In academic, journalistic and political terms, the Pegasus case confirms three irrefutable facts: first, that news criteria are not universal. Second, that self-censorship is perhaps one of the worst practices of journalists and media companies. Germán Ayala Osorio* And the third irrefutable fact is that the state, under […]
Latin America
Sikán Illuminations: art and spirituality in the UK
Fifty pieces make up the collography exhibition that recreates the cultural and spiritual world of the Abakuá. The prints are the work of artist Belkis and will be on display until 9 February 2025 at Modern Art Oxford. The National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba highlights the progress […]
One man against the rest: The story of Orlando Pérez
Brushes with the media elite in Latin America, a battle against a smear campaign, and a quick chat with Gabriel García Márquez at the Casa de las Américas awards in Cuba: Orlando Pérez has had a colourful career in journalism. The only reporter in Ecuador to publish all the WikiLeaks cables, he exposed powerful people who have been after him ever since.
Feminist economics and women caregivers and providers
They contribute to an economy that ignores them, that fails to recognise their efforts, that condemns them to poverty and that perpetuates the regressive role of mother – worker – domestic, even though women have jobs outside of the home. _ Ana Galera As Caroline Sweetman says “The feminist […]
In Central America, impunity and poverty fuel crime
High rates of malnutrition, illiteracy, unemployment, miserable wages, failing and corrupt states, lack of basic public services, violence and mafia in several countries of the region make Central America a very unsafe place. Marcelo Colussi With socio-economic indices similar to those of Sub-Saharan Africa, structural problems are turning […]
















