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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Latin America and the lost generations
Chile, Spain and Mexico lead the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) figures for having the highest number of young people who are neither in work nor in education. Among the associated problems are the greater difficulty in finding work, lower salaries and having a lower standard of living […]
Changing sexualities
In a post-structuralist, post-modern, cultural world, sexual identity as an idea has itself become questionable. Instead of a ‘natural’ sexual identity, the notion has developed that sexual identity is socially constructed. Steve Latham Before the nineteenth century homosexuals did not exist. Perhaps I should explain. Michel Foucault famously made the […]
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 […]
Central America… Scenes of trafficking women
It is considered as a new form of slavery in the 21s century, human trafficking has acquired special importance in the region. 64% of victims are women and children. Benjamin Serra Ana knew that her family’s economic situation was not good, so that as soon as a woman […]