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Interview with Delia Espinoza: “Corruption kills and it’s present in politics today”

“I’m used to dealing with and confronting criminals, delinquents. And they don’t scare me,” says Delia Espinoza Valenzuela, the Attorney General who was disbarred by those she was investigating, and an emblematic figure in the fight against corruption in Peru.…

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:…

SAARC is being revived!

Amid ongoing diplomatic tensions and security concerns between India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the process of reviving the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has officially begun! It has been reported that this initiative is being spearheaded by Bangladesh, a…

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…

Zohran Mamdani, new mayor of New York: “I will not abandon my principles for fear of being considered radical.”

New year, new mayor: 2026 had begun just a few minutes earlier when Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York in the presence of family members, some colleagues, and the state attorney general, Letitia James, who presided…

‘Overcoming the crisis and global uncertainty: humanity in action’, the IV Assembly of the World Humanist Forum calls for joint action.

Under the title ‘Overcoming the crisis and global uncertainty: humanity in action’, the IV Open Assembly of the World Humanist Forum will take place on 24th and 25th January 2026. The central theme of this Assembly aims to reflect both…

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…

Year-end review: US imperialism at a crossroads, requiem for Europe

2025 came to a close in an atmosphere of anxiety: attack in preparation against Venezuela, looming danger of world war, threat of global economic collapse, soaring prices and an assault on hard-won freedoms in so-called democratic societies. 2025 is also…

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