By constitutional design, it falls to the President of the Republic to present the Supreme Court of Justice with a shortlist of three candidates from which the nation’s new attorney general will emerge. Germán Ayala Osorio Due to the bitter personal, institutional and political confrontations between President Gustavo […]
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The unconscionable violence that surrounds feminicide
In the Dominican Republic there is deep-rooted machismo and women are assigned a role of submission and dependence. Impunity surrounds these crimes and according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in 2022 only 16% of feminicide cases were brought to justice and only 5% of […]
Choosing the extreme right, risking democracy
The culture of hate and resentment, spread so successfully by the extreme right. The necropolitics bolstered by digital networks, which tend to isolate people and exacerbate violence. Only social policies that reduce social inequality can do away with such a bleak outlook. Frei Betto There is something that […]
How ‘Israel’ lobby contributes to oppression of Palestinians
People have little idea really of the extent of the activity that is conducted in the UK to support the oppression of the Palestinians. David Miller / Al-Mayadeen Now if you include all of the organisations mentioned here together, just thinking about the UK, we’re probably talking about […]
Somalia, between war, famine and the worst drought
Food insecurity could affect almost half of the population in the coming months, through illnesses and deaths: in 2022, drought caused some 43,000 deaths, of which half were minors under five years old. Migration and the danger of spreading disease is increasing. The extreme and prolonged decline of the state of the country has multiplied the citizens’ needs, and this lack of options for survival exacerbates the tragedy suffered by children, women and the elderly.
















