Greg Benton on Livio Maitan (1 April 1923-16 September 2004) “The Inventor of Big Things: A Tribute to Livio Maitan”. Peter Solenberger reviews two books on Venezuela “Venezuela’s Process & Fall: The Legacy of Hugo Chávez”.
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- 16 September – Remembering Livio Maitan, Venezuela after Maduro
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Ukraine
Civil and military resistance against Putin in Ukraine
20 September, byUkrainian society is resisting at both the military and civilian levels. To provide concrete support, an international solidarity convoy will go on the road to Ukraine at the end of November. Ukrainian gains on the front line, even if limited, mark the inability of the Russian army to make decisive territorial advances.
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Iran
An acute crisis in Iran
19 September, byUnable to win the war, US president Donald Trump is bogged down. The Islamic Republic of Iran is responding blow for blow to the US bombings. With the elections in the US and Israel approaching, Trump and Netanyahu cannot back down. This raises fears of a headlong rush and an escalation of the war.
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Sweden
Setback for the racist populist right, success for the left
18 September, byA setback for the racist populist right and a success for the left- by a margin of 50 359 votes. Social Democracy will return to government in spite of its worst election results since the introduction of universal suffrage.
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Brazil
Dispute in the Supreme Court disrupts elections in Brazil
17 September, byOn one side is Alexandre de Moraes, the judge who led the investigation into and prosecution of the Bolsonaro-led coup against President Lula; on the other is Judge André Mendonça, appointed during Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency. Both are suspected of having ties to the banker responsible for the biggest financial fraud in Brazil’s history.
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With less than a month to go before the presidential elections on 4 October, Brazil finds itself plunged into a crisis that, for the first time, has (…) -
Democratic Republic of Congo
Constitutional tampering in DRC
16 September, byOfficially, the second and final term of Félix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ends at the end of 2028. But the latter, in several of his statements, has said he is ready to run for a third term if “the people want it”. The opposition is calling for a large demonstration on 15 September 2026 against a third term for Tshisekedi, who is retaliating with a tailor-made national dialogue.
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