José Manuel Valdermar Prata spent the first years of his life in his birthplace Benguela, a coastal city west of Angola. At the age of nine, he was already aware that the country had been immersed into a civil war, one which at times seemed to be resolved by peace, […]
Politics
Abuse of immigrant women: Esperanza and her testimony
Esperanza* is a Colombian immigrant who for ten years has been a slave to her husband’s fists. Now she begins a new life. _ Miriam Valero We arrive at Esperanza’s house on a summer afternoon. There, we see this woman’s harsh reality, “working and rushing around all day”, feeding […]
The second death of Pardo Leal
His statue was violated. They told me but I didn’t believe it until I saw it with my own eyes. I didn’t think that Fascism would touch this type of monument and I believed this type of thing was in the past. _ Armando Orozco Tovar But it’s true, […]
Occupy Oil
In protest against the war on natural resources, mainly oil and minerals, carried out by powerful countries in the most vulnerable territories, a worldwide day of protest has been organised for 18 June 2012. The action will take place at “Shell” petrol stations, the company of hydrocarbons to which […]
Karol Cariola: a swallow of the Chilean student movement
The social movement led by the students shaking Chile is described as the start of a new era for this nation, which is still recovering from one of the cruelest military dictatorships on the continent. Raimundo López Karol Cariola is one of the protest leaders. She is small, […]
















