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CCOO y UGT han solicitado al Gobierno que modifique la ‘ley mordaza’ antes de que concluya la legislatura en defensa de la democracia. Ambos sindicatos han reclamado que se apruebe una ley que entienda la seguridad ciudadana “como el más pleno disfrute de los derechos fundamentales y de las libertades públicas”, dando prioridad a la…
Sindicatos españoles instan a modificar la ‘ley mordaza’ para defender la democracia
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Medical activists chained themselves to the doors of the Madrid Assembly during a protest in defense of public health, according to the Twitter account of the Primary Care for All collective.
“Several people chained to the Madrid Assembly for quality Primary Care,” the group tweeted.
Massive march in Madrid cries out against the dismantling of public health (Video) February 12, 2023
He also called for investing 25% of the health budget in this level of medical aid.
The group explained that the World Health Organization recommends allocating 25% of the budget for quality primary care, while “the Spanish average is 14%” and even in the Community of Madrid it reaches only 11%.
According to the account, it is the first action of the group that “advocates for peaceful action in defense of a Public, Universal and Quality Primary Care”.
More than 10,000 people protest in Madrid against the privatization of healthcare December 17, 2022
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El 16 de febrero de 1903 el Gobierno de Estrada Palma cedió, para la Base Naval en Guantánamo, un área de 117,6 kilómetros cuadrados del territorio nacional, que permanece ocupada desde entonces, en contra de la voluntad del pueblo cubano
El 16 de febrero de 1903 el entonces presidente de Cuba, Tomás Estrada Palma, traicionó las ideas de José Martí y del Partido Revolucionario Cubano que ayudó a fundar, al firmar la cesión del territorio de Caimanera a Estados Unidos, para implantar una base naval contra la voluntad nacional.
De esa manera, hace 120 años, el Gobierno de Estrada Palma cedió, para la Base Naval en Guantánamo, un área de 117,6 kilómetros cuadrados del territorio nacional, que permanece ocupada desde entonces, en contra de la voluntad del pueblo cubano.
El injerencista Convenio para las Estaciones Carboneras y Navales surgió a partir de la imposición de una enmienda constitucional…
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15 Feb, 2023
ByAl Mayadeen English
Despite the huge number of affected people and infrastructure, the UN launches only a $397 million humanitarian appeal to aid Syria.
The United Nations on Wednesday said $5.6 billion was needed to provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine and to the millions who have fled the country after the start of the war, a day after it announced a$397 million humanitarian appealto aid quake-hit Syria.
The UN estimated that 21.8 million Ukrainians were now in need of humanitarian assistance.
“The war continues to cause death, destruction and displacement daily, and on a staggering scale,” UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths said in a statement.
“We must do all we can to reach the hardest-to-reach communities, including those close to the front line,” Griffiths stressed, adding that “the suffering…
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‘Russia offered to send grain for free. But its exports were blocked’
Almost half of all Ukrainian wheat and corn exports to the EU ended up feeding pigs in Spain to produce the world-famous, and very expensive, jamon, according to an investigation by Austrian outlet eXXpress.
The bloc ended up accounting for most of Kiev’s grain exports, even though the opening of the Black Sea corridor was advertised as a way to feed Africa and Asia.
An estimated 2.9 million tons of wheat and corn from Ukraine ended up in Spain, where it was used as animal feed, the Austrian outlet said on Monday.
According to eXXpress, only 15% of the exports ended up in the countries at risk of famine, including 167,000 tons in Ethiopia and 65,000 tons in Sudan.
File photo: Jamon Iberico de Bellota is sliced during a competition in Madrid
“Spain paid more money – and Ukraine delivered,” the outlet said.
After months of Kiev and its Western backers accusing Russia of “blockading” the Ukrainian ports, the UN and Türkiye negotiated an arrangement for exporting grain from both Ukraine and Russia, via special corridors in the Black Sea.
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The government’s inadequate response to the earthquake speaks to decades of mismanagement, corruption, and cronyism that could threaten Erogan’s career, as public outrage soars alongside the death toll, writes Joseph Daher.
Critics and analysts explain these shortcomings as consequences of Erdogan’s policy of centralising power in his own hands, undermining institutions of their independence, nominating inexperienced people loyal to his party to key positions, and weakening or eliminating civil society organisations
More than a week after the deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which has killed more than 35,000 people and counting, including 29,695 in Turkey and more than 3,500 in Syria, public criticisms against Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government continue to increase.
The Turkish president and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) are already looking fragile ahead of the upcoming presidential and legislative elections in May. Current criticisms of Erdogan’s government in the aftermath of the earthquake centre on two main issues.
First, the response to the earthquakes has been considered by many as insufficient and inadequate. Many collapsed buildings have been left unattended and people left without electricity, water and food.
There has been growing frustration from the population, with critics signalling the lack of equipment, expertise and support to rescue those trapped under the rubble and questioning why the army, which played a key role after a 1999 earthquake, was not brought in sooner.
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“This is not the first time that Ankara is denounced for its failures to deal with natural disasters”
Erdogan himself recognized there were problems and limitations with the government’s initial response to the earthquake. One of the problems is the continuous weakening of the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (known by its acronym AFAD), which is the institution responsible for search and rescue and providing food during emergencies.
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