The Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-76) stated the issue quite bluntly: If God is almighty, and love, then it is impossible for evil to exist. Should we then agree with Charles Baudelaire, “if there is a God, then he is the devil”? Nigel Pocock David Hume was a […]
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On books and reading
Recently, I had a dream, in which I visited a used book store. I was in the Science Fiction section; and with me was a small child. When, suddenly, I was in the story, fighting a huge caterpillar monster! Steve Latham This is how reading gave me an […]
Fiction in Spanish
“Some time ago I got arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder”. The opening sentence of “Capsule” by Mateo García Elizondo cannot fail to grab the reader’s attention in a story that becomes a meditative take on existence, occasioned by a prisoner who is launched into space to […]
Vaccines to arrive in Latin America and the Caribbean
With only 37% of the population vaccinated against Covid-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean, PAHO confirmed that the drugs will be available this year and in 2022 to reach everyone. Carissa Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), reported in a virtual conference on the progress […]
Guillermo Lasso and the “Pandora Papers”
The name of the president of Ecuador is involved in the journalistic investigation and, according to some [people], he could have committed fraud or tax evasion. Because of this, the former presidential candidate of Ecuador, Yaku Pérez, filed a complaint against the president, Guillermo Lasso, regarding his involvement in […]