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1 week ago | 
es.globalvoices.org | Filip Noubel |Jean de Dieu SOVON |Mariela Arnst |Liam Anderson
El filósofo y escritor congolés Valentin Yves Mudimbe murió el 22 de abril a los 83 años. Deja una obra esencial para pensar la colonización e identidades africanas. Su libro “La invención de África”, escrita en inglés, sigue siendo un clásico que sigue inspirando a nuevas generaciones de investigadores y lectores.
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1 week ago | 
globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Akwe Amosu |Liam Anderson
This report was written by Tom Grundy and published in Hong Kong Free Press on May 2, 2025. The following edited version is published as part of a content partnership agreement with Global Voices. Hong Kong has tumbled five places in the annual Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index, entering the “red zone” — meaning a “very serious” situation — for the first time, alongside China. The city fell five places to 140th place, sandwiched between Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan.
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1 week ago | 
globalvoices.org | Liam Anderson |Luís Gustavo Carmo |Fernanda Canofre |Laura Vidal
This article, written by Guilherme Cavalcanti and edited by Thiago Domenici, was originally published on Agência Pública's website on April 10, 2025. An edited version is published here under a partnership agreement with Global Voices. The impacts of the climate crisis are evident in fishing, subsistence agriculture, and people's health, altering habits and ways of life in various regions of Brazil.
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1 week ago | 
es.globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Filip Noubel |Liam Anderson |Cecilia Maundu
Más de dos años después de un golpe de Estado militar, Gabón recupera un gobierno civil, que sigue liderado por un exgeneral que se reinventa como líder político. Los militares tomaron el poder el 26 de agosto de 2023. Poco después, el 4 de septiembre de 2023, el general Clotaire Oligui Nguema hizo esta promesa en su discurso de toma de mando el pueblo gabonés:Nous entendons remettre le pouvoir aux civils en organisant des élections libres, transparentes et crédibles dans la paix sociale.
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3 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Laura Chaparro |Luís Gustavo Carmo |Liam Anderson |Ramna Saeed
This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. Subscribe to Undertones.
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1 month ago | 
es.globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Liam Anderson |Mamisoa Raveloaritiana |Mariela Arnst
Por casualidad, ¿alguien está interesado en participar como voluntario en actividades relacionadas con la conservación en una zona urbana? Estoy buscando gente con ganas de generar impacto, no recibirás equipamiento ni paga, tendrás que aportar tu propia comida y transporte (no será demasiado alto, habrá transporte en autobús y refrigerios. Si es necesario, puedo dar el costo del autobús, pero no creo que pueda cubrir la comida).
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2 months ago | 
globalvoices.org | Liam Anderson |Gina Yauri |Melissa Vida |Giovana Fleck
A coup plot was in the works for over a year in Brazil. It began with casting doubts about the electoral system and inciting the public against it, and included a violent plan to kill and arrest political adversaries and a Supreme Court judge.
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2 months ago | 
globalvoices.org | Oiwan Lam |Mong Palatino |Liam Anderson |Giovana Fleck
United States President Donald Trump’s temporary suspension of the shipments of U.S. military aid and intelligence sharing to Ukraine after his argument with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Oval Office has prompted Taiwan to reflect on the self-ruled region’s strategic relation with the U.S. in the face of China's looming threat.
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2 months ago | 
globalvoices.org | Liam Anderson |Gina Yauri |Melissa Vida |Teodora C. Hasegan
This article, written by Natalia Viana, was originally published by Agência Pública on February 24, 2025. It has been edited for length and context and republished here under a partnership agreement with Global Voices. On February 22, the video platform Rumble was suspendedin Brazil following an order by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Anatel (the National Telecommunications Agency) notified more than 20,000 internet providers and operators about the suspension.
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2 months ago | 
globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Liam Anderson |Oiwan Lam |Ana Maria Dima
Labor activists in the Philippines saw a major victory after a 74-hour strike of 1,800 workers at Nexperia Philippines, a Dutch semiconductors factory. The strike ended in victory on March 8 after the management agreed to increase daily wages and reinstate dismissed union officials. Nexperia manufactures and exports transistor chips and microchips that are used in e-vehicles, phones, and other electronic devices.
