Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi is an independent researcher, freelance journalist, book reviewer and blogger. She writes about the struggle for memory in Palestine and Chile, historical legitimacy, the ramifications of settler-colonialism, the correlation between humanitarian aid and human rights abuses, the United Nations as an imperialist organisation, indigenous resistance, la nueva cancion Chilena and Latin American revolutionary philosophy with a particular focus on Fidel Castro, Jose Marti and Jose Carlos Mariategui. Her articles, book reviews, interviews and blogs have been published in Middle East Monitor, Upside Down World, Truthout, Irish Left Review, Gramsci Oggi, Cubarte, Rabble.ca, Toward Freedom, History Today, Chileno and other outlets, including academic publications and translations into several languages.

Meet The Tiny Country Pushing For Huge Change In Palestine

Malta’s foreign minister tells MintPress: “If Israel continues to expand, there is going to be no land left for a two-state solution. There are volumes of condemnation but no concrete action against Israel.”

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Maltese protesters ‘play dead’ on the steps of City Gate in Valletta to show their opposition to the 2014 Israeli attack on Gaza. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier VALLETTA, Malta --- In the course of a joint endeavor between the Maltese Foreign Ministry and the University of Malta, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki gave a public lecture

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While Europe Wrestles With Migrant Issue, A Vigil Is Held In Malta

Though anti-immigrant sentiment runs high in Malta, a tiny island in the Mediterranean, it’s not stopping citizens from reflecting on the humanitarian disaster reflected in the deaths of 1,500 refugees fleeing to Europe so far this year.

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A woman lays a candle by the sea during a candle light vigil in Sliema, in the outskirts of Valletta, Malta, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. A smuggler's boat crammed with hundreds of people overturned off the coast of Libya on Saturday as rescuers approached, causing what could be the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant tragedy. The burial ceremony of the 24 rescued bodies will take place in Malta Thursday.

A woman lays a candle  by the sea during a candle light vigil in Sliema, in the outskirts of Valletta, Malta, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. A smuggler's boat crammed with hundreds of people overturned off the coast of Libya on Saturday as rescuers approached, causing what could be the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant tragedy. The burial

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Chilean War-criminal Sheltering In the US May Finally Face Justice

A member of Pinochet’s secret police has lived in the U.S. for decades without the threat of being extradited to Chile to face murder charges, but a legal team has finally found a way around that: Prosecute him in the U.S.

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A woman gestures to the passing coffin of Chile's folk singer Victor Jara as others hold posters of him during his funeral procession in Santiago, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Jara's burial comes 36 years after he was beaten and shot by soldiers in a stadium where the military gathered thousands of arrested supporters of ousted president Salvador Allende in the days following the 1973 military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Jara's body was exhumed six months ago for a proper autopsy as part of an ongoing investigation to determine the circumstances of his death.

A woman gestures to the passing coffin of Chile's folk singer Victor Jara as others hold posters of him during his funeral procession in Santiago, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009.  Jara's killer, Pedro Pablo Barrientos Nuñez, has been sheltering the in the U.S., but may be soon facing justice for his crimes during the U.S. backed reign of Augusto Pinochet.

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The School Of The Americas Is Still Exporting Death Squads

South American militaries have been sending soldiers to the U.S. for “ethics” and “human rights” training for years, but history shows that many of these alumni go on to become notorious torturers and murderers, not defenders of peace.

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Students from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and students from the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School conduct a joint assault on a simulated narcotics camp during a field training exercise. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Students from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (formerly School of the Americas) and students from the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School conduct a joint assault on a simulated narcotics camp during a field training exercise. (Photo: U.S. Navy) RABAT, Malta --- In 2009, just a year before

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US, UN Fight To Keep Rape Allegations Against Them Quiet

Whether directly or indirectly, the U.S. and U.N. are both responsible for allowing sexual violence and degradation to occur and for failing to punish those responsible after acknowledging their heinous crimes.

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By Ramona Wadi
Haiti UN Investigation

People walk in front of a UN base where peacekeepers allegedly sexually abused victims Port Salut, Haiti. RABAT, Malta --- As violators of human rights move to issue stronger guidelines for selective recourse and expect victims to comply, reports on past human rights violations offer invaluable testimony on the link between power and abuse.

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Land Day: An Annual Reminder Of Palestinians’ Daily Struggles Against Colonization

Every year, Palestinians commemorate the day in 1976 that Israeli soldiers killed six Palestinians protesting Israeli land seizures. Yet some say that every day is a day to remember the dispossession of Palestinians and their ongoing struggle.

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A protester posts a Palestinian flag on Israeli construction equipment at a building site adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit during a protest marking Land Day, in the village of Wadi Fukin, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Monday, March 30, 2015. Land Day commemorates riots on March 30, 1976, when six people were killed during a protest by Israeli Arabs whose property was annexed in northern Israel to expand Jewish communities.

A protester posts a Palestinian flag on Israeli construction equipment at a building site adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit during a protest marking Land Day, in the village of Wadi Fukin, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Monday, March 30, 2015. Land Day commemorates riots on March 30, 1976, when six people were killed during

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Iran, Hezbollah: Are They Threats To The US Or Not?

Iran and Hezbollah have been removed from the terrorism section of one U.S. security assessment report, but another report continues to frame them as a major threat.

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Participants sit in an anti-extremism conference in the city of Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. Shiite and Sunni clerics from about 80 countries gathered in Iran's holy city of Qom to develop a strategy to combat extremists including the Islamic State group that has captured large parts of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Zoheir Seidanloo)

Participants sit in an anti-extremism conference in the city of Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. Shiite and Sunni clerics from about 80 countries gathered in Iran's holy city of Qom to develop a strategy to combat extremists including the Islamic State group that has captured large parts of

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