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The RELE-CIDH 2025 Report: A Mirror of Freedom of Expression in Chile from the Voice of a Repressed Journalist

The recent Special Report on the Situation of Freedom of Expression in Chile, published by the Special Rapporteurship for Freedom of Expression (RELE) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) in October 2025, is not just an institutional diagnosis:…

After Venezuela: Six plausible scenarios on the new Game of Thrones board

The intervention of the United States in Venezuela marks a political turning point that goes far beyond the Venezuelan case itself. It is not merely a concrete operation, but an operational precedent: the decision to act de facto outside the…

The prince unmasked: declining hegemony, structural blackmail, and the geopolitics of systemic chokepoints

Abstract This paper advances a structural hypothesis on the behavior of declining hegemonies and their impact on the reconfiguration of the contemporary international order. It argues that when a power simultaneously loses productive, technological, and normative primacy, with no short-term…

Achtung Baby Boomers

I’m  noticing some of my fellow Democrats are talking about Trump’s not going through Congress before kidnapping the president of Venezuela (a notion that’s already riddled with contradictions. As if US congressional approval would have been justification to shatter all…

Bombings in Venezuela: Another Nail in the Coffin of International Law

The early hours of January 3, 2026, are marking a dangerous turning point in the International Order. Explosions in Caracas and other regions of Venezuela, accompanied by aircraft overflights and attacks against military and strategic installations, have been denounced by…

The Unequivocal Failure of Neoliberalism and the Imperative Need to Humanize the Earth (Parts 1 and 2)

Introduction I consider this article, which is actually a six-page essay that I’ve divided here into two parts, to be one of the very best pieces of socio-political writing that I’ve penned to date. In fact, I’m confident that if…

Germany facing the Chinese challenge: strategic cooperation or industrial decline

The debate on Europe’s technological and industrial lag behind China is often framed in defensive terms: dependence, risk, unfair competition. However, the German case shows that this reading is not only incomplete, but also strategically mistaken. For a mature industrial…

U.S. Financing of Reko Diq Raises Human Rights Concerns in Balochistan

International interest in Balochistan’s mining sector is once again in the spotlight. According to the Chief Secretary of Balochistan, Shakeel Qadir Khan, global attention is no longer limited to the massive Reko Diq copper-gold project. Companies from the United States…

Peace under pressure: power, asymmetry and the structural limits of negotiation in Palestine-Israel

The international situation at the end of 2025 is marked by a fragile truce in Gaza, reached after months of indirect negotiations mediated primarily by Egypt, with the support of the United States, Qatar and Türkiye. This ceasefire does not…

Gaza after the ceasefire: when administrative obstacles threaten to dismantle the humanitarian response in 2026

The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza did not end with the ceasefire. The civilian population continues to die not only from direct violence, but also from the systematic destruction of all basic infrastructure, the sustained blockade of vital aid, and the…

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