According to the National Report on the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the rate of femicides at the hands of partners or ex-partners was, in 2016, 0.99 per 100,000 inhabitants aged 15 and over in Cuba, and between 2013 and this year, there was a 33% decrease in the number […]
Latin America
Latin America and its perilous debt
The next few months, experts believe, will be decisive for the efforts of Latin American and Caribbean countries to save their economies from the fateful default on public debt. José Bodes Gómez Globally, and for the first time in history, in 2020 the amount of debts almost equalled […]
Nueva ola progresista ha sido detenida en el Ecuador
Los avances de la izquierda en América Latina se han detenido y el exbanquero será el próximo presidente de Ecuador. Su triunfo ocurrió pese al rechazo a su programa de varios sectores sociales que hoy lamentan su triunfo. Sinay Céspedes Moreno Con poco más del 52% el candidato […]
How far democracy can go
The advance of progressive social and political forces in Latin America and the Caribbean seems to be assured. The governments of Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Cuba will soon be joined by governments of a similar leaning in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia – and Brazil, after the return of Lula […]
The child refugees from across the jungle
In the last four years the number of children and adolescents who crossed the Darien jungle, in the border province of Panama, multiplied by more than 15. According to the regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), since 2017, the number […]