Slash and burn: Trump’s pyromaniac foreign policy moves on his way out

by Rashmee

Posted on January 20, 2021


Until the end, Donald Trump has remained true to himself (as well as the most …

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Concidisti populos nasum tuum. Brazil’s Bolsonaro spitefully cuts off his (& the poor’s) nose

by Rashmee

Posted on November 16, 2018


Is there anything more silly than Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro provoking Cuba to withdraw its …

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Havana high for US: Why countries need poets to say what they can’t – or won’t

by Rashmee

Posted on August 15, 2015


Formulaic or not, there’s always something enormously moving when countries wheel out poets to say …

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Will Cuba cash the US rental cheques for Guantanamo Bay?

by Rashmee

Posted on December 19, 2014


Talk US-Cuba relations and Guantanamo Bay doesn’t immediately come to mind. But it should. The …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK