An average of six people die every day from traffic accidents in Guatemala, 191 every month and more than 2,000 a year. After murder, road accidents constitute the second highest cause of deaths in this Central American territory. Zeus Naya Less than a week ago, a bus lost […]
Latin America
“Whatever the truth is, it’s better than a lie”
Rodrigo Vázquez has risked his life in Latin America and Gaza filming warzones and humanising people that the mainstream media has reduced to animals and terrorists. The director’s new feature-length Al Jazeera film in his native Argentina about a child that was disappeared during the dictatorship of 1986-73 comes out later this year.
Lumpenisation of politics and anglo-saxon supremacy
Underlying the recent diplomatic tension between the United States and Colombia, relating to the repatriation of some immigrants, are at least three phenomena: the bankarisation or corporatisation of democracy, the lumpenisation of politics and anglo-saxon supremacy. Germán Ayala Osorio The three phenomena serve to explain and understand a […]
First it was the gangs, now it’s drug traffickers’ turn
The government of El Salvador modified its strategy to combat drug trafficking and mobilised its resources towards the marine area where most drugs pass northwards. 2024 was a year of major seizures and 2025 began with major blows. Luis Beatón El Salvador began 2025 with a major blow […]
Trump sets his sights on Latin America
Rebranding the Monroe Doctrine for the 21st century, self-proclaiming to be chosen by God to make his country great again, denial of the serious issue of climate change, and a plan to claim ownership of Mars. All this was announced on January 20th to huge applause from all attendees. […]
















