From Caracas to Krakow: A Season of Stillness and Movement
Spending Easter in Caracas and getting ready for holidays in Europe.
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Finding Beauty Next Door: A Stroll Through Bello Campo
Discovering Bello Campo, residential neighbourhood of Chacao of Eastern Caracas.
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Holding the Line: Believing In Humanitarian Values Amid Doubt
Thoughts on humanitarian work in 2025.
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New Land, Old Wounds
Thoughts on being a migrant: reflections based on recent observations.
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New photo album from Spain
New photos from Madrid, Boadilla del Monte and Seville. Spending time with Leo, Marta and her family.
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Flash news/Press review:
12.04.2025: New Humanitarian: The UN’s humanitarian coordination arm, OCHA, is planning to cut its workforce by 20%, in the latest sign of turbulence to strike a sector in crisis. Local NGOs cut staff nearly overnight after Trump and advisor Elon Musk abruptly axed foreign aid payments in January. International NGOs soon followed suit; more UN agencies, while slower to act, have told staff of cuts in recent weeks.
01.04.2025: Euronews: A devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on 28 March 2025, resulting in over 2,700 deaths and more than 4,500 injuries, with the death toll expected to rise. The disaster severely damaged infrastructure, including hospitals and roads, complicating rescue and relief efforts. The ongoing civil conflict in Myanmar further hampers aid distribution, as the military regime continues operations against rebel-held areas and obstructs humanitarian assistance.
07.03.2025: Humanitarian organisations are increasingly framing their work within donor governments’ strategic interests, such as countering rival powers or curbing migration, to secure funding in an era of budget cuts. This alignment risks compromising core humanitarian principles of neutrality and independence, ultimately weakening the credibility of aid efforts.
04.03.2005: "A staggering 895 cases of rape were reported to humanitarian actors in the last two weeks of February alone, the UN refugee agency official continued - an average of more than 60 a day. The UNHCR official highlighted other risks faced by civilians, including the dangers posed by explosive remnants of war to children and farmers trying to tend their fields. On Monday, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office reported that armed men had raided at least two hospitals in North Kivu’s capital Goma, abducting dozens of patients."
13.01.2025: Euronews: The Trump administration cares "a lot about Europe", US Vice President JD Vance told Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday, mere hours after the White House slapped steep tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium, prompting the president of the European Commission to vow taking "firm and proportionate countermeasures".
26.01.2025: Euronews: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who is a close ally of Vladimir Putin and supports his war in Ukraine, is standing for election for the seventh time.
11.01.2025: Aljazeera on the conflict in Sudan: Sudan military pushes back the rebels from Omdurman. The campaign is part of a new phase of the war that erupted in April 2023, with fighting heavily concentrated in Khartoum and the last contested state in the sprawling western region of Darfur. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions.
03.01.2025: Poland assumes the the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for first six months of the year. Poland has annouced that the primary focus of its presidency will be around security of the EU.