News from El Punt Avui

POINT MADE

Citizens and their discontents

Macri’s 2015 victory in Argentina marked the beginning of a Latin American slide to the right. The triumph of the ultra-rightwing Bolsonaro in Brazil has completed the flip of a region which was a leftist...

1-O judicial anomaly: cases across 4 courts

The Supreme Court (SC) upheld its decision to keep hold of the 1-O trial, despite demands from defence teams to hold the trial in Barcelona. However, unpredictably, the court declined to try the six former...

Andalusian shift begins

POINT MADE

Walls that keep us apart

When on the night of November 9th, 1989, Berliners hit the streets to bring down the wall that had divided their city for over 20 years, many saw this as a turning point, which should have been the first...

NATIONAL

Foster families needed in Catalonia

TUNISIA

Dozens arrested in third day of street clashes

There were more arrests on Wednesday night, as running confrontations between protestors and police forces continued in Tunisia. These battles started when Abderrazak Rezgui, a 32 year old photo-journalist...

INDONESIA

Tsunami alert level increased in Indonesia

Further activity at the Anak Krakatoa volcano, which last Saturday caused a tsunami, killing 430 people and leaving over 150 missing, in the Strait of Sonda in Indonesia, has meant that the Volcanology...

Torra offers 21 point deal

United States

8-year-old Guatemalan child dies in US custody

An eight-year-old child from Guatemala died in US government custody on Tuesday at a state hospital in New Mexico after having crossed the Mexican border with his family. This is the second child who has...

Japan to resume commercial whaling

Japan is going to start hunting whales for commercial uses next July. The Japanese government confirmed yesterday that it was leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The decision, which has...