In the last four years the number of children and adolescents who crossed the Darien jungle, in the border province of Panama, multiplied by more than 15. According to the regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), since 2017, the number […]
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Peru at the polling stations: nothing is certain
The Peruvian elections will be held on 11 April, but the lack of definition of a large part of the electorate makes it difficult to make a prediction, even about the two candidates who will contest the second round. Political analyst Sandro Venturo pointed out that, while it is […]
Childern and Covid in Cuba
A year after the first cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in Cuba, many children had to deal with being confined at home, between online classes, virtual reunions with family members and friends, or other forms of entertainment. During those months in 2020, this group was thought to be less […]
Conversion therapy and religious faith
The Prisma recently featured an interview with Jayne Ozanne, a leading progressive Christian in the United Kingdom. Steve Latham Herself a lesbian, she is seeking to enable legislation in Parliament, outlawing conversion therapy (CT). CT refers to supposedly psychological attempts to change someone’s sexual orientation, from LGBTQ to […]
Other people’s emotional pain
“The discomfort of evening” is a story set in the Dutch countryside where a ten-year old child, Jas, is struggling to cope with the crisis that has engulfed her family. Sean Sheehan After the death of a brother in a skating accident, the grief has left her parents, […]