In international public opinion, Guantanamo is an inoperative base due to humanitarian matters connected with the prison. It also symbolises colonialism, reaffirms the distorted vision of Cuba as a backyard and it is the only country with which the United States has no diplomatic links. Danay Galletti Hernandez Authorities, […]
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US’s interest in its “backyard” could increase
After the attacks in the United States 20 years ago, Latin America remained an area of interest for Washington, but following the failure in Afghanistan experts warn that its influence in the area will worsen. Adriana Robreño After the attacks on 11 September 2001, the White House focused on […]
Progressivism and left-wing policies would enable integration
The crisis in the region surpasses just the economic sectors and extends to trade, environment, institutions and governance, society and geopolitics. Changing that reality requires political change. Teyuné Díaz Díaz If governments put the resources of Latin America at the service of the people, surely these problems could be […]
Thinker for today: Fraco ‘Bifo’ Berardi
Franco Bifo Berardi is one of most perceptive theorists of the present moment. He was a leader in the Italian Autonomist variation of Marxism.
Jonathan Meades: a one-man awkward squad
There is no writer more spiky than Jonathan Meades but no single word can sum up the sui generis blend of rage, sarcasm, common sense and virtue that characterises his pronouncements on life, the universe and everything. Sean Sheehan Being a prose stylist, he can be unforgiving when encountering […]