A 4000 Km journey between Lisbon and Senegal several times a year in an old Peugeot 504 demands many practical and social skills as well as courage and determination. A journey across cultures through multiple racisms by a 62-year old Senegalese man which challenges Western stereotypes about migrants. Graham […]
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The left in power
The victory of Gustavo Petro in Colombia’s presidential election constitutes an unprecedented event in a country in which no left-wing political party (not even a centre one) has ever managed to win elections and in which any person or group that could threaten the existing order is systematically killed. Juan […]
Cuba, beyond the blockade
The North American intervention, the ideological battle, the manipulation of the Western media and the contradictions of the Cuban regime are some of the elements which depict an uncertain future for the Latin American country. Juanjo Andres Cuervo The end of the Cold War was seen as an […]
Growth in violence and sexual abuse of children
In Paraguay, the conditions causing vulnerability of children are becoming more acute. But it is not an isolated phenomenon, nor even one that has just appeared recently. In the last five years, over sixteen thousand cases of sexual abuse of children have been recorded. In 2022 there are already over […]
Kurdish radical women journalists will not be silenced in the face of Turkish repression
This is part one of a series of interviews The Canary has carried out with Jin News journalists about Turkish state repression. Tom Anderson* We are in the midst of a global attack on women. Right now, this patriarchal onslaught can be seen in the criminalisation of abortion in many […]