The experience of Vicent Sánchez in London exemplifies the dilemma of many young emigrants: the search for opportunities clashes with the language barrier, loneliness, and the high cost of living, leading him to weigh his career against the longing to return home. Javier Duque After graduating in Public […]
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Beyond reformism: the Latin American challenge
Only a revolutionary project led by the subordinate classes can overcome Latin America’s structural dependency through autonomous industrialisation and technological mastery, as the local bourgeoisie perpetuates the neocolonial status quo.. Juan Diego García Any political project that involves overcoming the underdevelopment, current dependencies and poverty of the social […]
The journey back and the nostalgia for what no longer is
A train journey takes the author back to the settings of his childhood in Lancashire, only to discover that time has diminished the heroic landscapes of his memory, prompting a reflection on the distance between recollection and reality. Steve Latham Memory plays tricks. There were no coal mines […]
Colombia, shadow of colonialism in modern tourism
Villa de Leyva preserves its colonial architecture while battling a frivolous tourism that pollutes its streets and displaces the local community, revealing the tension between historical heritage and careless modernity. Armando Orozco Tovar In this region, as in many in Colombia, the colonial period is never far from […]
Out from under the years of lead
Most people’s lives are lived within social, legal and political structures that are hard to challenge, but when those structures fracture and invade the life of a family it is like an emotional earthquake. The Italian film “Toni, mio padre” portrays a personal struggle to understand the past and challenges the political taboo on discussing that period.
















