In the midst of the commemoration of Journalists’ Day, the Colombian state belatedly apologised to the country, to the journalists of El Espectador and to the victim’s family for the assassination on 17 December 1986 of Mr Guillermo Cano Izasa, editor of the prestigious and combative liberal newspaper. Germán […]
Latin America
The authoritarianism that imposed insecurity
The re-election of Nayib Bukele as president of El Salvador came as no surprise. This does not mean that his government, which managed to almost eliminate the scourge of insecurity, has been characterized by respect for human rights or the press, or the boost to the country’s economy and education. […]
Argentina: uncertain in the hands of Milei
In the current circumstances, Milei is trying desperately to show strength and hide his political and institutional weakness at a time when he is testing his strength in parliament and in the justice system. Of around a thousand laws that he decided to eliminate or modify, he is going […]
The truth about the election of Colombia’s new attorney general
The already suspicious delay in the election of the new attorney general by the 23 magistrates and judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) has the country at ideological and political loggerheads. Germán Ayala Osorio There are two clearly differentiated sides: on the one hand, there are […]
Living in a violent country
A society driven by fear is a weak and fragile society, unable to reason. We choke down big helpings of fear every day in Ecuador. Aminta Buenaño Rugel Mass media and social networks provide us with images of violence, crime and contract killings every day in large […]