I want to examine the key issue of how to establish a balance of diversity and unity. Too much diversity, and society will fragment; too much unity and we have a closed society. How do we find the balance? Is it too much to suggest that it is possible to […]
Tag: justice
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 […]
Child soldiers… a deadly game
More than 300,000 children worldwide are recruited and become victims of armed conflict. Their innocence means that they are easy to manipulate and control. They are treated as soldiers, spies, ammunition porters or as sexual objects. . Ramón Alabau . “The girls were also raped by Al Shabab. One of […]
Leopoldo García: a living death
One of the first ten civilians to be exiled out of Chile by Pinochet, Leopoldo García was arrested in the centre of Santiago, handcuffed and repeatedly beaten on the head the entire night. He could have been killed. His forehead now bears the scar of being hit by the base […]
Ecuador… A plan for “Good Living”
Ecuador will introduce a new initiative from 2013 to 2017 that aims to eradicate poverty, reform the framework of production, create an informed society and ultimately, renovate the state. . Nuriem de Armas* . Successful completion Ecuador’s National Development Plan will consolidate and radicalise changes that have been promoted by […]