MAY 2024 | NO 2405

EUROPE

Portugal’s far right makes its entry

Big gains for the far right in the March election, and socialists are out | SANDRA MONTEIRO ▶ p7

EUROPE/LATIN AMERICA

Madrid, destination for Latin Americans

The right is making political capital from their arrival | H ESTRUCH & V SLONSKA-M A LVAU D ▶ p8

AFRICA

DRC: unstable and poverty-stricken Despite violence and bloodshed some have prospered amid the chaos | ERIK WILLES & NINA WILÉN ▶ p10

SOCIETY

Who really benefits from motorways? Environmental and financial costs are high, local communities often suffer | NELO MAGALHÃES ▶ p14

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Israel-Iran: attacks and counterattacks and the prospect of regional war

Israel-Iran: spiral to war in the Middle East | AKRAM BELKAÏD ▶ p2 Hasbara, the dark art of spinning a war | ALAIN GRESH ▶ p4 UK politicians out of step with public | DANIEL FINN ▶ p 5