The Plurinational State of Bolivia reactivates its economic indicators barely a year after the return to power of the Movement to Socialism (MAS), following the right-wing coup d’état in October 2019. Data disclosed by official sources demonstrate it, in the midst of the opposition’s bid to destabilise the country […]
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Journalism in Colombia, persecuted and in the shadows
In the basement of a well-known cafe in Paris, the series “Matarife” is about to launch to a plethora of asylum seekers and migrants, and we are welcomed by Daniel Mendoza Leal, a Colombian journalist, persecuted for his persistence in revealing the truth about the mafia power in Colombia. […]
Immigrating amid fear and death
Daily violence, evident despite the decline in daily homicide rates, is the main trigger for the growing irregular migration in the so-called Northern Triangle of Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras). Charly Morales There was a time when Central Americans went to the North to meet up […]
Are we poor?
We are a working family receiving a Universal Credit top-up. My partner is a chef in a care home. He is a classically trained chef who in his younger years worked in the West-End at high-class restaurants and private member’s clubs, catering to the likes of the Prime Minister at […]
On books and reading
Recently, I had a dream, in which I visited a used book store. I was in the Science Fiction section; and with me was a small child. When, suddenly, I was in the story, fighting a huge caterpillar monster! Steve Latham This is how reading gave me an […]