The Nazis hid their crimes behind the famous legend that ‘Work makes free’. Indeed! But both agreed that extermination was the only suitable outcome. Nigel Pocock It has long fascinated historians and others how such an apparently sophisticated society as ancient Rome could also be so barbaric, an […]
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Praise to forgetfulness
Fanatical fans are from everywhere not only here in this country of crazy, violent, passionate people… without passion, they want to see themselves reflected in the heroic ball-playing characters, but the next day they still don’t agree on anything. Armando Orozco Tovar Forgetfullness should be in the words […]
Carlos Arango: a true journalist
Gran told me about my father’s childhood. She recalled how as a child, he took lunch to the workers on the Antioquia Railway. Armando Orozco Tovar Carlos Arango Z was his name and he started working at just six-years-old to help support his family. From Tulúa, in the […]
Stereotyping, or the art of domination
By ‘stereotyping’, we refer to labelling a person or culture with particular characteristics, whether ‘good’ or ‘bad’. In education, it is said that the student becomes ‘what the label denotes’. Nigel Pocock The label therefore becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. A student labelled an ‘idiot’ becomes one. There are […]
Erased or eradicated because of the colour of their skin
Whether they are fat, thin, tall, short, yellow, tanned, white or black, the “other” in society is often killed for thinking, behaving or acting differently. Justifications are always found for their elimination, domination or enslavement. Armando Orozco Tovar When it is done without justification it is insanity, and […]
















