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The Most Important Election in the Americas Is in Brazil

Former Brazilian President Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva (known as Lula) runs about on stage at the Latin America Memorial in São Paulo. He was there on August 22, 2022, speaking at a book launch featuring photographs by Ricardo Stuckert…

Chile: Massive closing ceremony of the Apruebo campaign

We publish here a photo report with images circulating on social networks showing the massiveness of the closing ceremony of the campaign for the “I approve” option in the Plebiscite on the proposal for a new Chilean Constitution. This massive…

Gustavo Petro’s “total peace” plan and how it could shape the notion of security in Colombia.

In his inaugural speech, Petro said, “peace is the meaning of my life, and it is the hope of Colombia” his words resonated in the ears and hearts of an entire nation striving to overcome the grief of war. The…

Tomás Hirsch: a revolutionary constitution for Chile and for all humanity

On 4 September, Chile will vote to approve the text of the new Constitution. This historic event is largely ignored or little followed by the media, especially the European media. We spoke about it with Tomás Hirsch, Deputy Hirsch of…

“Who doesn’t fight, doesn’t go to heaven”.

11 October 1987. Attention! Breaking news. At 3:45 in the afternoon Jaime Pardo Leal, candidate for the presidency of Colombia for the Patriotic Union, was assassinated in the village of Patio Bonito in the municipality of La Mesa (Cundinamarca). The…

Roberto Pizarro, economist: “The `I approve` option will generate the conditions to recover growth”.

Economist Roberto Pizarro Hofer is an outspoken dissident of the neoliberal positions of several of his colleagues, whom he has publicly challenged for their position on the possibility of a new Constitution. He was Minister of Planning and Cooperation (now…

Against advertising that denigrates the image of Peruvian women

In a previous article, I commented that the poor use of the image of women in Peruvian advertising is a field that has not yet been studied sufficiently well in Peru, although there are approaches from the communication sciences, the…

It’s time for the trial of racism against the Mapuche people; Gloria Naveillan could be stripped of her parliamentary immunity

In Chile, law 20609 condemns discrimination, whether by virtue of race, ethnicity or gender identity, yet this law has not been widely applied or presented as an argument, let alone met the victims’ need for justice. In the case of…

Chile: Democracy at risk

Paid Social Networks, at the service of the elites and their Fake News model Public opinion in Chile is managed by those who can finance the publishers, the lack of regulation and timely monitoring of campaign funding, coupled with a…

“Dangerous pesticides should be banned and agrochemical-free agriculture should be supported”.

Axel Kicillof’s government published a resolution to “geo-reference” the areas where agrochemicals are not allowed to be used. Each municipality will have to adhere voluntarily. Socio-environmental organisations point out that the National Constitution is clear and that spraying must be…

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