A typhoon sweeps through. Home sweet home, were in mexico where one community has found a rather unusual solution to deal with the rising cost of housing. Its been a year since a u. S. Led coalition began airstrikes against isil in iraq. The campaign was expanded to syria months later. The rapid advance of isil across both countries and overall threat to regional stability prompted several countries to come together to take action. The coalition assembled by washington includes bahrain, jordan, qatar and the united arab emirates, as well as saudi arabia. Its carried out 6,000 strikes since the Campaign Began at a cost of 3. 2 billion. Mosul and fallujah have been hit, as well as the contested city of baiji. The coalitions carried out 1400 attacks in syria, focusing on isil strongholds of raqqa and deazur as well as kobane. Speaking to iraqis, they say the campaign against isil is not working. With hopes as faded as the pictures that surround them, its a mournful atmosphere for the patr
The first centred on Chile’s request to extradite Adriana Rivas back home, where she is facing numerous charges relating to her time as an agent of Pinochet’s notorious secret police, the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA).
A Federal Court ruling on June 24 to dismiss Rivas’ appeal against extradition means her victims may finally see her face justice.
The other court case involved former Australian Army military intelligence officer Clinton Fernandes, who obtained the partial release of documents relating to Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) operations in Chile around the time of the coup.
Dr Rodrigo Acuña, an expert on Latin American politics and member of the Chilean community in Sydney, spoke to