The annulment of all sentences against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a sign of what is happening in Latin America. The ultra-conservative right-wingers in power in recent years have fallen one after another. Pierre Lebret * After heir victories, boosted by “law-fare” against opposition leaders, they resumed […]
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“Soldier’s woman”: the body as spoils of war
Raped in the fields, in the bushes or in their own homes. Many of them getting pregnant by the soldiers. The armed conflict has allowed the systematic abuse of almost 5,000 rural women in Peru. But they lost their fear to relive and recount their painful experiences.
Aymara vs. inequality in London’s ethnic communities
At a strange but necessary moment in times of pandemic, an organisation has emerged that targets Latin Americans, those who are invisible and neglected by British society. It makes a difference through its own particular way of working. Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín It all started when the […]
Meditation on desire
Popular culture enjoins us to follow our desires, to pursue our dreams. But is it sufficient? This can be considered exteriorly and interiorly. Steve Latham Exteriorly, we must ask: Do we really want what we want? It is a commonplace observation that capitalism creates desires, for objects and […]
Misrepresenting women in Greek mythology
The Amazons, an all-female, barbarian tribe of mythological warriors, fascinated the ancient Greeks. Ubiquitous in art –only representations of Heracles appear more often on vase paintings– they appear battling with Greeks in sculpted scenes on classical temples. Sean Sheehan Natalie Haynes, in “Pandora’s jar”, wonders why a male-dominated […]