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 […]
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Brexit, Covid and migration on the EU’s desk
European Union (EU) leaders are now picking up again an agenda full of challenges, among them the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the ratification of the seven-year budget and the negotiations with the United Kingdom over Brexit.
Water as a tactic to weaken the enemy
Irrigation and agriculture for key cities like the capital, Damascus, or the provinces of Quneitra and As-Sweida, which should be an exclusive resource for the subsistence of life, have become a tool in the war. Pedro García Hernández In the almost 10 years of war imposed on Syria, […]
Women’s rights or Islamophobia?
Women’s rights issues have become a conflict of loyalties for Muslims when they can be used as an excuse for repression by a government in these polarized times. Blanket generalisations about patriarchy are not helpful when many cultural and economic issues are entwined.
The Latino vote and Trump
The current pandemic is seriously affecting the financial situation of Latin American immigrants; the unemployment rate has risen, in particular amongst women, and is higher amongst Latin American workers than U.S. nationals. Luis Beatón Whilst the country is closed amidst Covid-19, the unemployment rate of Latinos has risen […]
















