What strategies serve to combat the rise of fascism in contemporary society? How to distinguish between legitimate criticism of fascism and the misapplication of the term in political discourse? Examples showing the transition from bourgeois democracy to fascist rule. These and other aspects are explored by The Prisma in its new series ‘Fascism’.
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Moral debacle: Ecuador’s agreement with the mercenary Erik Prince
The recent alliance of Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa with Erik Prince, a mercenary whose companies are marked by crimes and human rights violations, evidences the desperation of a ruler who faces an imminent electoral defeat on 13 April 2025. Fidel Narváez Since Lenín Moreno’s presidency in 2017, Ecuador […]
The successful social protest made invisible by the media
After the demonstrations in Colombia called by the Gustavo Petro government on 18 March, the mass media did not recognise their massive scale. Germán Ayala Osorio The Noticias Caracol news programme, for example, avoided as much as possible making reference to the number of people who came out […]
Childhoods and innocence assassinated by gangs
Today in Haiti 1.2 million children live under the constant threat of armed violence. The gangs have an established operating routine: they attack, rob, set fire to houses and cars, and in the end they kill the civilian population, either directly themselves or through stray bullets. Joel Michel Varona […]
Rights and equality still denied to women in El Salvador
It is a country where women have little representation in politics, the legislative sphere and places where important decisions are made. Rights such as deciding over their bodies, pregnancy and abortion are still denied to them. This is why they have denounced the state’s breach of international treaties by failing […]
















