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Muchas mujeres renuncian a su identidad indígena

La sociedad guatemalteca es visceralmente machista y con un odio histórico hacia lo indio, tanto que la pronunciación de este vocablo equivale al mayor insulto. se busca reflexionar y reivindicar la identidad indígena en Guatemala.   Maitte Marrero   Para ser aceptados en la sociedad, los indígenas deben hacerse ‘invisibles’, […]

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The first death: planned obsolescence

An idea that belongs to capitalism: producing goods that soon stop working (programmed death) and have to be replaced time and time again. Their inventors: the big multinational companies.   Miriam Valero   If someone goes into their local shop wanting to have something repaired that has broken down (a […]

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Dying London

The young people who are critical for any city’s prosperity are leaving London. Property prices, rents and sales are rising so astronomically, that only the super-rich are able to live in there.   Steve Latham   Gentrification often prices people out of inner city areas. Now central London is being […]