STOCKHOLM, May 8 2019 (IPS) – On 8 May last year, US President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States would pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which sets limits on Iran’s nuclear programme to ensure…
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One year on, Brazilian mine tragedy wounds still raw
In the ravaged Brazilian valley where a giant mining waste dam burst, killing 19 people and spewing pollution, an incongruous sight pops up: billboards with a grinning workman and the slogan “communicate positively.” The boards stand in swirling dust raised…