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Work today: precarious slave labour

According to ILO data, around one-quarter of the world’s population lives on less than one dollar a day, and one-third are below the poverty line. Around 200 million people are unemployed and eight in ten workers lack adequate and sufficient protections.   Marcelo Colussi   From its very inception, capitalism […]

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We did not learn our lesson

The Hamas attacks and the vindictive and brutal response of the Israeli army confirm that the spirit of terrorism is echoed by both the Palestinian extremist group and the state of Israel. Both actions must be unequivocally condemned.     Germán Ayala Osorio*   The media, political and social support […]

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When democracy is a farce

Representative democracy is a real farce. For more than two centuries now, since the French Revolution and the independence of the United States, it has been instilled in us, almost by force, that ‘democracy’ is an exercise of going to vote every so often.   Marcelo Colussi   If that […]

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Nature and its role in early marriage

A curious equation in which children are the biggest victims. Poverty, gender inequality, conflict and hunger, coupled with weather changes and natural disasters all play a role in child marriages.   Around nine million girls around the world face an increased risk of child marriage each year in conjunction with […]