She is a 47-year-old Mexican, and the idea of living in a city that was not her own did not scare her. Finally, because of her husband’s job, she travelled to London in 1997. Paula Coll Her husband worked for a chain of restaurants in Mexico, but he […]
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Mª Luisa Grau Tello: standing firm despite the difficulties
She left a career as a researcher, which didn´t make her happy. The lack of opportunities in Spain brought her to one of the most fascinating capital cities for an art-lover such as herself. She left her family in Andorra, in the municipality of Teruel, to set off on […]
When the stench of development kills
A lack of urban planning is often responsible for conflict between people and industrial sites which, with their heavy load of unpleasant smells awakening energy reactions, the affected gain environmental awareness.“ Roberto Hernández Activities such as cattle farming, landfills and industrial operations do not always coexist peacefully within […]
Find the guilty one…
This is the title Francis Fergusson gives the summary of Sophocles tragedy “Oedipus the King”, which according to Umberto Eco is the maximum condensation, that allows you to know something about a novel that’s not more than a two hundred page essay. Armando Orozco Tovar But going back […]
Disasters: hitting the poor the most?
There are two themes I want to explore in this article. The first is that all disasters are essentially man-made. Secondly, that the poor are always hit by far the worst. Nigel Pocock It might seem surprising to my readers to make the assertion that earthquakes and other […]














