Closing down 21 community radio stations and a radio programme critical of the government are not isolated events. In less than a month, Colombia’s new president has imposed a policy of censorship that harasses critical journalists and dismisses troublesome officials. A moral police force reminiscent of the worst times of […]
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Silent deaths, without marches or memory
Eleven years ago, while France mourned its cartoonists, Colombia buried its left-wing militants in oblivion. The paramilitaries acted with military and police backing. The lack of Internet and social media prevented mass denunciation. Those responsible still enjoy their impunity. Armando Orozco Tovar “There is too much blood; too […]
Beyond narcissism: the power of listening
Western culture’s relentless pursuit of consumption and self-gratification may be fuelling the very crises we face. Disciplined silence, rooted in ancient Christian tradition, challenges this cycle. It transforms inward focus into outward engagement with reality and others. Nigel Pocock Not all tests of truth involve formal logic, or […]
Ten years since a downfall that reshaped the right In Brazil
The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff did not only bring down a president. The legislature expanded its influence, the far right became entrenched, displaced traditional conservatism and reached power with Bolsonaro. A decade later, Congress is strong, the right retains its strength, but Dilma resonates internationally and those who pursued her have lost relevance.
Reverse migration: the new Latin American dream
Six out of ten second-generation Latin American young people in the UK want to return to their parents’ homeland. It is not nostalgia, but strategy. Development in the south and Europe’s crisis are rewriting the migrant narrative. Ramón Lafée The language, the residency papers, adapting to a different […]
















