenza para🇪🇨de abandonar su histórica posición al respecto y apoyar al gobierno genocida de 🇮🇱.

Asamblea debería desclasificar esto urgente. Es para clavarnos los arbitrajes TBI y burlarse del casi 70% que le dijo NO.

How was Isr. able to starve 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza at unprecedented speed and intensity? I answer this question in my new report. I'll be discussing my report with the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, October 18. undocs.org/a/79/171 Here's a 🧵...

.@jakobjohnston explores the failure of the #aidstate imposed on #Haiti by the US and international community and its cost to Haiti's sovereignty and its people. Full video: i.mtr.cool/bdyfnvitax

My most heartfelt condolences to his friends, supporters and loved ones. Only a few weeks ago, we were raising our voices against the Cuban blockade in Delhi. A warm, intelligent and charismatic figure, Sitaram Yechury will be sorely missed by Global South internationalists

Felicitaciones Christian. ¡Enhorabuena por Honduras!

Great piece by Francesca Emanuele on Almagro's frantic defence of Israel in spite of most OAS members' positions. Few OAS secretary generals will have been so instrumental to US power in the world, and so harmful to Latin American interests & positions foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/12/isr…

Latin America and the Caribbean have been leading efforts to end the war in Gaza, but the OAS leadership stays silent on Palestinian rights violations while backing Israel. Where have the OAS's principles gone? My article in Foreign Policy foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/12/isr…

"Each year, around $1 trillion of corporate profit is hidden in tax havens. Meanwhile, the climate crisis worsens and inequality skyrockets. (...) The UN Tax Convention is a rare chance to tackle tax dodging and rebalance power in the global economy." waronwant.org/news-analysis/…

PRESS RELEASE: #Chile, invoking Article 63 of the #ICJ Statute, filed a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (#SouthAfrica v. #Israel) bit.ly/4glXTlw

Good Inside Climate News piece on egregious Prospera scam. It's time for the Biden admin to decide. Will it support the libertarian wackos who threaten to break Honduras? Or live by its pledge to revisit US support for ISDS abuses? Ambassador Katherine Tai Secretary Antony Blinken insideclimatenews.org/news/15092024/…