In a referendum on Sunday, April 21, the citizens of Ecuador emphatically voted to keep Article 422 of the country’s 2008 constitution, which prevents Ecuador from using international arbitration to settle disputes between Ecuador and foreign investors or private individuals in international treaties or instruments.
Economics
Adam Tooze: Haiti 2022 – Polycrisis extreme
In Haiti, millions of people are currently starving to death and Cholera is spreading rapidly. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Middle East Eye: UK’s Labour ‘backtracks’ on decision to drop objection to ICC arrest warrants
Earlier reports suggested the UK would drop its objection to an application for warrants targeting Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes. Read HERE
Austerity
Jo Michell: Coronavirus Reveals the Cost of Austerity
A decade of austerity shredded public services and left millions of workers on the brink. It would be hard to imagine a policy more destructive to our capacity to respond to the coronavirus crisis. Read […]
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