Author: Vijay Prashad

In early December 2021, Japan’s Self-Defense Force joined the U.S. armed forces for Resolute Dragon 2021, which the U.S. Marines called the “largest bilateral training exercise of the year.” Major General Jay Bargeron of the U.S. 3rd […]

On October 20, 2022, in Guinea, a protest organized by the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) took place. The protesters demanded the ruling military government (the National Committee of Reconciliation and Development, or […]

In November 2021, a French military convoy was making its way to Mali while passing through Burkina Faso and Niger. It did not get very far. It was stopped in Téra, Niger, and before that at […]

En noviembre de 2021, un convoy militar francés se dirigía a Mali pasando por Burkina Faso y Níger. No llegó muy lejos. Fue detenido en Téra, Níger, y antes de eso, en varios puntos de […]

At the United Nations General Assembly on 24 September 2022, Haiti’s Foreign Minister Jean Victor Geneus admitted that his country faces a serious crisis, which he said ‘can only be solved with the effective support of our […]

En julio de 2018 empezó un ciclo de protestas en Haití que se ha mantenido hasta ahora (a pesar de la pandemia). El principal motivo de la protesta en 2018 fue que en marzo de […]

A cycle of protests began in Haiti in July 2018, and—despite the pandemic—has carried on since then. The core reason for the protest in 2018 was that in March of that year the government of […]