When Soraya (Suheir Hammad, poet and actress) touches down at an Israeli airport, like Alice out of Wonderland, a tsunami of stupidity, propelled by yet another typhoon of evil, has just devastated the whole of the Middle East. Sergio Berrocal* Everyone, Muslim or Christian, Jew or whatever, copes […]
Tag: human rights
Violence against women in Bolivia
In recent years there have been 442,056 complaints of violence against women registered in this country and less than 20% of these cases go to court. Francisco Castanon “I have loved you all my life”. These were the words of a lover standing at the grave of […]
Papanoa, on death’s alleyway
The residents of Papanoa today live between fear, misery and migration due to the activities of criminal gangs who fight for the streets and squares in the drugs trade, gangs such as the Templarios and Beltran Leyva. Hercilia Castro People are afraid to give statements, give their […]
Colombian mining, a fruitless business
In 2009, Colombia lost more than half of its possible income from raw materials to large European transnational companies due to an unsustainable mining policy that also affects indigenous towns and the environment. . Benjamin Serra . The mining industry and the extraction of resources, like hydrocarbons, have been […]
Glevys Rondón: Governments abandoned their communities
In Latin America, 58 mining projects have an investment greater than US$ 1 billion. This industry has become an economic opportunity for the continent, but also a serious problem for the indigenous population, health and the environment. Benjamin Serra Mining is an industry that, by its nature, is […]