Homicide figures, an armed raid in Zacapa that left eight dead and the murder of a former prosecutor have heightened public concern. Calls for an impartial investigation coincide with warnings about impunity, organised crime and the risk that fear will erode democratic coexistence. Zeus Naya All of these […]
Latin America
Lula and the victory that defied the right’s power
In the face of the economic and digital power of the right, the Brazilian president achieved a seemingly improbable victory. His journey of political endurance and the mobilisation of millions of citizens on the streets and on social media resulted in a collective triumph that transcends Brazil’s borders and renews […]
Dominican rice: tariff withdrawn, open struggle
The elimination of tariff measures which protected Dominican rice are putting at risk a trade which generates around 300,000 jobs directly and indirectly, and which sustains thousands of rural families. It has ignited a debate. Mariela Pérez The controversy intensified after President Luis Abinader issued Decree 635-26, which […]
“Quba!”, the film that followed the Cuban rainbow
The legalisation of same-sex marriage in Cuba did not erase decades of discrimination or the contradictions of a revolution that persecuted part of the LGBTQ+ community. In “Quba!”, American filmmaker Kim Anno reconstructs the path towards legal recognition through the voices of those who sustained that struggle. Pablo Muñoz […]
Brazil: From social media to the streets for Lula
The re-election campaign of Brazil’s current leader has a new element, which is a strategy that seeks to intervene in one of the main challenges of the second term: convincing indecisive voters through digital methods, encouraging participation of those who abstain and keeping mobilised those who already know who they […]















