Raped in the fields, in the bushes or in their own homes. Many of them getting pregnant by the soldiers. The armed conflict has allowed the systematic abuse of almost 5,000 rural women in Peru. But they lost their fear to relive and recount their painful experiences.
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Aymara vs. inequality in London’s ethnic communities
At a strange but necessary moment in times of pandemic, an organisation has emerged that targets Latin Americans, those who are invisible and neglected by British society. It makes a difference through its own particular way of working. Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín It all started when the […]
“Bajo fuego”, a chronicle of failure foretold in Colombia
Five years on, broken promises are the main feature of the peace agreement signed between the government and the FARC guerrillas. President Ivan Duque’s party are doing all they can to de-legitimize it. Money disappears, and useless bureaucracy flourishes in what many say is a mafia state.
Mutations could render current Covid vaccines ineffective
New survey from People’s Vaccine Alliance shows urgency of vaccinating all countries. Failure to tackle global vaccine inequality heightens the risk of further mutations. Global supplies are being artificially rationed and a handful of companies decide who lives and who dies. Epidemiologists, from some of the world’s leading […]
The pandemic has enhanced the decline of Latin America
The negative impact of Covid-19 in this region highlights and intensifies the great structural disparities that exist in these countries, ravaged by unemployment, poverty and inequality. Teyuné Díaz Díaz An estimated number of 209 million people fell into poverty in 2020 due to the critical health situation, 22 […]
















