Memories of the national strike, 2021. The son of a poor family, 26-year-old Brahian joined two lists of victims of violence during the National Strike in Colombia: the list of those who have disappeared (now almost 500) and the list of those who have been killed, which is close to […]
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Breaking the narrative
Caesura (pronounced sez-ura) is a literary term, referring to a break between words in a line of poetry, and “The saving line” is a study of the ways Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno identify narrative caesuras in the work of other writers as signifying markers of interruptions. Sean Sheehan […]
What the left must do to beat the right
The Latin American and Caribbean left’s social and political struggle has a much wider scope, but undoubtedly the aim of attaining control of the state is one of the main objectives, at least as a condition for subsequent progress. Juan Diego Garcia This struggle seems to be subject […]
Brazil needs rescuing from the bottom of the pit
The most recent opinion polls published by the press and research centres in Brazil show Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as favourite to win elections set for 2022. The former president and leader of the Workers Party has the most support, not only from his political party but also […]
Boric, an air of change for Chile
In Chile’s history, he is the youngest elected president and the one with the most votes. Hopes are pinned on him to move forward with the necessary transformations for the country, leaving no one behind. One of them is to promote the constituent process. Gabriel Boric, the standard-bearer of […]