South America

The international initiative Unitaid announced on Friday 18 that it will fund the introduction in Brazil and South Africa of an innovative, “highly effective and long-lasting” injectable HIV preventive treatment. The new long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatment “could have a…

Starting a war or initiating violent action goes hand in hand with the conviction of those who seek justice, repair the damage caused or impose order. The use of force is resorted to from a position of superiority and power…

With these words he began today by welcoming us foreign correspondents to the first press conference held by Gabriel Boric in his capacity as President. He defined the role of the press as those who are able to make power…

Our guiding words, those powerful words that guide us, direct us, motivate us, matter a lot. Spoken words are not ethereal entities that are blown away by the wind, and even words imagined without being spoken have profound effects on…

We all recognize the escalating violence that plagues our planet. It is not something new. Violence has always been there because it is inherent in the system we live in.  At times we are shaken by the spectacle of war,…

Is the resignation, without a corresponding replacement, of the members of the Constitutional Convention to be considered a new aggression to those that the Constitutional Convention constantly receives? PRELIMINARY The Constitutional Convention is, without a doubt, ‘the’ problem of the…

The legacy of mining in San Antonio Oeste: Current health risks, due to contamination effects of open-pit mining. We interviewed Patricia Llonch, member of the Multisectoral Commission for the lead problem in San Antonio Oeste, located in the coastal town…

On the occasion of the change of government that took place in Chile, many guests came to the country, especially women leaders of the different feminist movements. The international feminist meeting “Macarena Valdés”, organised by the Feminist Coordinator of Apruebo…

There is no doubt that we are living in a world that surprises us day by day, however I can assure you that there are also people who don’t expect anything and nothing surprises them. Some say that this state…

Early this morning the new President Gabriel Boric began the day together with his partner Irina Karamanos, the ministers, undersecretaries, and the ancestral authorities of our native people’s representative of the whole territory. The purpose is to generate intercultural work…