The caravans of migrants from Central America are massive acts of resistance. Cinema becomes activism showing people on the journey, their own power as protagonists. The story of one woman and her children highlights poverty, an escape from domestic violence and anti-LGBTQ prejudice.
Latin America
Lessons for those in government but not in power
The current president of Colombia (the first progressive one in the country’s history) is facing, as he did even before taking office, all manner of attacks from the opposition ranks, determined to prevent him governing. Therefore he must and can, within certain limits, proceed to weaken those factors of imminent risk.
Coffee, fair trade and women’s rights
Six hundred and fifty coffee producers benefit from fair trade through the Equal Exchange in Nicaragua, which has formed a group called Soppexcca. Communities have not only enhanced their standard of living but have also particularly improved the position of women in society. Cesar Amaya Sandino Norma Gadea […]
Internal armed conflict in Colombia: theory vs. facts
This concept has become meaningless and no longer serves to describe what is really happening in the Colombia of the post-Havana agreement. Germán Ayala Osorio* The recognition of the internal armed conflict in Colombia imposed on its armed participants (paramilitaries, guerillas and state forces) some ethical-political conditions through […]
The spectacular advance of the messianic far-right
10th December could be the beginning of the return to the past in Argentina, scene of political earthquakes where anything can happen, even people deciding to vote for a dangerously far-right ‘media’ phenomenon: Javier Milei. Víctor Ego Ducrot* Milei is an economist. He claims to be a libertarian. […]