In Latin American countries whose situation around drug trafficking has become a matter of national security, the strategy being used to remove it is basically all out war: army against cartels. Jesus Rodriguez Montes The battlefield is in the streets, in malls, in bars and even […]
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Enforced disappearance, a very present-day crime
Some 107,000 cases have been recorded in Colombia, Peru, Guatemala and Mexico. Civil war, Army, Para-Militars and guerrilla conflicts are the principal causes of this affront to human dignity. . O. Briasco . Victoria Montenegro was 13 months old when she was snatched from her family home. A group from […]
Bernado Kucinski, ‘K’ and the disappearances in Brazil
The Brazilian journalist that has published the English version of ‘K’, a novel about a father searching for his missing daughter during the Brazilian military dictatorship, speaks to The Prisma about the great reception it had received among critics and the public. Benjamin Serra Bernardo Kucinski, journalist and university […]
Schools in the United States of America: Stages for murderers
40% of American homes have firearms. The lack of adequate legislation and control of them may be the main reason why some of the largest massacres in the world happen in schools across the country. Benjamin Serra The end of 2012 offered a news story that covered the front covers […]
Decriminalising prostitution: a solution to the problem
New Zealand took a big step in 2003 by decriminalising prostitution. The English Collective of Prostitutes is fighting for the same status in England. Benjamin Serra Poverty and the recent economic crisis forces hundreds of women to work in the sex industry in order to earn money to support their […]