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After quinoa’s boom, Bolivian farmers face degraded soils and climate stress
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More on the situation, in Spanish, from the ES paper Diario Socialista.
https://diariosocialista.net/2026/05/14/el-bloqueo-energetico-de-eeuu-deja-a-cuba-sin-reservas-de-combustible-y-con-apagones-de-22-horas/ -
Some good environment news for a change, and it shows the way to go.
Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/seabed-life-triples-after-bottom-trawling-ban-in-scotland-protected-area/ -
Missing a trick here.
Not a word on Labour's trashing of environmental protection and building boom. That boom won't deliver affordable rent housing.Greens to launch local elections campaign with promise on affordable housing which ‘failing Labour councils’ haven’t delivered - Green Party
https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/04/09/greens-launch-local-elections-campaign-with-promise-on-affordable-housing/ -
I've a better idea.
Unilateral Nuclear Disarmament.Davey advocates what the Western consensus deplored in Iran.
Double standardsUK must build own nuclear missiles to end US reliance, says Ed Davey - BBC News
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Marco Rubio "is the architect of what is arguably Trump’s single most cynical policy: the scheme to appoint drug cartel bosses and their cronies atop the governments of every Latin American country, in the name of fighting drug cartels."
The Narco-Terrorist Elite - The American Prospect https://prospect.org/2025/12/23/narco-terrorist-elite-rubio-south-america-iran-contra/
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#GermanElection
Lots of graphs and regional breakdown here.Elecciones Alemania 2025: mapa de resultados por distrito
https://www.eldiario.es/internacional/mapa-resultados-elecciones-alemania-distrito-distrito_1_12074209.html?utm_source=elDiario.es&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Socio&utm_campaign=da291dc7bc-ADELANTO_23-02-2025&utm_term=0_10e11ebad6-da291dc7bc-70547836&goal=0_10e11ebad6-da291dc7bc-70547836&mc_cid=da291dc7bc -
#IHT changes for farms will mean greater concentration of holdings as families sell to pay the tax.
Needs a rethink.