The coronavirus pandemic has successfully put paid to many of life’s daily activities. For numerous immigrants, violence, fear, distress and uncertainty hide behind the walls. What can they do? Natacha Andueza Bosch In the United Kingdom, various organisations work to help Latin American and other migrant women. One […]
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Assange against the avenging furies
Assange is wanted dead. The United Nations, through Nils Melzer, a specialist in torture and ill-treatment, has declared that Assange’s life is at risk. The dilemma offered to him by the Power is not acquittal or conviction; freedom or captivity; the United States or England. It is one of three forms of death: death penalty, forced suicide or burial alive.
Forced disappearance in Colombia: with hands tied
In Colombia 80,000 people have disappeared, although the true figures may be much higher. The majority of these disappearances have been perpetrated by the State, paramilitaries and guerillas. Their victims: social leaders, indigenous people, political opponents, peasants and just ordinary people.
Social movements, developmentalism and crisis of capitalism
The reforms of the so-called “developmentalism” that have allowed basically rural societies in Latin America and the Caribbean to partially access modernity have focused on promoting limited industrialisation. In this way, they have overcome the traditional barrier that reduced them to being simple producers of mining and agricultural raw materials. […]
Refugee teachers on the frontline
Education volunteer Casey Pearson is helping refugee families find order amid the chaos of Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Deborah Torr Imagine that today is the first day in your career as a teacher. You’re excited and feel ready to make a difference. The only problem is you’ve […]















