The U.S. failure to handle the current pandemic shows that the way we view a crisis may be more important than how we plan to confront it. Darrin Burgess That all-important holiday in the U.S., Thanksgiving, arrived late last November, with the second wave of coronavirus infections already […]
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Blockade against Cuba: the year of hate
Donald Trump leaves behind not only the White House, but also one of the toughest periods for the island, because, in 2020, he devoted his efforts to suffocating this country, causing deep economic damages to the population, damages that worsened with the pandemic. Isaura Diez Millán According to […]
A journey to the Peace Process
From 2016, when the peace agreement was signed, until December 15th this year, 246 signatories have been killed in Colombia and the implementation of the agreement has been quite fragmented. Justice For Colombia (a British NGO with headquarters in London) has undertaken a full report on what these 4 years […]
Drug dealers, violence and pandemic
According to official statistics, in 2020, Panama recorded 455 drug and gang related killings, with most of the cases happening in the middle of the epidemic. This time last year, 407 killings occurred. Nubia Piqueras Grosso 65 killings were recorded in January, 22 more than in 2019. Some […]
The end of the Trump era
The United States ends 2020 under the weight of a pandemic and strong political polarisation accentuated by Trump, and enters a year in which a new government will take power with numerous challenges ahead, including the health crisis and divided politics. Martha Andrés Román To a large extent, […]
















