According to reports by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Colombia ranks a dismal 134th on the scale of countries that rates respect for press freedom in the world, rising several places every year. Teresa Galindo and Miguel Angel Ferris The reputable international NGO denounces a harmful environment for journalism […]
Politics
Daniel Mendoza and his counter-power journalism
Persecuted, threatened with death and exiled in France, the author of the documentary series “Matarife”, talks about what millions of Colombians keep silent out of fear and what few media outlets reveal. He talks about how there can be no democracy where there is no real journalism and where the media are biased in favour of the government and dedicate themselves to applauding it and sponsoring its crimes.
Colombia: The end of peace, the return to conflict
Five years on, broken promises are the main feature of the peace agreement signed between the government and the FARC guerrillas. President Ivan Duque’s party are doing all they can to de-legitimize it. Money disappears, and useless bureaucracy flourishes in what many say is a mafia state.
Women as spoils of war
Raped in the fields, in the bushes or in their own homes. Many of them getting pregnant by the soldiers. The armed conflict has allowed the systematic abuse of almost 5,000 rural women in Peru. But they lost their fear to relive and recount their painful experiences.
Boric, an air of change for Chile
In Chile’s history, he is the youngest elected president and the one with the most votes. Hopes are pinned on him to move forward with the necessary transformations for the country, leaving no one behind. One of them is to promote the constituent process. Gabriel Boric, the standard-bearer of […]