It deliberately affects defenseless civilians, such as children, the elderly and the sick. The US blockade against Cuba is the most severe and prolonged applied against any country, but it is estimated that one third of the world’s population suffers its effects: there are more than eight thousand sanctions in […]
Latin America
From Kennedy to Trump: the history of the war against Cuba
A large majority of Cubans were born under the ongoing U.S. sanctions, a political genocide, violating the human rights of Cuban citizens. A policy that has been in place for nearly six decades and that is somehow justified by the world and allowed to continue. Orlando Oramas León […]
The social impact of the demand for South America’s ‘green gold’
This green gold is the avocado, a fruit native to Mesoamerica, and rich in vegetable fat, vitamins, fatty acids, proteins and minerals. The high demand is driving the deforestation of jungle and woodlands across all of Latin America, in order to create more cultivation areas and obtain better harvests. At […]
Inequality in Latin America: the worst in the world
In this region of the world, the macro-economic outlook of the last few years shows a slowing down of economic activity, with a reduction in GDP per capita and consumption per capita, fewer exports and a sustained decline in the quality of work. Ivette Fernández Sosa This is […]
Bolivia’s forthcoming elections: the right is scared
The possibility of supporters of Bolivia’s de facto government fielding a single candidate seems increasing unlikely; instead, competition for the presidency is intensifying among this group. As such, the repeated calls not to disperse their strength, made by interim president Jeanine Áñez —herself ideologically aligned with former leader of […]