La sociedad guatemalteca es visceralmente machista y con un odio histórico hacia lo indio, tanto que la pronunciación de este vocablo equivale al mayor insulto. se busca reflexionar y reivindicar la identidad indígena en Guatemala. Maitte Marrero Para ser aceptados en la sociedad, los indígenas deben hacerse ‘invisibles’, […]
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Latin America in a post-Covid world: The urban poor and the pandemic
With a fifth wave of infections and deaths running its course in Europe and the Americas, Covid-19 shows no sign of retreating. Our series continues this week and identifies how Covid-19 interacts with pre-existing inequalities and vulnerabilities in Latin America, starting with the ‘urban poor’.
Latin America in a post-Covid world: Those our governments forgot
Covid-19 is making pre-existing inequalities and vulnerabilities worse in Latin America. While the ‘urban poor’ were a clearly identified vulnerable group, there are other groups the region’s governments have forgottten in their responses. This week we identify who else is at risk. Nicolas Forsans* Among population groups most […]
Corruption or the survival of the strongest
Like a plague, corruption permeates the world’s entire social order. Rare are those countries that can boast they do not suffer this evil – which threatens to destroy the whole system – and are immune to the efforts of the ruling class to bend the enforcement of current laws to […]
Gold and the price of innocent flesh
A mining town at 5,000 metres for decades has been a centre of exploitation of poor workers, trying to jump-start their lives. Prostitution is rife often involving underage girls. Matteo Tortone’s film “Mother Lode” investigates the myths and the exploitation through the eyes of a 13-yr old miner. Graham […]
















