Despite acknowledging the risk of being jailed, Venezuela’s opposition hardliner Leopoldo Lopez has released a video asking his protesters to join him in a march on Tuesday to demand a halt to […]
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro advises Leopoldo López to turn himself in
Turkey cuts off direct budget support to Somalia
Turkey has cut its direct budget support to Somalia at the end of 2013, arguing the support agreement was only for last year and has expired, according to Reuters. Turkey was formerly […]
US and UK plunge in 2014 World Press Freedom Index
Press freedom in the United States and United Kingdom suffered major declines in the last year after the NSA leaks, according to the latest annual World Press Freedom Index produced by Reporters […]
Political crisis in Venezuela hits the streets
Venezuelan students and the country’s opposition leaders took to the streets on Feb. 12 to demand changes from the country’s leadership. The protests heavily ignored by the local media, as most TV […]
Charities in the quicksands of celebrity endorsement
Using celebrities as part of marketing communication strategy is fairly common practice among companies worldwide and it has been rapidly adopted by charities and international organizations. More and more celebrities of every […]
2013 World Press Freedom Index
Reporters Without Borders is publishing for the first time an annual global “indicator” of worldwide media freedom. According to the report, it coincides with the release of its 2013 Press Freedom Index […]
$240bn earned by 100 richest people could end extreme poverty four times over
In the report, “The Cost of Inequality: How Wealth and Income Extremes Hurt Us All”, Oxfam states that “rapidly growing extreme wealth and inequality are harmful to human progress, and that something needs […]