Authorities say they don’t have the funds to clean up the scenic gem. Instead, a determined community has stepped up.
Tag: decline
Venezuela’s Bolivarian regime has been trampling on democracy, by degree, for 25 years while deftly managing international opinion to avoid too much backlash. Now, with Maduro defying fair elections, there may be no turning back.
The war in Ukraine is hastening the fall of major world powers Russia and the United States. There can only be one true victor from their protracted battle — China — and far too many risks for the rest of us.
The trend of what the French dubbed décroissance (degrowth) overlooks how progress and technology are bound to improve our lives.
Civic values are ultimately worth more than dollars and yen.
In Japan, the yakuza traditionally controlled vice businesses and demanded shakedowns. But as their dwindling numbers are hunted down by the authorities, the mobsters are trying to reinvent themselves to survive.