Since the day of his inauguration, 7 August 2022, there has been talk of the possibility or the intention of a sector of the old regime to overthrow Colombian President Gustavo Petro. Germán Ayala Osorio* There are enough reasons for this: sectors of the right and ultra-right are […]
Latin America
Guns won’t stop feminicides
Violence and murder against women is accompanied by other related problems such as rape. According to UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, in El Salvador this is a problem that is often neglected, especially sexual violence against children and adolescents. Luis Beatón A week in February ended with […]
Peru, a broken society
The people feed off symbolism. That is why the image of a woman emerging from the mud, or a child saved by a humble rescuer, lingers in the mind’s eye. They symbolise a broken society, fractured by a social regime that is currently in decline throughout the world. Gustavo […]
Latin America, the world’s most unequal region
The neoliberal ideology introduced in the region in the 1980s exacerbated social injustice, which continues to affect the lives and working conditions of large swaths of the population characterised by poverty, unemployment and underemployment – issues that particularly affect indigenous and Afrodescendent groups. Juan J. Paz-y-Miño Cepeda […]
Guayaquil, land of fear, land of nobody
At what point did we allow ourselves to be stripped of the most valuable thing in our existence which is peace and eagerness to live? Aminta Buenaño There was a time, not so long ago, when at night Guayaquil opened like a flower. The nightlife, bohemia, buskers offering […]
















