History books used to be boring, “one damn fact after another” as someone said, but not “Mexico: A history”. Sean Sheehan Written with verve, it will surprise anyone not familiar with the story of the country that had the first black and, later, the first indigenous president in […]
In Focus
In Focus
Liberation and awareness: the resurgence of Latin American currents
The message of liberation has become more apparent. The language of liberation has been transformed and political programs that were once just wishful thinking are beginning to have a concrete realization in Latin America. Cl audio Chipana The philosophy of liberation in Latin America emerged as a response […]
Our continuous existence: living with constant despondency
Previously I explored a ‘normal’ experience of depression, as a variation from the straight line. But straight line, the ‘normal’, for me has always been below what is normal for others. The Prisma memoirs. Steve Latham Without being self-pitying, the continual curse of the depressive, I’d say that […]
Wittgenstein: beginning and ending
The beginning is Wittgenstein’s “Tractatus logico-philosophicus”, in 1922, and the end comes with his final notes, written between 1949 and 27 April, 1951, two days before his death. Sean Sheehan These last notes were brought together in book form and given the title “On Certainty”. New translations of […]
Crisis, war and coercion in Latin America
These events expose an escalation of violence and coercion exerted by the United States on the region. Military interventions, threats against Latin American governments and the complicity of local authorities create a scenario of systematic abuse that feeds popular discontent and the will to resist. Gustavo Espinoza M […]















