Reopening schools is not enough. Access to water, sanitation and hygiene services are essential. The abuse and violence suffered by minors during the pandemic must also be ended. Ibis Frade While some countries in the world are announcing or preparing the return to school for children, the United […]
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Indigenous women in Guatemala: identity and feminism
Guatemalan society is viscerally chauvinistic and with a historic hatred towards Native Indians, so much so that speaking this word is equivalent to the greatest insult. It seeks to reflect on and reclaim the indigenous female identity in Guatemala. Maitte Marrero To be accepted in society, indigenous women […]
Migration crisis at its worst point
While countries like Hungary are reinforcing border security and refusing to admit foreigners, others like Greece, Italy and Malta find themselves having to bear the brunt of the crisis and migrants continue to be abandoned at sea. The pandemic exacerbates the tragedy.
Economic uncertainty, Covid’s biggest threat
With 24 million people infected and more than 800,000 dead, the world will not return to normal, and the truth is, it shouldn’t. What’s certain is that the threat to economic growth will remain latent as long as the coronavirus exists. Ivette Fernández Faced with the prospect of […]
Covid vaccine: optimism and caution
There is clearly a lot of money at stake in the race to end this disease – which to date has infected more than 29 million people and claimed the lives of almost 900,000 – and whoever develops the vaccine first, wins. This week Cuba begins clinical trials of Soberana […]
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