Mexico is suffocating under a wordless horror of gangsterism much of it directed against women, and the government is paralysed by internal corruption and inefficiency. A new film focuses on the silent interior worlds of mothers and family members whose lives have been wrecked but must carry on day to day.
Latin America
The causes of Ecuador’s current wave of violence
It’s the question on the lips of many: How did a small South American country, just recently considered an “island of peace”, end up rife with violence, corruption and organised crime? Juan J. Paz-y-Miño Cepeda Several factors may help shed light on the new realities of insecurity and […]
Difficult times for women in Latin America
Feminicidal brutality and inequality in economic income are two critical aspects that make it difficult for women in this continent to survive and to fight for their rights, ignored and violated. Sergio Ferrari In 2022, every two hours a Latin American woman was murdered – approximately 4,050 women, […]
Mexico’s presidential elections: the final campaign
It will begin on March 1 and close on May 29 with political abstinence until June 2, when on that night it will be known who the new president of Mexico will be, the first woman to hold that position in the entire history of the national republic Luis […]
Bukele’s strength and Achilles heel
Most people in El Salvador applaud the implementation of Nayib Bukele’s government’s security plan. However, the economy is seen as its weak point. Luis Beatón The study by the University Institute of Public Opinion (IUOPD) of the Central American University (UCA) on the country’s situation at the end […]