Manmeet Sahni

Manmeet Sahni is passionate about issues of race, gender, sexuality, and immigration. She is keen on shining light on issues affecting the under-reported community. Originally from New Delhi, India, she has lived and worked in New York. She's currently based in Quito, Ecuador, where she works with TeleSur English as their social media writer and editor.

The Western Media’s Fear and Loathing of Venezuela

“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.” – Noam Chomsky

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Venezuela Election

Humanitarian crisis, starvation, migration, repressive government, economic crisis, sanctions, resistance, Communist Party, Chavez, hyperinflation, crackdown on corruption, election fraud: just some of the keywords used by the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Reuters and the Miami Herald to describe Venezuela as it heads to the polls on

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Remembering The Ethnic Cleansing of Bhutan’s Lhotshampas

The Lhotshampa community of Bhutan suffered a predicament rife with hardships and oppression, their suffering draws many parallels to the Rohingya of Myanmar.

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Bhutanese refugees wait to leave for resettlement abroad at a transit facility of International Organization for Migration in Katmandu, Nepal, Dec. 13, 2010. (AP/Binod Joshi)

Jai Subedi, 38, meticulously counts the inventory in his small store ensconced in the north of Syracuse, New York. He pauses, then rubs the palms of his hands and securing his muffler, enthusiastically steps out to help two men unload the towering crates of water bottles along with sacks of onions, and apple cartons, from a truck stationed

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