The Latin American country registered 12.8 million unemployed in the second quarter of the year, a rise of 13.3% and the highest level since May 2017. The above figures have been reported by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). According to IBGE, unemployment increased in this period […]
Latin America
Uribe and the weakening of the far-right
The arrest in Colombia of the former president could be the beginning of the end of two decades of corruption, violence and fear, and the start of the move towards deep solutions that the country needs. Juan Diego García The decision to place the former leader and current […]
Dreamers’ uncertainty on foreign soil
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, is maintaining his intention to put an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), despite recent court decisions that go against this proposition. Andrés Román Last June, the US Supreme Court of Justice blocked attempts by the […]
Dominant development is unsustainable
The fight for citizen equality is incompatible with neoliberal patterns. Four decades ago, when neoliberal methods made their entry into South America as a “solution” to all economic problems, the hope of reaching democratic agreements in the region was lost. Ivette Fernández The explosion that these policies would […]
Flight of the innocents: abandoned by the Mexican State
Children suffer the worst trauma when families are expelled from their homes by armed gangs. Many families left when the gangs began forcibly recruiting boys as young as 12. The background to the story involves several different struggles for valuable territory, and the failed war on drugs.
















