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Valuing diversity or taking refuge in prejudices

Article 1 of the Constitution states that “people are born free and equal in dignity and rights”. Article 4 of the 2022 constitutional proposal stated that “People are born and remain free, interdependent and equal in dignity and rights”. Today,…

Killing of social leaders continues to plague Colombia, despite “total peace” efforts.

Recently, Petro’s government and the National Liberation Army – ELN agreed to a six-months ceasefire.  What seems to be a striking step in negotiations between Colombia’s insurgent group and Petro’s government is becoming a shadow of a profound issue that…

Argentina: Reflections after the Saladillo femicide prosecutor’s remarks

Patricia Hortel, the prosecutor who is working on the prosecution for the murder of Rocío González in the town of Saladillo, Buenos Aires, gave an interview after the arrest of the alleged murderer, in which she focused on the victim.…

The Problem of Peaceful Societies for the Belief in the Necessity of War

For any given war, one can examine the months or years or decades during which one or both sides worked diligently to make it happen, and both sides conspicuously failed to develop peaceful alternatives. Even in the moment of greatest…

LEGO: Proselytising model to build

I will begin by anticipating misinterpretations or gossip. I defend and will defend the basic rights of all of us to freely choose our ideas, our faith, or our sexuality, which cannot be imposed from any moral, ideological, or religious…

Chile: My life has been beautiful…

I was born in a Diaguita territory, in the inlet of Tequirque on the hill of Kokimpu in 1964, I have lived in Coquimbo all my life and I am the creator of some musical instruments with South-Andean influences in…

Wildfire in Northern of Quebec and massive destruction of wildlife

Last Wednesday as I landed in Montreal back from the inauguration of the Casa Giorgi Park of Study and Reflection in Italy. I learned that the Northern Quebec where I grew up was on fire and that several members of…

A Pall of Hate Darkens Pride Month

The modern struggle for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people has been waged for over a century. Despite significant gains, the work is sadly far from over as Pride Month begins. Just as massive plumes of sun-dimming smoke…

No Give and Yes Take: Once again, France tightens visa restrictions on Tunisians and rejects their applications over ambiguous reasons.

Even though the right to mobility is one of the fundamental rights stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a significant number of Tunisians find themselves deprived of such a right, even after fulfilling all the bureaucratic procedures for…

France’s Global Warming Predicament

When one of the world’s most developed culturally elite countries, France, tosses in the towel on the IPCC 2°C barrier, it sends a loud and clear message that the global warming fight is losing the battle. Seriously, France expects 4°C.…

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