The modern versions of the Soviet New Economic Policy (NEP), which are in effect in China, Vietnam and seemingly also in Cuba, have a fundamental assumption that key economic resources should continue to be socially owned. Juan Diego García Although they also consider that state systems should […]
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Southern border ‘overwhelmed’ by child migration
Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala is suffering a serious and unprecedented increase in the trafficking of unaccompanied minors. Luis Manuel Arce Isaac It is a modality adopted by families from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to try to enter US territory and obtain a visa that allows them […]
Violence and chauvinism “in the blood”
According to the National Report on the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the rate of femicides at the hands of partners or ex-partners was, in 2016, 0.99 per 100,000 inhabitants aged 15 and over in Cuba, and between 2013 and this year, there was a 33% decrease in the number […]
Latin America and its perilous debt
The next few months, experts believe, will be decisive for the efforts of Latin American and Caribbean countries to save their economies from the fateful default on public debt. José Bodes Gómez Globally, and for the first time in history, in 2020 the amount of debts almost equalled […]
Come summer, come class war
The outbreak of revolutions in 1848 across Europe (England and Russia were notable exceptions) was a sequel to the French revolution of 1789. Sean Sheehan There was a new class on the block, the proletariat, and it inaugurated a new era: class war. There are no known leaders […]