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Abstract: Since the decade of the 1980’s, independent research from many parts of the world has been alerting about the potential toxicity of vaccines, in the short, intermediate and long terms. Among others, the main argument is that these are manufactured with derivates from mercury and alluminum – known depressors of the […]

  For a small nation of 700,000 people, Bhutan is a country of big aspirations – its people aim at nothing less than spearheading a new development paradigm that balances material wellbeing with the spiritual, emotional and cultural needs of society. This balancing act is not an easy one; when […]

Only very rarely does it happen that the way two nations see each other takes a complete U-turn. But this has happened in Scandinavia. As a Hungarian currently working in Norway, I find this fascinating and I’ve tried to understand how such a turn is possible. For centuries, Norway has been […]

Man, Woman, and Muxe. In the region of the Mexican Istmo de Tehuantepec, women’s strong role in society has led to a quite peculiar structure which includes a “third gender”. Neither a man, nor a woman, Muxe is the name given by the Zapotecos to males assuming the social roles, […]

In a live broadcast on television, radio and the web, President Rafael Correa announced that Ecuador will exploit the oil reserves of the ITT area (or a portion of it, located in the Yasuní National Park, the most biodiverse area in the world. In fact in Ecuador there is more […]