…Submitted I am to the present violence for having conceived favour to men. In a weak reed, I put the seed of fire that I stole … that that is the master of all the deadly arts, his most precious instrument … (Prometheus bound. Aeschylus.) Armando Orozco Tovar There are books that always […]
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Lights and shadows of “Fair Trade”
More than 1.2 million farmers in 66 developing countries produce goods such as sugar, coffee and cotton to promote social justice in poor regions. But not everyone benefits and there are even some negative effects. Benjamin Serra The impact of consumerism in the first world for people living […]
Homosexuality and religious intolerance
The social and political discourse against equality of rights between heterosexual and homosexual couples refers to homosexual practice as “unnatural”, if not quoting religious dogma. Has there been a reduction of homosexuality in the world driven by the lack of rights that homosexuals have? Do they “correct” the unnatural side […]
Playing with hunger
90% of food produced annually belongs to only 10 major multinationals. Companies which put their own profits before human lives. 1,000 million people suffer from starvation on a planet where food is abundant. . Ramón Alabau . Whilst Nestlé bottles and sells Pakistan’s underground water for high prices, many of […]
When missiles rained down on Bogotá
For the second time, and only a few days after reaching my seventh decade of wandering this earth, I nostalgically relive the possibility of nuclear disaster…this time on the Korean peninsula. Armando Orozco Tovar I remember all too well the great fear that struck the world when news […]