In El Salvador women are prevented from making decisions about their bodies and, even if pregnancy is interrupted naturally with no intervention, they find themselves subjected to persecution and often are condemned to prison. Luis Beatón According to the 2024 census, women represent 52.8% of the total 6,029,976 […]
Latin America
Victims of police violence and racism on the rise
The problem is structural: anti-black racism in Brazil cuts across different areas such as education, health, labour market, but has its most critical face in public security. This is what the social scientist and coordinator of the network, Silvia Ramos, says, who finds the figures scandalous, reinforcing a worrying […]
Brazil, an ageing society
The South American giant is progressing its demographic mutation towards the ageing observed in European countries, where 21% of its inhabitants are over 65 years old. Over 12 years, the number of elderly people has gone from 14 million to 22 million inhabitants. In about 20 years, the population will […]
Sanctions against the vice-president raise suspicions
Left- and right-wing politicians, legal experts and analysts described the measure imposed against Ecuador’s vice-president as illegal and unconstitutional. They consider that only the Assembly can take a decision regarding a popularly elected position. Abad denounced that the president is preparing a coup d’état to re-elect himself in 2025. […]
Historic bill to end child marriage to be voted on
Colombian lawmakers are poised to cast their final vote on historic legislation seeking to end child marriage. Known as “Son niñas, No esposas” (They are girls, not wives), Bill PL 155/2023C aims to raise the minimum marriage age to 18 without exceptions. Sandra Ramirez* Although Colombia’s current legal […]















