The world was built on ‘machismo’ when it was said that God was a man. A concept from which Bogota never escaped: a warped city until it became a metropolis without a beginning or end, of which the Spanish conquistador arbitrarily changed the name, from Bacatá to Bogotá.
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TRANSLATORS Spanish into English… Volunteers… THE PRISMA needs your skills!
The Prisma, an independent and ethical newspaper, is looking for volunteer translators who want to join our multicultural team. Do you want to be part of a recognized, unique, multicultural and bilingual (Spanish English) newspaper in the UK? Do you have experience but want to support a non-profit, independent […]
The… Alpha-male illusion…
Both young men and young women, it is almost impossible not to feel insecure about our bodies in today’s oppressive, image-obsessed society.
Sexist language: Invisible and discriminatory
The use and exploitation of words and images has historically favoured men in whose hands, lies the authority of important and universal texts concerning the conduct of cultures and nations. Women have been the losers as a result. Marjorie Andrea González Ramírez It doesn’t always happen, but it happens […]
Latin America and mixed heritage
“We are neither Indian, nor European, but a species lying somewhere in between the legitimate owners of the land and the Spanish usurpers…” Simon Bolivar (Letter from Jamaica). – – Claudio Chipana – People of mixed heritage, mestizos, are a challenge to racial purity and the idea of a monolithic […]