A hybrid―neither fully one, nor the other, but inheriting something from each parent. Yet persuading themselves, out of the necessity of coping, that they are one or the other. Nigel Pocock Under Caribbean slavery, the mixed-race people looked ‘upwards’ (ironically so-called), towards the white plantocracy. Today mixed race […]
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Child marriage in the US: a worrying Reality
One of the world’s most advanced countries is home to one of the most reprehensible practices, commonly practised in certain developing countries. Human rights advocates argue that it must end in order to improve the education and lives of adolescents, as well as to reduce rates of domestic violence and […]
Argentina prepares to go to the polls
With just a few months to go before Argentina’s elections, powerful groups are looking to shake the table and see if everything comes crashing down, provoking a deep social crisis Glenda Arcia According to analyst Luis Bruschtein, Argentinian President Alberto Fernández’s decision not to seek re-election in the […]
The ideological orphaning of the left
It is the left’s most worrying problem. Its two most important reference points, communism and social democracy, have suffered a profound crisis since the fall of the USSR and of so-called ‘really existing socialism’ in Eastern Europe along with the neoliberal model’s predominance in a Western Europe which has put an end to the so-called welfare state.
An unexpected and large-scale emigration
The actions taken by the Bukele government have resulted in El Salvador’s crime rate being significantly lower than in previous periods. However, emigration flows are at record levels in recent years. Luis Beatón According to local authorities, more than 6,000 Salvadorans migrated with work visas to the United […]
















