Paola Pabón Caranqui recently made official her pre-candidacy for the presidency of Ecuador for the Citizen Revolution Movement (RC), with a view to the elections scheduled for next year. She did so because she is convinced that this revolution must be a female one. Santiago Masetti The prefect […]
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The pulse between the left and the right in Peru
In Peru, 43 organisations have registered to compete in the upcoming elections. Twenty-nine of them have registered in the Registry of Political Organisations (ROP) and 14 have pending complementary procedures. Others have announced that they will seek alliances. The deadline was 12 July and the Jurado National Electoral Board […]
Bolsonaro, his freedom hangs in the balance
With a pile of evidence collated, the Federal Police (FP) has accused the former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, in an investigation into an alleged network illegally trading the jewellery given by foreign authorities during his time in government (2019-2022). He could go to prison. Osvaldo Cardosa In […]
A story about immigrant women, made by women
On the street corners of Brooklyn, men and women from other countries wait for hours in the hope of finding a job. They’ll do anything. Up to and including putting up with the exploitative conditions that unscrupulous impresarios, knowing they don’t have ‘papers’, that they’re ‘illegal’, will subject them to. Division […]
Chronicle of an immigrant’s journey
I was walking on the street without any reason and some guys shouted at me: “Hey, Afghan, why do you have a red jacket?” I asked them: “What’s the problem with this jacket? If you want you can go and buy one.” They said: “No, you don’t have the right […]