How oil shaped the life of the farmer Mariana in the Amazon region of Ecuador and that of the travel expert Beatrice from Basel.

Professor Robert Reich calls open and covert subsidies to corporations by name: it is social spending for the rich.

Every year, Swiss big banks benefit from around 25 billion Swiss francs in subsidies, explains finance professor Marc Chesney.

The West persistently refuses to understand that the 'Middle Kingdom' is about to pass it.

Holocaust museums are scarce in Eastern Europe, but often the collaborators and the victims of Soviet rule are paid homage

For migrants stranded in Tijuana, it is becoming increasingly difficult to get to the United States as the need grows.