Podcasts about Migration

This week on the show, we're going to get a little wild, exploring the wild food traditions across geographic borders in the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Balkans and Middle East! I'm joined by Professor Andrea Pieroni, a leading ethnobiologist who studies the food traditions of diaspora and minority populations. We discuss the ties between traditional knowledge and community resilience, and celebrate some of the incredible foods found in some of the most remote regions of the world. #ethnobiology #WildFood #migrant #SlowFood

In the early years of a boy's life, the father is sometimes on the perimeter, as the mother is the primary nurturer. In the early adolescent years, boys will then migrate away from their mothers toward their fathers. This is when Dad needs to step in at a greater level and usher his son into [...] The post The Migration of Boys appeared first on GreatMan.

Grüße aus der osteuropäischen Kulturblase - in dieser Folge sprechen wir über: Das Selbstbild und Fremdbild von uns selbst und Anderen. ______________________________________ Shownotes: Achtung, diese Folge enthält die nicht die komplette Ost.blog Crew. Viel Ironie und etwas Rage erwarten euch. Tja was hat das Thema mit Würsten zu tun? Vielleicht wurde die Methaper in eine Form pressen leicht gedehnt. ;) Wir fangen mal wieder mit einem Anderen Thema an und kommen hin wo wir hin wollten - zum Selbstbild und Fremdbild. Das Gespür (oder nicht Gespür) für diese zwei Bereiche wird einem sehr früh bewusst oder unterbewusst klar. Viele kennen die Situation, als Junger Mensch: Fremde sind komisch zu uns und wir verstehen nicht warum - ein resting Bitch Face sieht man nun mal schlecht an sich selbst. Wir schmücken das Thema mit diversen Beispielen und Geschichten aus um mal wieder ein etwas schwereres Thema so einfach wie möglich rüber zu bringen.

1945 in Indien geboren war sie die erste nicht-weiße Journalistin im deutschen Fernsehen. Als Tochter aus großbürgerlichem Elternhaus ungarisch-indischer Einwanderer kam sie 1963 nach Deutschland. Sie arbeitete für die TV-Sendungen „Panorama“ und „Weltspiegel“. Migration, Menschenrechte und die Auslandsberichterstattung wurden ihr Metier, der Satz "bekennen, nicht berichten" ihre Losung. Marietta Schwarzwww.deutschlandfunk.de, ZwischentöneDirekter Link zur Audiodatei

1945 in Indien geboren war sie die erste nicht-weiße Journalistin im deutschen Fernsehen. Als Tochter aus großbürgerlichem Elternhaus ungarisch-indischer Einwanderer kam sie 1963 nach Deutschland. Sie arbeitete für die TV-Sendungen „Panorama“ und „Weltspiegel“. Migration, Menschenrechte und die Auslandsberichterstattung wurden ihr Metier, der Satz "bekennen, nicht berichten" ihre Losung. Marietta Schwarzwww.deutschlandfunk.de, ZwischentöneDirekter Link zur Audiodatei

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The Border Crossed Us is led by Jon Ayon, an AMR team member who conducted field research to gather the stories of peoples and Tribes at the southern settler colonial border between the United States and Mexico. This political border was drawn with no respect for the Indigenous peoples that live there — with land claims that predate both colonial governments. Now families and cultures are separated on either side. There are current cultural and religious permits in place for Native peoples to cross the border, but crossing remains a complicated and formidable challenge as border control determines which reasons are legitimate- often with no knowledge of traditions. Only in recent history has Indigenous migration been restricted and disqualified as a human right. An Indigenous future means free movement because heritage transcends borders. This is about the protection of the sacred: sacred land, sacred relations, sacred sovereignty and sacred traditions that require a sense of place and home. Our relationality does not end at a structural, colonial boundary. We would like to include a trigger warning for violence and sexual assault which appears in some of the stories. If you are listening with younger children, or would like to avoid hearing for your own sake, we offer warning within the episode and encourage you to skip portions at your own discretion. Due to complications, this episode was taken down. It's been reevaluated and recut. We apologize for any confusion, so thank you for your patience, and we hope you enjoy the rerelease.+++  Please consider becoming a Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/allmyrelationspodcast For our Patreon Subscribers, we will be offering a special  virtual screening of Jon Ayon's film, No Soy Óscar: https://jonayon.com/nosoyoscar/ with a special virtual q&a with Jon, Dr.Dr.Dez and Matika.+++Special thanks to the following people for sharing their voices:Ral ChristmanMartha and Stan Rodriguez Cynthia Parada Riss HillWilly WhiteLori CachorraTomas JeffersonPenelope JeffersonPreston ArrowweedDan CheinMike Benavides Andrea Rudnik Team BrownsvilleEnrique LopezEmily SmithLupita Alonso+++  Learn more about Team Brownsville: https://www.teambrownsville.org/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amrpodcast/Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/amrpodcast)Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/amrpodcast)

Migration und Flucht ist ein Thema, das unsere Gesellschaft heutzutage stetig beschäftigt. Und auch die Frage, was danach passiert. Welche Rolle spielt hier die Soziale Arbeit? Anna Riegler ist eine engagierte Sozialwissenschaftlerin, die sich für benachteiligte Menschen einsetzt. In dieser Episode spricht sie über Anerkennung und Missachtung von Menschen mit Migrationsbiografie und Fluchterfahrung. Zudem bietet Anna Riegler sowohl eine Innen- als auch eine Außenperspektive zur Sozialen Arbeit in diesem Themengebiet. Rein hören. Schlauer werden. Neugierig bleiben.

In ihrer „Agenda 2030“ haben die Vereinten Nationen das Ziel formuliert, den Hunger weltweit zu besiegen. Aber angesichts der Auswirkungen der Pandemie und des Klimawandels besteht wenig Hoffnung auf Erfolg. In Guatemala zerstören die steigenden Temperaturen in einstmals fruchtbaren Kaffeeanbaugebieten die Ernten. Auf der Flucht vor Hunger und Perspektivlosigkeit setzen immer mehr Migrantinnen und Migranten ihr Leben aufs Spiel. Trotz des Virus und der gefährlichen Reise durch Mexiko ziehen sie los in Richtung USA, in der Hoffnung auf eine bessere Zukunft. „Casas del Migrante - Überlebensanker für lateinamerikanische Flüchtlinge“. Hören Sie in Camino in hr2 kultur einen Beitrag von Andreas Boueke.

Ob Transport, Gastronomie oder Fleischverarbeitung: Viele Branchen kommen mittlerweile nicht mehr ohne Zuwanderer aus. Welchen Anteil haben Migranten genau? Und wie ist die Lage in Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen?

Senta hatte eine Baustelle vor dem Haus und hat sich deshalb durchgehend auf stumm geschalten. Hätte aber die Fragen auch so gestellt. Das Thema Migration ist von hoher politischer Relevanz. Auch die Geschichtswissenschaft kann und muss etwas beitragen. Darüber sprechen wir heute mit Barbara Lüthi, Juniorprofessorin für Nordamerikanische Geschichte an der Uni Köln. Seit ihrer Lizentiatsarbeit beschäftigt sie sich mit dem Thema Migration. Sie berichtet wie sie bei ihrer Forschung vorgeht. Was können staatliche Quellen leisten? Welche anderen Quellen sollten herangezogen werden? Außerdem sprechen wir mit ihr über ihr Buch, das bald erscheinen wird: Contentious Mobilities: The Freedom Riders Across Borders, 1961 – 2011. Hierin vergleicht sie die Freedom Riders aus den 1960er Jahren in den USA mit anderen Desegregationbewegungen in Australien und Israel/Palästina. Sie versucht der Frage nachzugehen was Mobilität und Immobilität für Auswirkungen auf Individuen und Gruppen hat. Außerdem sprechen wir mit ihr über Traumatisierung und welche Themenfelder in der Migrationsforschung noch wichtig sind. Wer Gast sein möchte, Fragen oder Feedback hat, kann dieses gerne an houseofmodernhistory@gmail.com oder auf Twitter an @houseofModHist richten. Literatur und weiterführende Quellen: Adam, Jens; Bojadzijev, Manuala; Knecht, Michi; Lewicki, Pawel; Polat, Nurhak; Römhild, Regina & Spiekermann, Rika: Europa dezentrieren. Globale Verflechtungen neu denken. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, 2019. Alexopoulou, Maria: Ausländer' – A racialized concept? ‘Race' as Analytical Concept in Contemporary German Immigration History, in: Arghavan, Mahmoud/Hirschfelder, Nicole u. a. (Hg.), Who Can Speak and Who is Heard/Hurt? – Facing Problems of Race, Racism and Ethnic Diversity in the Humanities in Germany, transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2019, S. 41–63. Glick Schiller, Nina (Hg): Towards a Transnational Perspective on Migration. New York: Academy of Science, 1992. Lüthi, Barbara: Contentious Mobilities: The Freedom Riders Across Borders, 1961 – 2011. Lüthi, Barbara: Humans, Not Files: Deportations and Knowledge in Switzerland: https://www.ghi-dc.org/fileadmin/publications/Bulletin_Supplement/Supplement_15/Supp-15_165.pdf Lüthi, Barbara & Walters, William: The Politics of Cramped Space: Dilemmas of Action, Containemnt and Mobility. International Journal of Politics Culture and Society. Vol 29, No. 4, 2016. Purtschert, Patricia; Lüthi, Barbara & Falk, Francesca (Hg): Postkoloniale Schweiz. Formen und Folgen eines Kolonialismus ohne Kolonien. transcript Verlag, 2013. Römhild, Regina: Vom Rand ins Zentrum. Perspektiven für eine kritischen Migrationsforschung. Berlin: Panama, 2014. Walters, William: Aviation as deportation infrastructure: airports, planes, and expulsion. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Vol. 44, No. 2. S. 1-22. Film Freedom Writer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463998/ Veranstaltung: Memoryscapes. Filmformen der Erinnerung: https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/tagungsberichte-4118

Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Donnerstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.Human Rights Watch kritisiert Umgang mit Autokratien Human Rights Watch hat demokratische Länder für die Zusammenarbeit mit autoritären Herrschern kritisiert. Oft unterstützten sie autokratische Systeme, um Migration zu unterbinden, den Terrorismus zu bekämpfen oder für vermeintliche Stabilität zu sorgen, anstatt demokratische Prinzipien zu verteidigen, erklärte die Menschenrechtsorganisation anlässlich der Vorstellung ihres Jahresberichts in Genf. So lieferten etwa die USA weiter Waffen an Ägypten und Saudi-Arabien, obwohl US-Präsident Joe Biden eine menschenrechtsbasierte Außenpolitik versprochen habe. Iran und Venezuela ohne UN-Stimmrecht Der Iran, Venezuela und eine Reihe weiterer Staaten haben ihre Stimmrechte in der UN-Generalversammlung wegen Zahlungsrückständen vorübergehend verloren. Generalsekretär António Guterres teilte mit, der Iran müsse umgerechnet mindestens 16,1 Millionen Euro und Venezuela 34,8 Millionen Euro zahlen, um in dem größten UN-Organ wieder mitbestimmen zu können. Auch der Sudan und die Republik Kongo verloren ihr Stimmrecht. Nach UN-Regularien wird jenen Staaten das Recht darauf entzogen, deren Schulden der Höhe ihrer Mitgliedsbeiträge der vergangenen zwei Jahre entsprechen oder höher sind. Französisch-iranische Wissenschaftlerin wieder in Haft Die im Iran verurteilte Anthropologin Fariba Adelkhah ist wieder in das berüchtigte Evin-Gefängnis bei Teheran gebracht worden. Die französische Regierung reagierte empört und forderte die sofortige Freilassung der 62-jährigen Franko-Iranerin. Ihre erneute Inhaftierung sei "rein politisch und willkürlich" und werde sich negativ auf die Beziehungen zwischen Paris und Teheran auswirken, so ein Sprecher des Außenministeriums. Adelkhah war 2019 festgenommen und im Jahr darauf zu fünf Jahren Haft wegen Propaganda gegen das System verurteilt worden. Seit Oktober 2020 stand sie unter Hausarrest. Urteil im Al-Khatib-Prozess erwartet Vor dem Oberlandesgericht im rheinland-pfälzischen Koblenz wird an diesem Donnerstag das Urteil im weltweit ersten Prozess um Staatsfolter in Syrien erwartet. Dem Angeklagten werden unter anderem Mord in 30 Fällen und Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit vorgeworfen. Unter seiner Führung sollen vor zehn Jahren im berüchtigten Al-Khatib-Gefängnis in Damaskus mindestens 4000 Häftlinge mit Schlägen, Tritten und Elektroschocks gefoltert worden sein. Die Bundesanwaltschaft fordert lebenslange Haft und die Feststellung der besonderen Schwere der Schuld. Die Verteidigung plädiert auf Freispruch. Nigeria hebt Twitter-Sperre auf Nach rund sieben Monaten hat der nigerianische Präsident Mohammadu Buhari den Kurzmitteilungsdienst Twitter wieder zugelassen. Laut Medienberichten hatte das Unternehmen zuvor Bedingungen erfüllt. Unter anderem gehe es dabei um die Besteuerung nach nigerianischem Recht und den Umgang mit verbotenen Veröffentlichungen. Twitter war in Nigeria im Juni "bis auf weiteres" abgeschaltet worden. Die EU, die USA und andere kritisierten das Vorgehen damals scharf. Twitter ist im bevölkerungsreichsten Staat Afrikas beliebt: Fast 40 Millionen der insgesamt 200 Millionen Einwohner haben ein Twitter-Konto. Aus für "goldene Pässe" in Bulgarien Die neue bulgarische Regierung hat das Ende der Vergabe sogenannter goldener Pässe angekündigt. Das Kabinett von Ministerpräsident Kiril Petkow begründete den Schritt damit, dass das 2013 eingeführte Programm nicht wie beabsichtigt zu bedeutenden Investitionen in die bulgarische Wirtschaft geführt habe. Die EU-Kommission hatte die Praxis der Vergabe von Staatsbürgerschaften gegen finanzielle Zusagen lange kritisiert und ihr Ende gefordert. 2020 leitete sie deshalb ein Vertragsverletzungsverfahren gegen Zypern und Malta ein. Im Juni drohte die Brüsseler Behörde auch Bulgarien mit einem Verfahren. Cyberattacke auf US-Haftanstalt Ein Hackerangriff hat ein Gefängnis im US-Bundesstaat New Mexico lahmgelegt. Laut Gerichtsdokumenten wurden vergangene Woche die Sicherheitskameras sowie das automatische Türsystem der Haftanstalt im Bezirk Bernalillo außer Betrieb gesetzt. Auch andere öffentliche Einrichtungen in der Region nahe der Großstadt Albuquerque waren von dem Angriff betroffen. Unbekannte Erpresser hatten offenbar die Festplatten der Computer mit einer sogenannten Ransomware verschlüsselt. Ob sie auch Lösegeld gefordert haben, wurde nicht bekannt.

Das Oberlandesgericht in Koblenz hat einen ehemaligen syrischen Geheimdienstmitarbeiter zu einer lebenslangen Haftstrafe verurteilt, wegen Staatsfolter in Syrien. Die Richter stuften das Vorgehen des Hauptangeklagten als Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit ein – und schaffen damit auch einen Präzedenzfall. Weitere Themen: - Leerflüge: EU-Kommission will Regulierungen nicht anpassen - Genfer Gemeinde Meyrin erhält den Wakkerpreis 2022 - Papst-Umfrage zeigt: Schweizer Gläubige sind unzufrieden - BFS will breitere Diskussion über Migration ermöglichen - Sudan: UNO-Sondergesandte will Akteure an einen Tisch bringen - Tagesgespräch: Was ist gute Baukultur?

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Superman ist längst in der "Hall of Fame" der Superhelden gelandet. Erfunden haben ihn zwei jüdische Migranten in den USA, Joe Shuster und Jerry Siegel. Viele jüdische Comiczeichner kamen aus Ost-Europa nach Amerika, Heike Mund erzählt ihre Geschichten. Von Heike Mund.

Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Mittwoch – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.Hohe Infektionszahl in Deutschland Die Zahl der Corona-Neuinfektionen in Deutschland hat einen neuen Tageshöchstwert erreicht. Nach Angaben des Robert Koch-Instituts haben sich in den vergangenen 24 Stunden 80.430 Menschen angesteckt. Die Sieben-Tage-Inzidenz überstieg die Marke von 400. Sie liegt aktuell bei 407,5. Zuletzt warnte die Weltgesundheitsorganisation, dass schon Mitte März sich mehr als die Hälfte der Europäer mit Omikron infiziert haben könnte. Frankreich verzeichnet Corona-Rekordwert Auch Frankreich hat mit mehr als 368.000 registrierten Corona-Neuinfektionen binnen eines Tages einen Rekordwert verzeichnet. Die Fallzahlen sind über die vergangenen Wochen in die Höhe geschnellt. Die Omikron-Variante des Coronavirus ist mittlerweile vorherrschend im Land. Der Inzidenzwert lag landesweit zuletzt bei 2790. Er gibt an, wie viele Infektionen innerhalb einer Woche auf 100.000 Menschen erfasst wurden. Um die fünfte Welle einzudämmen, will Frankreichs Regierung die Corona-Regeln für Ungeimpfte nochmals verschärfen. Russland und China gegen Mali-Sanktionen Im UN-Sicherheitsrat haben Russland und China die Annahme eines Textes blockiert, der Sanktionen westafrikanischer Staaten gegen die Militärjunta in Mali befürwortet. Die Vertreter der Regierungen in Peking und Moskau verhinderten nach Angaben von Diplomaten die von Frankreich eingebrachte Initiative. Die Militärjunta hatte für Februar geplante Wahlen in Mali abgesagt und eine bis zu fünf Jahre lange Übergangsphase hin zu einer zivilen Regierung angekündigt. Die Nachbarstaaten der Westafrikanischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (ECOWAS) verhängten Sanktionen, darunter Grenzschließungen und ein Handelsembargo. Biden will Wahlrechtsreform durch den Senat bringen Im Streit um weitgehende Wahlrechtsreformen in den USA macht Präsident Joe Biden Druck. Er forderte, notfalls eine zentrale Regel des Senats zu ändern. Dort brauchen Gesetzesvorhaben eine "Super-Mehrheit" von 60 der 100 Senatoren, um überhaupt zur Abstimmung zu kommen. Das bedeutet, dass die Opposition Vorhaben mit einer Sperrminorität von 41 Stimmen blockieren kann. Die Republikaner von Bidens Vorgänger Donald Trump nutzen ihre Sperrminorität derzeit, um im Oberhaus in Washington zwei von den Demokraten vorangetriebene Wahlrechtsreformen zu blockieren. Zahl der Asylanträge so hoch wie lange nicht Im vergangenen Jahr sind in Deutschland so viele Asylanträge gestellt worden wie seit 2017 nicht mehr. Wie aus Zahlen des Bundesamts für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) hervorgeht, nahm die Behörde 2021 rund 190.800 Asylanträge entgegen. Das wichtigste Herkunftsland der Asylbewerber war im vergangenen Jahr erneut Syrien. Mehr als 70.000 Anträge betrafen laut BAMF-Statistik Menschen aus dem arabischen Land. Zugenommen hat die Zahl der Schutzsuchenden aus Afghanistan. Mehr als 31.000 Afghanen stellten vergangenes Jahr Asylanträge in Deutschland. Djokovic äußert sich erstmals selbst im Einreisestreit mit Australien Tennis-Star Novak Djokovic hat zwei Vorwürfe im Zusammenhang mit seiner umstrittenen Einreise in Australien zugegeben. Er veröffentlichte auf Instagram eine Erklärung, in der er einräumte, dass sein Einreiseformular falsch ausgefüllt worden sei. Er gab jedoch seinen Mitarbeitern die Schuld dafür. Er gab auch zu, sich trotz eines positiven Corona-Testergebnisses mit einem Journalisten getroffen zu haben. Australische Medien hatten berichtet, dass Djokovic sich in den 14 Tagen vor seinem Abflug aus Spanien auch in Serbien aufgehalten hatte, dies jedoch nicht in dem Formular angegeben wurde.

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This is money that flows between individuals and families and largely circumvents governments and that's a hugely important point, because the real take home of the book is that when these financial flows are controlled by citizens, it tips the balance of power in favor of citizens. When the international financial flow goes to governments, it tips the balance of power in terms of governments.Joseph WrightA full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com or a short review of Migration and Democracy: How Remittances Undermine Dictatorships  here.Joe Wright is a professor of political science at Pennsylvania State University. Abel Escribà-Folch is an associate professor of political science at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. They cowrote the book Migration and Democracy: How Remittances Undermine Dictatorships along with Covadonga Meseguer.Key HighlightsHow Remittances Break Clientelistic RelationshipsThe Size and Importance of Remittances in Developing EconomiesWhy Financial Remittances Facilitate Protest MovementsCan Remittances Really Contribute to DemocratizationImplications for Immigration PoliciesKey LinksMigration and Democracy: How Remittances Undermine Dictatorships by Abel Escribà-Folch, Joseph Wright, and Covadonga MeseguerLearn more about Joseph WrightLearn more about Abel Escribà-FolchDemocracy Paradox PodcastMichael Miller on the Unexpected Paths to DemocratizationBryn Rosenfeld on Middle Class Support for Dictators in Autocratic RegimesMore Episodes from the PodcastMore InformationDemocracy GroupApes of the State created all MusicEmail the show at jkempf@democracyparadox.com.Follow on Twitter @DemParadoxFollow on Instagram @democracyparadoxpodcast100 Books on Democracy

Bonobo - "Rosewood" from the 2022 album Fragments on Ninja Tune. Since the late ‘90s, Simon Green has been sharing his sweeping electronic grooves as Bonobo to much acclaim. 2022 will see him unveil his hotly anticipated seventh full-length Fragments. Created during the pandemic, the songs were made out of fragmented pieces of ideas the British-born, LA-based producer put together while on lockdown with the help of some notable names like Jamila Woods, Joji, Kadhja Bonet, and Jordan Rakei. Our Song of the Day is the record's lead single, “Rosewood.” Customarily warm and woozy, the song has a locked groove with the repeating phrase, “I won't leave you,” providing emotional resonance until the song's cathartic dance floor build-up. It's a lesson in restraint, letting the subtle flourishes of the song shine while never fully releasing or doing too much. Fragments is out this Friday, January 14 via Ninja Tune. It follows up Bonobo's 2020 collaborative EP with Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Heartbreak / 6000 Ft. and his Grammy-nominated 2017 full-length Migration. Watch Bonobo's KEXP in-studio session from 2017 at the link below. Read the full post on KEXP.org Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this solo episode, Chris provides an update on industrial fundamentals and how they're holding up to date. He also deep dives into interesting things he is thinking about by way of capital markets and provides insight into what the office data is saying. Enjoy!  Follow Chris on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/FortWorthChris Learn more about Chris Powers and Fort Capital: www.FortCapitalLP.com Follow Chris on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/ Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fort-capital/ Links: Sean Dalfin on The Fort Chris Powers on Why Texas Topics: (02:30) - Thoughts on Industrial for 2022 (04:28) - The Fundamentals of Industrial - Location Premium (6:45) - Class B: A Diminishing Portion Of The Industrial Stock (8:59) - Accelerated Rent Growth & Increasing Tenant Demand (11:10) - Capex Requirements and Operating Expenses Are Changing (12:10) - Is having multiple tenants better than having one tenant? (12:34) - Does there continue to be portfolio premiums? (13:27) - Just In Case Inventory (14:38) - Industrial Price Increases Across Texas & Non-Texas Markets (16:34) - Transaction Volume Increases, E-commerce & CapEx (18:54) - Thoughts on Office (21:34) - The Great Game of Chicken With WFH (24:38) - Thoughts on Commercial Real Estate (25:33) - Dry Powder, Open and Closed Funds, Mega-Funds, and Allocations From Pensions and Institutions (28:18) - Family Offices & Non-Listed REIT Fundraising (30:10) - Debt & Lending (31:30) - (non) Distress in the Private Markets and Cap Rate Compression  (32:20) - Debt Pricing & Proptech (33:50) - Migration (37:32) - Market Liquidity, Inflation, Net Profits interests and Industry Leverage (40:57) - Final Thoughts The Fort is produced by Johnny Peterson & Straight Up Podcasts

„Nicht mein Antirassismus“, das Buch mit diesem Titel wäre beinahe nicht erschienen. Denn zwei Mal zögerte Autorin Canan Topcu – einmal vor dem Schreiben und einmal vier Wochen vor Abgabe –, jetzt ist es raus. Besonders streng geht die Hanauerin mit der öffentlichen Debatte nach dem Amoklauf in ihrer Heimatstadt am 19. Februar 2020 um. Die Opfer seien teilweise instrumentalisiert worden, die Medien hätten einseitig und oft unkritisch berichtet. Genug Anlass, das Buch zu lesen und vorher den Podcast „Schröder trifft“ zu hören. Ein Angebot der VRM.

The Wake Up Call share their thoughts about the company's switch to google and how complicated it was for something simple:

On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the building of climate fortresses with the author and journalist, Todd Miller. Industrialized nations, among them the world's largest polluters, are compounding one human-made crisis with another one. Rather than investing in technologies to end our dependence on fossil fuels, they are spending billions to construct climate fortresses ringed by border walls. There are already more than 63 border walls, manned by tens of thousands of guards. These nations, including the United States, are investing in technologies and equipment including robots, drones, surveillance cameras, iris recognition software, weapons, acoustic detection devices, and ready-to-eat meals to blockade and criminalize those fleeing war and the worsening climate emergency that is triggering famines, droughts, wildfires and declining crop yields. More than 44,000 people (a vast undercount, according to researchers of the International Organization on Migration) have died crossing borders between 2014 and 2020, in both the world's deserts and seas. And tens of thousands of others are incarcerated in a global network of more than 2,000 detention centers, while companies in the border industry anticipate more profitable contracts with the intensifying climate crisis. For four decades, with virtually no public debate, a handful of large corporations such as Northrop Grumman, Elbit Systems, General Atomics, and Deloitte have driven up immigration enforcement budgets in the United States behind closed doors and beyond public scrutiny. Todd Miller's new book is ‘Build Bridges Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders'.

Photo: Illustration of Paleo-Indians hunting a glyptodon @Batchelorshow 4/4:  #ClassicNature: The greatest migration. David J. Meltzer, SMU. @NatureMagazine (Originally aired July 28, 2021) "Peopling of the Americas as inferred from ancient genomics." David J. Meltzer, SMU. @NatureMagazine @NatureScience https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03499-y "In less than a decade, analyses of ancient genomes have transformed our understanding of the Indigenous peopling and population history of the Americas. These studies have shown that this history, which began in the late Pleistocene epoch and continued episodically into the Holocene epoch, was far more complex than previously thought. It is now evident that the initial dispersal involved the movement from northeast Asia of distinct and previously unknown populations, including some for whom there are no currently known descendants. The first peoples, once south of the continental ice sheets, spread widely, expanded rapidly and branched into multiple populations. Their descendants—over the next fifteen millennia—experienced varying degrees of isolation, admixture, continuity and replacement, and their genomes help to illuminate the relationships among major subgroups of Native American populations. Notably, all ancient individuals in the Americas, save for later-arriving Arctic peoples, are more closely related to contemporary Indigenous American individuals than to any other population elsewhere, which challenges the claim—which is based on anatomical evidence—that there was an early, non-Native American population in the Americas. Here we review the patterns revealed by ancient genomics that help to shed light on the past peoples who created the archaeological landscape, and together lead to deeper insights into the population and cultural history of the Americas."

Photo: Ancient Indian burial mounds. Moundsville, W.Va.  Great Mound at Grave Creek There's a similar one in nearby Marietta, Oho. @Batchelorshow 3/4:  #ClassicNature: The greatest migration. David J. Meltzer, SMU. @NatureMagazine (Originally aired July 28, 2021) "Peopling of the Americas as inferred from ancient genomics." David J. Meltzer, SMU. @NatureMagazine @NatureScience https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03499-y "In less than a decade, analyses of ancient genomes have transformed our understanding of the Indigenous peopling and population history of the Americas. These studies have shown that this history, which began in the late Pleistocene epoch and continued episodically into the Holocene epoch, was far more complex than previously thought. It is now evident that the initial dispersal involved the movement from northeast Asia of distinct and previously unknown populations, including some for whom there are no currently known descendants. The first peoples, once south of the continental ice sheets, spread widely, expanded rapidly and branched into multiple populations. Their descendants—over the next fifteen millennia—experienced varying degrees of isolation, admixture, continuity and replacement, and their genomes help to illuminate the relationships among major subgroups of Native American populations. Notably, all ancient individuals in the Americas, save for later-arriving Arctic peoples, are more closely related to contemporary Indigenous American individuals than to any other population elsewhere, which challenges the claim—which is based on anatomical evidence—that there was an early, non-Native American population in the Americas. Here we review the patterns revealed by ancient genomics that help to shed light on the past peoples who created the archaeological landscape, and together lead to deeper insights into the population and cultural history of the Americas."

Photo: Holocene — dodo from The Geology of the South-East of England The Holocene extinction is, first of all, the extinction of nearly all large mammal species after the end of the ice age. This is attributed to hunting by humans, and climate change @Batchelorshow 2/4:  #ClassicNature: The greatest migration. David J. Meltzer, SMU. @NatureMagazine (Originally aired July 28, 2021) "Peopling of the Americas as inferred from ancient genomics." David J. Meltzer, SMU. @NatureMagazine @NatureScience https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03499-y "In less than a decade, analyses of ancient genomes have transformed our understanding of the Indigenous peopling and population history of the Americas. These studies have shown that this history, which began in the late Pleistocene epoch and continued episodically into the Holocene epoch, was far more complex than previously thought. It is now evident that the initial dispersal involved the movement from northeast Asia of distinct and previously unknown populations, including some for whom there are no currently known descendants. The first peoples, once south of the continental ice sheets, spread widely, expanded rapidly and branched into multiple populations. Their descendants—over the next fifteen millennia—experienced varying degrees of isolation, admixture, continuity and replacement, and their genomes help to illuminate the relationships among major subgroups of Native American populations. Notably, all ancient individuals in the Americas, save for later-arriving Arctic peoples, are more closely related to contemporary Indigenous American individuals than to any other population elsewhere, which challenges the claim—which is based on anatomical evidence—that there was an early, non-Native American population in the Americas. Here we review the patterns revealed by ancient genomics that help to shed light on the past peoples who created the archaeological landscape, and together lead to deeper insights into the population and cultural history of the Americas."

Photo:  Pleistocene: Smilodon and Canis dirus   @Batchelorshow 1/4:  #ClassicNature: The greatest migration. David J. Meltzer, SMU. @NatureMagazine (Originally aired July 28, 2021) "Peopling of the Americas as inferred from ancient genomics." David J. Meltzer, SMU. @NatureMagazine @NatureScience https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03499-y "In less than a decade, analyses of ancient genomes have transformed our understanding of the Indigenous peopling and population history of the Americas. These studies have shown that this history, which began in the late Pleistocene epoch and continued episodically into the Holocene epoch, was far more complex than previously thought. It is now evident that the initial dispersal involved the movement from northeast Asia of distinct and previously unknown populations, including some for whom there are no currently known descendants. The first peoples, once south of the continental ice sheets, spread widely, expanded rapidly and branched into multiple populations. Their descendants—over the next fifteen millennia—experienced varying degrees of isolation, admixture, continuity and replacement, and their genomes help to illuminate the relationships among major subgroups of Native American populations. Notably, all ancient individuals in the Americas, save for later-arriving Arctic peoples, are more closely related to contemporary Indigenous American individuals than to any other population elsewhere, which challenges the claim—which is based on anatomical evidence—that there was an early, non-Native American population in the Americas. Here we review the patterns revealed by ancient genomics that help to shed light on the past peoples who created the archaeological landscape, and together lead to deeper insights into the population and cultural history of the Americas."

Joe and Ryan talk about the importance of testing and how they approach testing different strategies across the Graceada Partners portfolio.

Ready to migrate from ASP.NET Web Forms? Carl and Richard talk to Veli Pehlivanov about his work helping organizations modernize their ASP.NET Web Forms applications. Veli talks about finding an appropriate migration strategy for the application, often keeping the existing app in operation while modernization efforts happen piece by piece. The challenging part in that scenario is aspects like security - can you share authentication from the older app with the newer? Sometimes it's necessary to build shims to keep things in sync, and while they seem temporary, often they are run for many years. Migration isn't easy, but the alternatives are worse - plan to take the time!

Producer/Host: Gina Logue Guest: Dr. Andrei Korobkov Synopsis: The professor of political science and international relations concludes his discussion of international migration with analysis of how Russia has handled the issue during the pandemic.

Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Dienstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.RKI weist keine Virusvariantengebiete mehr aus Angesichts der Ausbreitung der Coronavirus-Variante Omikron auch in Deutschland lockert die Bundesregierung ihre Einreisebeschränkungen. Großbritannien, Südafrika, Namibia, Botswana, Mosambik, Simbabwe, Malawi, Eswatini und Lesotho gelten von diesem Dienstag an nicht mehr als Virusvariantengebiete, wie das Robert Koch-Institut mitteilte. Stattdessen werden die neun Staaten nun als Hochrisikogebiete geführt. Für Menschen aus diesen Ländern mit einer vollständigen Corona-Impfung wird die Einreise nach Deutschland damit deutlich erleichtert. Gegner von Corona-Maßnahmen machen mobil In Deutschland haben mehrere zehntausend Menschen gegen die staatlichen Corona-Maßnahmen protestiert. Sie trafen sich in etlichen Städten zu nicht genehmigten "Montagsspaziergängen". Größere Demonstrationen wurden etwa aus Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Nürnberg in Bayern gemeldet. Die meisten Protestaktionen verliefen friedlich. In Lichtenstein bei Zwickau in Sachsen wurden Einsatzkräfte attackiert, 14 von ihnen erlitten dabei nach Polizei-Angaben Verletzungen. Mancherorts kam es zu Gegendemonstrationen. Apple-Konzern schreibt Wall-Street-Geschichte Der iPhone-Hersteller Apple hat als weltweit erstes Unternehmen einen Börsenwert von drei Billionen Dollar erreicht. Das entspricht fast der gesamten Wirtschaftsleistung Deutschlands. Apple gehört wie zahlreiche andere Technologiefirmen zu den Profiteuren der Coronavirus-Pandemie. An der New Yorker Wall Street rangiert der Konzern vor dem Softwareriesen Microsoft mit einem Wert von rund 2,5 Billionen Dollar sowie Amazon und der Google-Mutter Alphabet, die jeweils mehr als eine Billion Dollar wert sind. Etliche Todesopfer bei Kämpfen in Kolumbien Bei Gefechten in Kolumbien zwischen der marxistischen Untergrundmiliz ELN und abtrünnigen Mitgliedern der aufgelösten Rebellenorganisation FARC sind mindestens 23 Menschen getötet worden. Die Kämpfe ereigneten sich im Grenzgebiet zu Venezuela in der nordöstlichen Region Arauca. Das teilte Vize-Verteidigungsminister Jairo García mit. Unter den Toten seien auch vier Venezolaner, sagte Verteidigungsminister Diego Molano. Unklar ist, ob auch Zivilisten getötet wurden. Anders als die FARC hat die ELN mit etwa 2500 Mitgliedern dem bewaffneten Kampf gegen die Regierung nicht abgeschworen. Hilfswerk beklagt mehr als 4400 tote Migranten auf Spanien-Routen Mehr als 4400 Migranten sind nach Angaben einer angesehenen spanischen Hilfsorganisation im Vorjahr bei dem Versuch gestorben, Spanien auf dem Seeweg zu erreichen. Die Zahl habe sich im Vergleich zu 2020 verdoppelt - damals seien 2170 Migranten ums Leben gekommen, teilte das in Afrika sehr gut vernetzte Hilfswerk Caminando Fronteras mit. So viele Todesopfer wie 2021 seien noch nie registriert worden. Allein auf dem Weg von Westafrika zu den Kanaren habe es 4016 Todesopfer gegeben. Die Zahl der spanischen Organisation ist dreieinhalb Mal so hoch wie jene der UN-Organisation für Migration. Schuldspruch gegen Theranos-Gründerin Holmes Die einstige US-Vorzeigeunternehmerin Elizabeth Holmes ist von einer Jury im kalifornischen San Jose des Betrugs schuldig gesprochen worden. Die heute 37-Jährige habe Investoren mit vorsätzlichen Falschbehauptungen über die Technologie ihrer Bluttest-Firma Theranos dazu verleitet, Gelder in das Unternehmen zu stecken, urteilten die Geschworenen. Holmes war durch die Gründung von Theranos zur Milliardärin geworden. Recherchen hatten ans Licht gebracht, dass die vermeintlich revolutionäre Technologie des Unternehmens gar nicht funktionierte. Das Strafmaß gegen Holmes wird später verkündet. Peter Wright ist neuer Darts-Weltmeister Der Schotte Peter Wright hat zum zweiten Mal die Darts-WM gewonnen. Der 51-Jährige setzte sich im Finale 7:5 gegen Michael Smith aus England durch. Dafür erhielt Wright einen Siegerscheck in Höhe von 500.000 Britischen Pfund. Die Weltmeisterschaft in London war von zahlreichen Corona-Fällen überschattet worden. Auch der favorisierte Topstar Michael van Gerwen aus den Niederlanden wurde positiv getestet.

During the second world war, Chinese sailors served alongside their British allies in the merchant navy, heroically keeping supply lines open to the UK. But after the war hundreds of them who had settled in Liverpool suddenly disappeared. Now their children are piecing together the truth. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

After a thrilling first semester at Harvard, I would like to share my final project for one of my seminar classes, Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights 146: Migration and the U.S. Empire. I loved this class, and I found it fitting that I conclude this course with a podcast episode. This is the raw footage of the podcast episode that I submitted as a final project.The episode is about the history of the Mexican-American War, the manner in which it is depicted by the United States, and how it has impacted images of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in our contemporary world.

Today on The Ward Scott Files Podcast: Ward discusses local Alachua County news, John Madden, Out on Bond, and more!

I delivered a speech to the Traditional Britain Group for their Christmas social on the topic of how the Anglo-Saxons have informed English and by extension British and American identity over the centuries.

We are back! Thank you for joining us after our brief break.   Not all heroes wear capes, but this one does wear a Captain America costume. Vishavjit Singh is a writer, artist, creator of Sikhtoons, and Sikh Captain America. He uses his powers of building bridges and storytelling to fight intolerance and have difficult conversations to create understanding. He tells us his origin story and about his new animated film, “American Sikh”, an animated short about seeking acceptance in an intolerant world.  You can donate to his Kickstarter here.  

Digital activist Brett Solomon reflects on how state-sanctioned internet shutdowns, increased surveillance, and unequal access to the internet are impacting communities all over the world. This talk was filmed at TEDxByronBay. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episode, please visit http://go.ted.com/tedxshorts. Follow TEDx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEDx Follow TEDx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedx_official/

Er hat die Schweizer Flüchtlings- und Asylpolitik über viele Jahre geprägt, nun geht Mario Gattiker in Pension. Im «Tagesgespräch» bei Marc Lehmann blickt der Chef des Staatssekretariats für Migration auf seine lange Laufbahn im Dienst des Asylwesens zurück. Wer für Flüchtlinge und Asylsuchende zuständig ist, sitzt im Glashaus: Was auch immer der Staatssekretär für Migration tut, es hagelt Kritik von Links und Rechts. Und doch ist Mario Gattiker, gemessen an seiner exponierten Stellung, erstaunlich unbestritten und wird vom gesamten politischen Spektrum respektiert und sogar gelobt. Man attestiert ihm ein Gespür fürs Machbare und schätzt seine offene Kommunikation. Nun wird der Jurist, der sich zeitlebens mit Flüchtlings- und Asylrecht auseinandergesetzt hat, pensioniert. Gattiker startete seine Laufbahn als Anwalt und Leiter des Rechtsdiensts eines Hilfswerks. Vor 20 Jahren trat er in die Bundesverwaltung ein. Seit zehn Jahren führt er das Migrationsamt, das 2015 zum Staatssekretariat geworden ist. Marc Lehmann hat Mario Gattiker zum Abschiedsgespräch empfangen.

The new film “The Infiltrators” tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by the Border Patrol and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center. This week we chatted with the filmmakers, Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra. Both received MacArthur fellowships and join us to talk about their story, the making of the film, and their future projects. 

The flood of people out of cities is unlike anything since the suburbanisation of the 1950s; we examine the inevitable economic and political consequences. After years of reporting our correspondent concludes that the mutual disdain of a country's northern and southern halves is a curious human universal. And a sojourn to fact-check Julius Caesar's accounts of his triumphs in France.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The flood of people out of cities is unlike anything since the suburbanisation of the 1950s; we examine the inevitable economic and political consequences. After years of reporting our correspondent concludes that the mutual disdain of a country's northern and southern halves is a curious human universal. And a sojourn to fact-check Julius Caesar's accounts of his triumphs in France.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have an in-person interview for you today! We sit down with Dr. Adil Daud of UCSF to talk all things melanoma. We cover Tebentafusp, nodal dissection, the Will Rogers phenomenon and the effect of stage migration on clinical trials as imaging advances, adjuvant vs I/O, academic training vs apprenticeship for budding oncologists, and more! Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

Today's ID the Future brings listeners the first half of a recent live webinar featuring author Eric Cassell fielding questions about his intelligent design book, Animal Algorithms: Evolution and the Mysterious Origin of Ingenious Instincts. Center for Science and Culture associate director Casey Luskin hosts. They begin the webinar discussing Cassell's unique set of qualifications for writing the book, and then they move into a conversation about the amazing desert ant, a master navigator from birth, able to integrate multiple navigation sensors despite having an incredibly tiny brain. Cassell argues that these innate skills point to algorithms programmed into the ant's brain and genome, and that such programming is far better explained by intelligent design than by any blind evolutionary Read More › Source

Dr. Jabulane Matsebula is the guest for this episode. Dr. Matsebula completed a Ph.D. in political sociology in 2005 focusing on political developments in South Africa during the apartheid period and the transition to inclusive democracy. Dr. Matsebula has held various positions in academia and government in Australia, including international multilateral engagement in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), G20, and OECD. He is an experienced researcher, political analyst, negotiator, project manager, and stakeholder engagement. In academia, Dr. Matsebula has taught various political science subjects including international human rights law, governance, social movements, political transitions, public policy research, and the social influence on educational and employment outcomes. From 2016 to 2020, Dr. Matsebula represented the Australian Government in APEC forums in Peru, Viet Nam (ministerial-level dialogue), Papua New Guinea, Chile, and Malaysia. He led negotiations on the development of a regional framework for labour mobility management to allow a coordinated flow of human resources across the 21 APEC member states. During this time, Dr. Matsebula worked closely with senior government officials and subject matter experts from the World Bank, OECD, International Organization for Migration, International Labour Organization, APEC Secretariat, and universities across the region. In 2021, Dr. Matsebula founded a not-for-profit organization, People Against Poverty and Corruption, to alleviate poverty and fight corruption in Southern Africa. Dr. Mastebula is also one of the founding members of the Peoples United Democratic Party, one of the political parties in Swaziland. We talk about: Lesson on the SADC response on the anticipated national dialogue. Differences between "national dialogue," "political dialogue," and "political negotiation." Are the conditions conducive for a dialogue that will produce a worthy outcome that will benefit the Swazi people? How possible is a sound dialogue under the current constitution? What can be done to make sure that the dialogue is democratic, and all concerned people have their voice not only heard but considered. SADC has an agreement with King Mswati on the model of the dialogue without consulting "We the People." Misgivings on the alliances such as the Political Party Assembly, Multi-Stakeholder Forum, and Swaziland United democratic Front representing Swazis in the dialogue. Trust has been eroded in public or government institutions and what can be done to restore it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mpilo-nkambule/support

Samantha Seeley is the author of Race, Removal, and the Right to Remain: Migration and the Making of the United States, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2021. Race, Removal, and the Right to Remain explores the how, at various levels of government and among a variety of people the right to remain and who would be subject to removal was debated. Seeley's study illustrates how Native Americans and African Americans had to navigate a myriad of challenges to their place both within and outside of the nation. This work reorients the history of U.S. expansion and reconsiders how the early United States was built around the movement and non-movement of people. Dr. Seeley is an Assistant Professor at the University of Richmond. Derek Litvak is a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland—College Park. His dissertation, "The Specter of Black Citizens: Race, Slavery, and Citizenship in the Early United States," examines how citizenship was used to both bolster the institution of slavery and exclude Black Americans from the body politic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2017:When she was 30, Suzy Hansen left the US for Istanbul – and began to realise that Americans will never understand their own country until they see it as the rest of the world does. By Suzy Hansen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Tristan McConnell is a writer who spent years working as a foreign correspondent in Nairobi. In this essay, Tristan ventures across the rugged landscape of Turkana in northwest Kenya, home of Kenya's Rift Valley: the place where, millions of years ago, our first human ancestors emerged and then dispersed in waves out of the continent. Present-day Turkana is a place that continues to be defined by human migration. As Tristan meets with archaeologists, pastoralists, and activists, he considers the ways in which Turkana's long story is still being written. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In mid-November, following the re-election of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Congress passed and President Biden signed the RENACER Act, which escalated an ongoing economic war against President Daniel Ortega. In this episode learn about what the RENACER Act does as we examine the situation in Nicaragua and find out and why Daniel Ortega has a target on his back. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! 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Richard Falk. February 21, 2012. “When an ‘NGO' is not an NGO: Twists and turns under Egyptian skies.” Al Jazeera. Laws S. 1064: RENACER Act Sponsor: Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Passed by Voice Vote in the Senate November 3, 2021 House Vote Breakdown Law Outline Sec. 2: Sense of Congress "Congress unequivocally condemns the politically motivated and unlawful detention of presidential candidates Cristiana Chamorro, Arturo Cruz, Felix Maradiaga, and Juan Sebastian Chamorro." "Congress unequivocally condemns the passage of the Foreign Agents Regulation Law, the Special Cybercrimes Law, the Self Determination Law, and the Consumer Protection Law by the National Assembly of Nicaragua..." Sec. 3: Review of Participation of Nicaragua in Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement "The President should review" the continued participation of Nicaragua in the agreement. The authority listed is Article 21.2 of the agreement that says, "Nothing in this agreement shall be construed... to preclude a Party from applying measures that it considers necessary for the fulfillment of its obligations with respect to the maintenance or restoration of international peace or security, or the protection of its own essential security interests." President Trump issued an Executive Order on November 27, 2018 that said that the response to the protests that began on April 18, 2018 "and the Ortega regime's systematic dismantling and undermining of democratic institutions and the rule of law, its use of indiscriminate violence and repressive tactics against civilians, as well as its corruption leading to the destabilization of Nicaragua's economy constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States." Sec. 4: Restrictions on International Financial Institutions Relating to Nicaragua Directs the United States Executive Director at the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and the International Monetary Fund to "increase scrutiny of any loan or financial or technical assistance provided for a project in Nicaragua" and "to ensure" that the loan or assistance is administered through an entity with full independence from the Government of Nicaragua. Sec. 5: Targeted Sanctions to Advance Democratic Elections The Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury, "in consultation" with the intelligence community, "shall develop and implement a coordinated strategy" for implementing targeted sanctions in order to "facilitate the necessary conditions for free, fair, and transparent elections in Nicaragua." Targets sanctions specifically at... Officials in the government of President Daniel Ortega Family members of Daniel Ortega High ranking members of the National Nicaraguan Police Members of the Supreme Electoral Council of Nicaragua Officials of the Central Bank of Nicaragua Party members and elected officials from the Sandinista National Liberation Front and their family members Businesses that conduct "corrupt" financial transactions with officials in the government of President Daniel Ortega, his party, or his family. The sanctions are authorized by the 2018 law (outlined below) against "any foreign person" who, on or after April 18, 2018... Used violence "or conduct" that "constitutes a serious abuse" against protestors Taken "actions or policies" that undermine "democratic processes or institutions" Any current or former government official that used "private or public assets for personal gain or political purposes" Any current or former government official involved in corruption related to government contracts Any current or former government official involved in bribery Any current or former government official that transferred the proceeds of corruption Arrested or prosecuted a person disseminating information to the public The sanctions include... Asset blocking of "all property and interests in property" if they are in the United States, come within the United States, or come within the possession or control of a "United States person." Exclusion from the United States and revocation of visas and other documents. Anyone who "violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation" of sanctions can be hit with a civil penalty of a $250,000 maximum fine or up to twice the amount of sanctions violating transaction and/or a criminal penalty of up to $1 million or up to 20 years in prison. Sec. 6: Developing and Implementing a Coordinated Sanctions Strategy with Diplomatic Partners Requires the Secretary of State to coordinate with other countries - specifically Canada, members of the European Union, and governments in Latin America and the Caribbean - to impose the sanctions together "in order to advance democratic elections in Nicaragua." Sec. 7: Inclusion of Nicaragua in List of Countries Subject to Certain Sanctions Relating to Corruption Adds Nicaragua to an annual report that gets submitted to Congress. The people identified in the report who are accused of corruption in regards to government contracts, bribery, extortion, money laundering, or "violence, harassment, or intimidation directed at governmental or non governmental corruption investigators" will have their visas revoked and be prohibited from entering the United States. Sec. 9: Classified Report on the Activities of the Russian Federation in Nicaragua The Department of State - working with intelligence officials - will submit a classified report to Congress within 90 days about... Cooperation between the Nicaraguan military and Russian military, intelligence, security forces, law enforcement, and Russian security contractors. Cooperation between Russia and Nicaragua in telecommunications and satellites Economic cooperation, specifically in banking Threats that cooperation between Russia and Nicaragua pose to "United States national interests and national security." Sec. 12: Supporting Independent News Media and Freedom of Information in Nicaragua The Secretary of State, Administrator of USAID and the CEO of the United States Agency for Global Media will submit a report to Congress listing all media "directly or indirectly owned or controlled by President Daniel Ortega, members of the Ortega family, or known allies of the Ortega government" and it will access the extent to which Voice of America is reaching the Nicaraguan people. Sec. 13: Amendment to Short Title of Public Law 115-335 Renames the "Nicaraguan Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018" the "Nicaragua Investment and Conditionality Act of 2018" or "NICA Act" H.R. 1918: Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018 Signed into law on December 20, 2018 Sponsor: Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) Law Outline Sec. 2: Sense of Congress on Advancing a Negotiated Solution to Nicaragua's Crisis Congress wanted the Catholic Church of Nicaragua to negotiate for early elections on behalf of "civil society", the student movement, private sector, and the "political opposition" Congress did like that the Government of Nicaragua was refusing to negotiate Sec. 4: Restrictions on International Financial Institutions Relating to Nicaragua Forces the Treasury Secretary to instruct our representatives at the World Bank Group and Inter-American Development Bank to oppose "any loan or financial or technical assistance to the Government of Nicaragua for a project in Nicaragua." We can support loans "to address basic human needs" or "promote democracy in Nicaragua" Sec. 5 : Imposition of Targeted Sanctions with Respect to Nicaragua Authorizes sanctions against "any foreign person" who, on or after April 18, 2018... Used violence "or conduct" that "constitutes a serious abuse" against protestors Taken "actions or policies" that undermine "democratic processes or institutions" Any current or former government official that used "private or public assets for personal gain or political purposes" Any current or former government official involved in corruption related to government contracts Any current or former government official involved in bribery Any current or former government official that transferred the proceeds of corruption Arrested or prosecuted a person disseminating information to the public The sanctions include... Asset blocking of "all property and interests in property" if they are in the United States, come within the United States, or come within the possession or control of a "United States person." Exclusion from the United States and revocation of visas and other documents. Punishes anyone who "violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation" of sanctions with a civil penalty up to a $250,000 fine or up to twice the amount of sanctions violating transaction and/or a criminal penalty of up to $1 million or up to 20 years in prison. The asset blocking sanctions do not authorize the blocking of goods imports. Sec. 6: Annual Certification and Waiver Allows the President to waive the travel restrictions and sanctions. Sec. 10: Termination The sanctions authorized by this law expire on December 31, 2023. Audio Sources Kawsachun News - Nicaragua 2021 Election Observer Press Conference November 10, 2021 Moderator: I present Paul Pumphrey from Friends of the Congo. Paul Pumphrey: Here in Nicaragua, I saw a free and fair election. I talked to many people who were not a part of the Sandinistas party. And yet they themselves said they were willing to accept whatever result happened in the election. Moderator: Next we have Craig Pasta Jardula who is a journalist based in the United States. Craig Pasta Jardula: Mainly, I want to talk about the process, meaning the chain of custody, because that's something that we really saw that was great here in Nicaragua, it made this election a home run. The chain of custody is very strong here, including the fact that in Nicaragua, we have something that is awesome that a lot of countries need to adopt, which is where the vote is cast, it is counted, that ensures a strong chain of custody. Moderator: Next is Rick Cohn from Friends of Latin America. 13:05 Rick Cohn: I want to speak just a little bit though a group of 11 of us went to Bilwi on the Caribbean coast. And in the United States, one of the things they'll use to say this election is fake, is that a high percentage of people voted, and a high percentage of people voted for the FSLN. And that can't happen, because American politicians that would never happen. Well, so I want to say something about why the voters told us they were voting. They told us that basically, they had two Category Four and Category Five hurricanes last year, and the government came and saved their lives, saved many, many lives. And, you know, people have trust in that government. And then the government came in and made sure the electric was up. In Puerto Rico from a year earlier, electric still isn't isn't working, because they, you know, are making money selling electric, but it still doesn't work. They told us they had new roofs put on almost immediately they were delivered. They told us that the schools were rebuilt. All of the schools were in good condition. Oh, the schools and some of them have new buildings. So we had a situation where they were very happy with the performance of the government. And that is why -- oh, they also told us they had one kilometer of road before the FSLN came into power from the neoliberal period, now they have 500 kilometers. And with 70 more kilometers, they'll be able to drive from all the way to Managua, which they've never been able to do in history. So they told us these things. And the FSLN party received the highest percentage of votes, but that's not strange, because they really support the government. They received 86.7% of the vote. You know, there's no way that's made up - it's not fake. It's where they're at. It is certainly the biggest deficiency in democracy in Nicaragua is the interference that there is so much interference from the US government and the media, and the censorship and the lies that they tell. That's the interference that's occurring in this election. 33:52 Rick Cohn: Corporate media like Facebook, well, all of the corporate media including Facebook and Twitter, but social media, are actually just part of the US system and they're contracted to provide information back and forth, they're actually an aspect of the government and they close 1000s of people's accounts, who are people, and I met some of them, they're actual people, and they close their accounts. And they weren't, you know, anyone who was saying anything other than the fact that they may have been supporting the Nicaraguan people or opposed to the the sanctions on Nicaragua. AN INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO ORTEGA'S DESTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY IN NICARAGUA September 21, 2021 House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy *Hearing not on C-SPAN Witnesses: Emily Mendrala Deputy Assistant Secretary of State at the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Laure Chinchilla Former President of Costa Rica Co-Chair at The Inter-American Dialogue Ryan Berg, PhD Senior Fellow in the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Oct. 2018 - Apr. 2021: Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Apr. 2018 - Oct. 2018: Research Consultant at The World Bank July 2014 - Oct 2014: US State Department negotiator at the Organization of American States (OAS) 2009: Intern for Paul Ryan Berta Valle Wife of Felix Maradiaga Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ): The regime has rounded up nearly every potential challenger to Ortega and has not even tried to hide these arrests and forced disappearances under the veneer of legality. 05:42 Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ): Having written the NICA Act with Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), I am frustrated that the International Monetary Fund recently provided $350 million to the regime. The IMF should not take Ortega's us word for it that these funds will be used to address the COVID pandemic. 06:53 Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ): We should also begin preparing a number of severe diplomatic consequences, assuming Nicaragua's election in November becomes a coronation for Ortega. Nicaragua should be suspended under the International Democratic Charter on November 8, and its participation under the Central America Free Trade Agreement should be reconsidered. 10:39 Rep. Mark Green (R-TN): On November 7 a political farce will be held, claiming to resemble elections. No one should be fooled about the outcome -- any hope of unseating the socialist dictatorship is sitting inside of Ortega's prisons. 13:56 *Emily Mendrala: As you are well aware, the Ortega-Murillo government has carried out a ruthless crackdown over the past several months, canceling the registration of opposition parties, incarcerating journalists, opposition leaders, potential presidential candidates, students, private sector leaders and others who defend free and fair elections, attacking the free press, closing long standing NGOs that provide humanitarian and medical assistance to Nicaraguans in need. 15:06 Emily Mendrala: In the face of sham elections in Nicaragua, we and our international partners must continue to denounce and push back against the Ortega-Murillo government's anti-democratic rule as well as its use of Russian-inspired laws to carry out repression. 17:56 Emily Mendrala: Through USAID we continue to support Nicaraguan civil society, independent media and human rights defenders. Our continued support assures Nicaraguans that the outside world has not forgotten them. 19:06 Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ): Are we using our voice? Is the administration using its voice and vote with international financial institution to oppose loans and other financial assistance to Ortega? Because I have to tell you, it's very upsetting to me that we do all this work here. We asked the administration to put sanctions on different people. And yet the IMF, which we probably contribute the largest amount of money, or if not, one of the largest amounts of money, they seem to just ignore what's going on in Nicaragua. And it has to -- I intend to write a letter to the IMF. And hopefully we'll have them before this committee, because this is not acceptable. 20:22 Emily Mendrala: We are using our voice and our vote and every opportunity in front of multilateral institutions to oppose lending to the Ortega-Murillo government. We will continue to use our voice, vote and influence to advocate against lending from international financial institutions to the Ortega-Murillo government and we will also continue to collaborate with international partners where appropriate: EU, Canada and others to do the same. 30:43 Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX): The upcoming November 7 elections will be neither free nor fair 1:04:30 Berta Valle: Even though Félix [Maradiaga] has dedicated his life to serving our country, the regime has charged him and others with a conspiracy to undermine national integrity. The government is alleging that Félix and others were part of a global conspiracy to use foreign resources, including from the US Agency for International Development, the International Republican Institute and the National Endowment for Democracy to harm the interests of the nation. 1:16:33 Ryan Berg: As well as November 7, I think we need to declare Nicaragua's elections illegitimate under current conditions. 1:27:16 Ryan Berg: Thank you, Congressman Green, for the question. Yes, the two countries that I would point out as extra-hemispheric actors who have have come into the hemisphere to shore up the Ortega regime are Russia and Iran. Russia, we've seen with a significant presence in Nicaragua for a while. Its increased its presence in past years, to an extent that I think should be very alarming for the US government. Not only does it have a number of port agreements with Nicaragua, and access to the Caribbean, where it can engage in anti access and area denial capabilities, potentially. But also in cyberspace. We saw recently the Russians and Nicaraguans sign a major agreement in the cyberspace, particularly to help the regime not only increase its domestic security apparatus, but to spy potentially on the opposition on our own citizens, and indeed, potentially on on other governments in Central America, depending upon the strength of the equipment transfers that we'll see in future. So they have a whole number or whole range of capabilities that they are developing within Nicaragua, that there are signals intelligence stations that are actually quite close to the US Embassy in Managua. And so that's that's Russia, Russia has an interest in shoring up this regime on the cheap. And I think Iran has approached the regime in a number of ways, most specifically, in offering partnerships to circumvent US sanctions architecture, in which it excels, because of the sanctions architecture that it has been under for so long. And we haven't seen as deep I would say, as a presence of the Iranians in Nicaragua, but it's it's there and it's also concerning. I think, in general, Congressman, part of the Ortega regime's plan for survival is to sort of recreate a situation of rivalry and enmity in Central America again, and lend a platform for major geopolitical competitors to the United States to increase their capabilities on the US doorstep and I think that's a significant aspect of this political, economic and social crisis here. 1:35:50 Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ): If the Ortega regime moves ahead was stealing this November's elections the international community must come together to impose a very steep price. John Bolton: Miami Dade College's National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower November 1, 2018 John Bolton: The "Troika of Tyranny" in this hemisphere -- Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua -- has finally met its match. John Bolton: Today in this hemisphere we are also confronted once again, with the destructive forces of oppression, socialism and totalitarianism. In Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, we see the perils of poisonous ideologies left unchecked. Nicaraguan President Speech at the United Nations General Assembly September 25, 2007 16:50 President Daniel Ortega: The General Assembly is simply a reflection of this world where a capitalist and imperialist minority is imposing global capitalism to impoverish the world continue to enslave us all and promote apartheid against Latin American immigrants and against African immigrants in Europe. This global capitalism is one beast and it has tentacles everywhere. 25:30 President Daniel Ortega: They have to understand once and for all, that just as they have managed to profit from privatizations that have given rise to these huge multi-nationals that then set up in developing countries, they say that they are helping us. No business person provides assistance, they simply go to earn as much money as they can, they don't go to invest. Developing countries are considered to be insecure countries, and we are simply being ransacked. If we compare the volume of riches that they're extracting from our countries -- the capitalists in developed countries I'm talking about -- through their major companies, the globalized multinationals. If we can compare that wealth with what the Latin American immigrants send back to their families from the U.S. or the Asian and African families in Europe send back to their families, it is a miserable amount compared to the volume of wealth that is extracted on a daily basis by these forms of institutionalized oppression. 28:30 President Daniel Ortega: These companies are simply using cheap labor. They are benefiting from clauses in free trade agreements. I've got us free trade, why not? Free trade for societies and nations. But clearly in that system, it's the law of the jungle the strongest will impose themselves on the rest. What well the world needs is fair trade. What the world demands is really a genuine change in the capitalist, globalized, imperialist economies, that is where we need to have a change. They have to change this concept that they have of a free market. They have to change the slant of these free trade agreements. Nicaraguan Presidential Address to Congress April 16, 1991 20:00 President Violetta Chamorro: My government is committed to radically reducing government intervention in the economy and the enormous bureaucratic apparatus that we have inherited. Our Congress approved a law that authorizes private banks to operate and encourages foreign investments and is studying the privatization law in order to convert government to businesses. We are rapidly advancing towards the establishment of a social market economy. Restrictions on prices and salaries must be lifted. Likewise, we have initiated a serious economic stabilization program accompanied by the corresponding tax reforms in order to discipline and improve and decrease public spending to encourage domestic production and to stimulate private domestic and foreign investment. Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)