After being diagnosed with a kind of pelvic cancer in June 2011 and going through several surgeries and rounds of chemotherapy, the Venezuelan president of 14 years succumbed to his illness on Tuesday 5th March, leaving his country and the rest of the world in a state of uncertainty. […]
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Spanish television is employed as a political weapon
Professor Manuel Palacio links the small screen with the processes of political transformation and describes it as a loudspeaker for the dominant political beliefs of the age. Olga Briasco This is confirmed in his book “Television during the Spanish Transition”. In it, he shows how Televisión Española or […]
Fernando Vallejo: “I believe in God, he is a very bad being”
The Colombian writer reproaches Catholicism for crimes committed against humanity and lack of compassion for animals. Javier E. Núñez Calderón . The Colombian writer Fernando Vallejo responded to a journalist when asked for his personal opinion about the existence of God. The response took place a few years ago […]
‘Good-bye’ or ‘Take Care’? : The meaning of Departures
Little do atheists realise when they say ‘Goodbye’ to their friends, that they are in reality saying “God be with ye!”—an old blessing and hope. Such can be seen in other languages, for example French, and Spanish, with adieu, adios—’to God’. Nigel Pocock A recent report stated […]
Diane and Méliane: very, very dangerous
These latest contraceptives with women’s names are at the centre of controversy in France due claims that they produce serious side effects in women. . Carmen Esquivel . The concern started in December, when Marion Larat filed a complaint against la Bayer due to a brain haemorrhage she suffered […]