In a situation where many people feel powerless in the face of the myriad of crises facing the century, this committee will give every individual the opportunity to contribute something to overcoming the crisis.
Argentina To Produce the Sputnik V Vaccine, the First Ibero-American Nation To Do So April 21 (EIRNS)—In an April 20 press release, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, announced that its partner, Argentina’s Laboratorios Richmond, had produced a…
Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine Producers Plan Technology Transfers to Developing Countries April 21 (EIRNS)— Zheng Zhongwei, director of the Development Center for Medical Science and Technology of China’s National Health Commission, raised the problem yesterday that some 5 billion people in…
WFP President Beasley Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Venezuelan Government To Address Soaring Hunger April 20, 2021 (EIRNS) – The World Food Program will begin supplying school lunches to 185,000 impoverished pre-school and special-needs students in Venezuela this…
`Explosive Mix of Soaring Food Prices and Conflict’ Increases Hunger by a Third in West Africa April 19 (EIRNS) — The hunger situation in Africa continues to deteriorate, as relief efforts continue to be overwhelmed with new crises, and receive…
Brazil: Will the Next Coronavirus Variant Be Vaccine-Resistant? April 15, 2021 (EIRNS) – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) sub-director Jarbas Barbosa warned in remarks this week that, if COVID-19 is not controlled across the world, there exists a worst-case scenario…
UN Secretary-General Maintains, ‘So Far, We Have Failed’ April 13, 2021 (EIRNS)—United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday delivered a grim review of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the related hunger, poverty, and unemployment crises, telling a gathering…
Brazil COVID Strain Comes to the U.S. April 10 (EIRNS) — For anyone stupid enough to think that President Jair Bolsonaro is Brazil’s problem and not ours, the CDC reported yesterday that the more infectious Brazilian strain of the coronavirus…
Portuguese Leaders Declare Vaccines a Public Good, Demand EU Invoke Emergency Powers April 10 (EIRNS)—Ninety leading citizens of Portugal issued a public appeal on April 8 for the European Union to invoke emergency powers to override market interests, and order…
Statement from the Committee for the Coincidence of Opposites: Mozambique Project—Medical Supplies, Food Aid & Seeds for the Future April 11 (Schiller Institute) “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,…
WFP’s Beasley Promotes ‘Hunger Ward’ Documentary on Malnutrition in Yemen April 9 (EIRNS)—A new documentary was released online today on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, titled “Hunger Ward,” after which release World Food Program Director David Beasley and filmmaker Skye…