Opinions

by Samina Akhter Myanmar’s violent ethnic cleansing program, which forcibly forced roughly a million Rohingya Muslims into Bangladeshi refugee camps, marks its fifth anniversary on Thursday (August 25). During the past five years, the population of refugees has increased.  Some…

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…

At this point, unless you have been living under a rock over the past years, animal exploitation is a popular subject, but not in a good way. Music, real documentaries and news channels helped bring more public awareness. Still, animal…

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…

On 4 September, Chileans will decide whether to approve or reject the Magna Carta proposed by the 154 members of the Constituent Convention. Both options are the only ones available in this electoral call, so it is a fallacy or…

Chileans are voting on a new constitution that enshrines new protections for the environment. By Maxine Lowy Next month, on September 4, citizens in the South American nation of Chile will go to the polls in a plebiscite to decide…

Many great human events carry high doses of suspense. The smooth birth of a new being, the longed-for arrival of a saving rain, the arrival to a new continent or the Moon itself. The suspense that we Chileans are living…

Brittany has one of the most beautiful coastlines I know. Situated on the western flank of France, its storms are spectacular. The broken, rocky and varied coastline makes navigation extremely difficult and dangerous. I went there – years ago –…

Ukraine: how to unlearn A few days ago, the Ukrainian government announced that it had ordered the shutdown of one of the reactors at the Zaporozhie nuclear power plant in south-central Ukraine due to a Russian attack that damaged ancillary…

There are some facts happening in the world that are extremely serious, but very few media talk about them. Few weeks ago, for example, shocking news from the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed silently. On July 26 in Goma,…