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Public invitation to assassinate

The context of misunderstandings in Argentinian society makes it necessary to pay close attention to hate speech in general, and particularly those that were directed specifically against the vice-president of the nation, Cristina Fernández. Many people in politics and journalism…

The fascist is “the other”

Since the beginning of the “Special Operation” in Ukraine it has become increasingly common to use the word “fascist” as an insult against “the other”. Only now, and not before, the same Russians who claim to be politically opposed to…

Despite international laws, Myanmar continuously violates Bangladesh’s airspace

by Samina Ahkter The bullets fired from Myanmar have arrived inside Bangladesh at the Ghumdhum-Tumbru border of Naikxyongchari Upazila of Bandarban district. As of September 10, Saturday, 9.10 a.m., shelling is still going on in Myanmar. Shelling has been going…

Kiss the Amazon Goodbye?

The ecosystems of the world that support life, like Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, have an incompatible relationship with far-right governments, like the United States under Trump, who took a baseball bat to the EPA.  According to Christine Todd Whitman, who headed…

Colombia: A swinging country

6 September 2022, El Espectador A month ago, Colombia lived through the most symbolic presidential inauguration in its history. In 30 days, fundamental changes have been proposed that had not been outlined in 30 or even 300 years; but we…

That’s enough monarchy now

No doubt millions of people felt a heartfelt attachment to the Queen, which will be displayed fully in the next few days. But the anachronistic nature of monarchy is also fully on display, in the obvious absurdities and pantomime procedure,…

Failure as a path

The day before yesterday Chile lived through what some are calling the biggest triumph of the right wing in its electoral history. Almost 62% of its population rejected the constitutional change project, which only two years ago was demanded by…

Ideas as bullets

Ideas are bullets, that’s why we say that Fidel was, is, a soldier of ideas. At this moment in history, we feel that men no longer produce ideas, that there are no new ideas, that we are condemned to remain…

Climate crisis – is there still a tomorrow?

We are witnessing the end of the world. Not of the planet Earth, which will continue to revolve around the sun for billions of years, but of the world understood as the condition of life of human beings and especially…

Myanmar’s aggressive attitude at the Bangladesh border is detrimental to regional stability

by Samina Akhter For the last few days, tension has been growing along the Myanmar border with Bangladesh which has also spread among locals in Naikhongchari and Ghumdhum border areas. According to media reports, Myanmar security forces orchestrated a series…

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