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Der zukünftige chilenische Präsident, José Antonio Kast, stellte sein im März einzusetzendes Kabinett vor. Darunter sind zwei frühere Anwälte des Ex Diktators Pinochet und die künftige Frauenministerin ist eine evangelikale Abtreibungsgegnerin.

In our last newsletter, we asked the rhetorical question of when the ‘cordon sanitaire’ at the European level would come to an end. As with other current debates, from the firewall to the universality of human rights, these democratic cornerstones are …

The invitation to the 113th NYYRC gala illustrates the MAGA movement's intention to do everything to support the AfD on its path to power in Germany.

CELS und andere lateinamerikanische Menschenrechtsorganisationen fordern eine "sofortige klare und koordinierte internationale Antwort“ auf die US-Intervention in Venezuela. Wir dokumentieren die Erklärung.

An attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president signal a new phase of U.S. intervention in Latin America. This excerpt is taken from an article published by Agência Pública, analyzing the impact of the so-called Donroe Doctrine on the region

— vom NEIN zur ALCA zum JA zu MAGAAm 13. November 2025 kündigte der US-Präsident Donald J. Trump „historische Handelsabkommen mit Handelspartnern der westlichen Hemisphäre“ an und bezog sich damit auf neue bilaterale Abkommen mit den Regierungen von …

Die Auslagerung von Kernaufgaben des Militärs und anderer sicherheitsrelevanter staatlicher Aufgaben an Privatunternehmen ist das Thema einer umfassenden Recherche, die Francesca Bria, José Bautista und xof-research.org unter dem Titel "The authoritarian …

Am 16. November haben in Chile die Kongresswahlen und die erste Runde zur Präsidentschaftswahl stattgefunden. Jeannette Jara, die Kandidatin der kommunistischen Partei, die für eine Mitte-Links-Allianz antritt, liegt mit rund 27 Prozent knapp vorn, dicht …

AfD-Abgeordnete des Deutschen Bundestages waren auch in den vergangenen Wochen wieder an parlamentarischen Delegationen beteiligt.

Following the poor performance of Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza party in the regional elections in the province of Buenos Aires in September (see our article in Newsletter #10) and various corruption scandals in the president's immediate circle, the …

In France, the Rassemblement National (RN) has successfully passed its first motion in the National Assembly, terminating the immigration agreement with Algeria. The Rapporteur wrote on 31 October: "This symbolic move, the RN's first successful motion ever, …

On October 28, Rio de Janeiro’s police carried out a massive operation in the Alemão and Penha complexes, in the city’s North Zone, leaving more than 120 people dead (the body count is still ongoing) — making it the deadliest police operation in Brazil’s …

The latest debates in the European Parliament centred on the EU Commission's budget plans, which were rejected. In other votes, too, the centre-left majority consisting of the Christian Democratic European People's Party (EPP), the Social Democratic Socialist …

The role of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), the ruling party in Serbia under autocratic President Aleksandar Vučić and a member of the EPP, has led to controversy within the Christian Democratic parties. At the end of September, it was decided to subject …

The many staff members working for MPs and parliamentary groups are indispensable to the functioning of parliament. Here, too, the far right is involved in the battle for representative positions. The 2,062 parliamentary assistants (APAs – Accredited …

In Brussels, seat of the European Parliament, the AfD parliamentary group, known as Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN), announced at the end of September that it had registered its own European foundation: the Sovereignty Foundation. This was announced by the …