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Global Condemnation After Journalist Who Blamed Trump for Duterte's Attacks on Free Press Arrested in Philippines

Maria Ressa

As Misogynist, Homophobic Bolsonaro Advances to Run-Off in Brazil's Election, Critics Fear 'Genuine Fascist' Takeover

Julia Conley, staff writer

Women across Brazil protested the country's election results on Sunday, as homophobic, misogynist former military officer Jair Bolsonaro advanced to a run-off election.

Jair Bolsonaro aims to bring about "the worst abuses of the kinds of dictatorships that summarily executed dissidents, that shut down media outlets, that closed congresses, that we thought was a thing of the past here in Latin America."

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Scores Feared Dead in Philippines After Massive Landslide Triggered by Typhoon Mangkhut

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Rescue workers are searching for dozens of people feared dead

Recovery efforts are only beginning in the Philippines and Hong Kong as...

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Super Typhoon Mangkhut Rips Through Hong Kong After Pummeling Philippines

Common Dreams staff

Windows of commercial building damaged by typhoon on September 16, 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. City officials raised the storm alert to T10, it's highest level, as Typhoon Mangkhut landed on Hong Kong.

Cellphone videos show just how destructive the storm has been.

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Super Typhoon Mangkhut

'Bigger, Stronger, and More Dangerous' Than Florence, Super Typhoon Mangkhut Strikes the Philippines

UN Calls for Psychiatric Evaluation After Duterte Puts Top Human Rights Expert on 'Hit List'

'Alpha-Male Bromance' Solidified as Trump Vows Support for 'Bloodstained' Duterte

#BanTrump: On Both Sides of Pacific, Protests Over Trump's Visit to Philippines

President of Philippines Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) at the APEC Leaders Summit on November 10, 2017 in Da Nang, Vietnam. (Photo: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

Ahead of Trump Meeting, Duterte Admits Stabbing Person to Death and Threatens to Slap UN Human Rights Expert

Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a campaign rally on April 23, 2016 in Manila, Philippines.

Duterte, Recipient of Trump Praise, Threatens to Shoot Human Rights Activists

The report came as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in Manila meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who bragged to a state news agency that the U.S. and Australia have "considerably toned down" their criticism of his human rights record.

Trump Embraces Duterte as Endless US War Expands in Philippines

Trump Praised Duterte's Drug War, Told Him of Nuclear Subs, in Phone Call

Warnings Abound as Trump Wheels and Deals with Despots

Outrage as White House Set to 'Roll Out Red Carpet' for Murderer Duterte

Rise of Rightwing Demagogues Threatens Democracy Worldwide: HRW

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte

'I Used to Do It Personally': Philippines President Boasts About Killing People

Newswire

Amnesty International - USA

President Duterte's Call to Revive Death Penalty in the Philippines Will Only Worsen Climate of Impunity...

Amnesty International

Philippines: UN Investigation Urgently Needed Into Duterte Administration’s Murderous “War on Drugs”

Amnesty International

Philippines: Police Reinstatement In “Drug War” Threatens Catastrophic Return To Mass Killing

Greenpeace

Philippines Prepares to Summon 47 Companies to Account for Climate Change

Communications Workers of America

CWA Uncovers Massive VZ Offshoring Operation in Philippines

BAYAN USA Northeast

Rice Not Bullets! Filipino Community and Allies Protest Massacre of Drought-Stricken Mindanao Farmers at the Philippine Consulate

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Drew Elizarde-Miller, Azadeh Shahshahani

Congress: Stop Funding Duterte

Amee Chew

It’s Time to End U.S. Military Aid to the Philippines

Vijay Prashad

There’s a Growing International Alliance of Right-Wing Demagogues

Nick Meynen

It’s Not Just Drug Dealers That Need to Worry About Inspiration Trump Took From Duterte

Christopher Brauchli

White House Visitors

Glenn Greenwald

Trump’s Support and Praise of Despots Is Central to the U.S. Tradition, Not a Deviation From It

Juan Cole

Trump’s Real Sin in DC Is Not Distinguishing Between "Good" and "Bad" Dictators

Alfred W. McCoy

The Bloodstained Rise of Global Populism

Alyssa Aquino

Undocumented Filipinos Are Living a Special Nightmare in Trump’s America

Walden Bello

Trump’s Travel Ban: The View from One Permanently on US Immigration’s Watch List