Cold war in the South Atlantic?
As the 30th anniversary of Britain’s imperial adventure in the Falkland Islands approaches things are starting to hot up in the cold South Atlantic. Britain has engaged in a gesture of flag waving by despatching Prince William to the islands as a kind of modern day Richard the…
Costa Rica road threatens border region
When a river marks the border between two countries and the countries involved both agree on the border, no one could be blamed for thinking the matter was settled. That was what happened in 1858 when the San Juan River (Rio San Juan) was established as marking part…
The people of Congo suffer
On 9 December, Joseph Kabila was re-elected President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Overseen by international observers, this was the first ever election organised from with the DRC… and it was a whitewash. With serious electoral irregularities being minimised and ignored by the international community, the…
