The scourge of a pandemic that claims hundreds of thousands of deaths, combined with the inequalities that still prevail in the 21st century, today pushes millions of people towards poverty and hunger. In Latin America the situation is looking disastrous. Ivette Fernandez Despite the fact that, according to […]
Human Rights
Covid: No access to water puts Latin America at risk
In the region, more than 177 million citizens have neither water nor sanitation services. It is imperative that government policies are adopted to facilitate having water and facing the pandemic. Cira Rodríguez César The current Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the urgency of managing a clean and healthy water source, […]
The atomic bomb that ended the war
Seventy-five years have passed since the nuclear catastrophe. And now is the time to revisit history and its tragedy: between 6th and 9th August 1945, the United States launched its most devastating device on two Japanese islands, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The debacle left more than 135,000 dead, 40,000 injured and […]
Account of a crime against humanity
That has been the United States’ economic war against Venezuela, implemented through the blockade of assets and unilateral coercive measures. And they have even maintained it during the pandemic. William Urquijo Pascual This war has been organised in complicity with a radical sector of the opposition and seeks […]
Coronavirus: women at the highest level of vulnerability
Despite the fact that the vast pay and labour-related inequalities that exist between men and women were not caused by Covid-19, the pandemic has exacerbated this gap to further women’s disadvantage. Ivette Fernández Women are currently facing a serious threat to their livelihood, an increase in domestic labour, […]
















