The fight for citizen equality is incompatible with neoliberal patterns. Four decades ago, when neoliberal methods made their entry into South America as a “solution” to all economic problems, the hope of reaching democratic agreements in the region was lost. Ivette Fernández The explosion that these policies would […]
Politics
Flight of the innocents: abandoned by the Mexican State
Children suffer the worst trauma when families are expelled from their homes by armed gangs. Many families left when the gangs began forcibly recruiting boys as young as 12. The background to the story involves several different struggles for valuable territory, and the failed war on drugs.
US-American imperialism and the legacy of the atomic bomb
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not the only places to suffer nuclear destruction. As illustrated by John Pilger’s documentary, “The Coming War on China”, the United States caused devastation across the Pacific Islands. Juanjo Andrés Cuervo Although the atomic bomb caused unprecedented nuclear catastrophe in Japan, it was not […]
Unemployment, poverty and famine: what Covid will leave behind
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 […]
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, […]
















