Memory fades in a country that leaps from one fleeting passion to another. Between football episodes, lost loves and neglected national symbols, forgetting becomes a way of life and threatens to distort the very fabric of collective identity. Armando Orozco Tovar Fanatical fans are from everywhere not only […]
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Iran, the history of western coup-mongering
Reactionary governments serve the West in keeping control of the oil. They have an image problem with the fundamentalist regime in Iran, so they try to appear in western media as protectors of its people. Modern Iranian history was snatched from its people by the CIA/MI6 coup back in 1953, […]
Letters from prison: a Latino’s experience in the UK
The anonymous testimony of a Latin American detainee in Pentonville and Brixton reveals negligence, mistreatment and the violation of basic rights. His account shows how the lack of information, linguistic isolation and official indifference worsen the punishment beyond the sentence itself. A few years ago, Gilberto Ariza* wrote his […]
Ecuador under pressure: rejection, protests and political erosion
It is now two years since his arrival at the Carondelet Palace and President Daniel Noboa is facing his most complicated political moment. The third year of his leadership has begun with question marks over his leadership, his strategy and his ability to resolve the crises he is facing. […]
Progressivism meets the far-right in polarised Chile
The first round results have pitted Jeannette Jara and José Antonio Kast in what will be a decisive electoral race marked by the advance of the far right, fragmented support from other candidates and a tense social climate. Chile approaches the second round as a divided nation, with the outcome […]
















