The main problem that the peace agreement in Colombia has is the weakness of the state and the dominant class’s lack of goodwill. Juan Diego García The agreement should be a state commitment but given its enormous weakness almost everything depends on the political will of the government […]
Latin America
Blockade against Cuba: the year of hate
Donald Trump leaves behind not only the White House, but also one of the toughest periods for the island, because, in 2020, he devoted his efforts to suffocating this country, causing deep economic damages to the population, damages that worsened with the pandemic. Isaura Diez Millán According to […]
Drug dealers, violence and pandemic
According to official statistics, in 2020, Panama recorded 455 drug and gang related killings, with most of the cases happening in the middle of the epidemic. This time last year, 407 killings occurred. Nubia Piqueras Grosso 65 killings were recorded in January, 22 more than in 2019. Some […]
Covid: chaos and death on the old continent
Twice declared the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic, Europe experienced a turbulent 2020 that put its response capacity to the test and brought numerous structural failings to light. And the continent will begin 2021 not having managed to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 nor to achieve its long-pursued regional unity. […]
The year of darkness in Bolivia
The 11 months of 2020 governed by the coup plotters in Bolivia re-opened wounds that had been closed since 2006 with the accession to power of the first indigenous president. Hence, his people took to the streets to defend the democracy they regained at the polls on 18th October. […]















