Recently, representatives of over 40 organisations defending human rights claimed that Argentinian democracy, re-established 39 years ago, is once again at risk. Glenda Arcia During 2022 the Argentinian vice-president, Cristina Fernández, suffered threats, abuse, an attempted assassination and a court conviction, events which moved citizens, organisations and leaders […]
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USA: A polarised society
It was a year in which the midterm election results revealed the growing polarisation of the country’s two major political camps, and highlighted the alarming contradictions that have existed in US society for some time. Ivette Fernández When Joe Biden arrived at the White House in January […]
Pregnancy due to sexual abuse, a product of machismo
In Guatemala, as in most Latin American countries, for a variety of reasons, many young women from all social strata become pregnant as a result of rape. Marcelo Colussi These rapes occur in a high proportion of cases (around 80 per cent) within the family, with a close […]
Away with them all! But leave us hope
The heartrending cry reverberated on the streets of Lima on the night of the Peruvian elites’ ‘pre-paid’ coup carried out in Lima, capital of the most unstable of the Andean countries, subjected as never before to the shock of the tectonic plates of fascist polarisation. Miguel Ángel Ferris […]
Chronicle of a coup d’état foretold
Golpe in Peru: Castillo under arrest, people demand a constituent assembly. It finally occurred. On December 7th 2022 Peru’s ruling parliamentary dictatorship managed to bring to fruition their top priority, to oust democratically elected president Pedro Castillo Terrones. Francisco Dominguez Castillo, a rural primary teacher, elected to Peru’s highest […]
















