Five years on, broken promises are the main feature of the peace agreement signed between the government and the FARC guerrillas. President Ivan Duques party are doing all they can to de-legitimize it. Money disappears, and useless bureaucracy flourishes in what many say is a mafia state.
Latin America
The pandemic has enhanced the decline of Latin America
The negative impact of Covid-19 in this region highlights and intensifies the great structural disparities that exist in these countries, ravaged by unemployment, poverty and inequality. Teyuné Díaz Díaz An estimated number of 209 million people fell into poverty in 2020 due to the critical health situation, 22 […]
Bolivia (2): After the repression comes Arce
What the coup government of Jeanine Añez meant for the lives of Bolivians was devastating, as it threw overboard the achievements of Evo Morales. The author tells the story of how, after that year of repression, violence and corruption, changes began to be felt with the arrival of Luis Arce […]
Investigation into complaints of child abuse
Recent allegations and prosecutions of abuse in children’s´ homes in Panama now await court proceedings and the outcome of the latest investigations. Osvaldo Rodríguez Martínez The scandal that in February led to strong protests and revelations of acts against the rights of minors, seems to lose momentum when […]
Cuban bioproduction in times of Covid
The use of biofertilisers, biopesticides and other environmentally friendly products is a growing necessity in the face of the frequent rejection of chemical products due to the harm they cause to nature and to human beings. Roberto Salomón Cuban agriculture today is experiencing a growing use of bioproducts […]