The times of a certain ultra-conservative hegemony represented major setbacks for Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of the fight against poverty, inequality and climate change.   Pierre Lebret   Repression and human rights violations were the common denominator of these governments’ “response” to social movements and actors who […]

The rejection of the constitutional proposal in Chile was overwhelming, but this does not imply that Chileans (at least 80%) want Pinochet’s Constitution. The victims of this result are the Chilean people, who will see the possibility of better education, decent pensions, guaranteed access to health care and a social […]

The signing of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2016 raised hopes of long-lasting peace in Colombia after a decades-long conflict. Yet, the pandemic has provided a window of opportunity for organised crime organisations to bolster their legitimacy.

Impunity and corruption feed day-to-day violence. With socio-economic statistics similar to those of Sub-Saharan Africa, structural problems have turned nearly all of the countries of the region (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) into a time-bomb.   Marcelo Colussi   High levels of malnutrition, illiteracy, lack of job opportunities, starvation-wages, states […]