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.Saying “Merry Christmas”

It is hard to say Merry Christmas when in 10 weeks 19,000 Palestinians have been killed, 85% of Gaza’s population has been displaced, and the state of Israel insists it will not stop its attacks until Hamas is exterminated. Netanyahu…

Chile’s new constitution: change everything so that nothing changes

“The true blues continue to inhabit and disturb the dreams of our adolescent peoples. Now it seems to me that during the social outburst of 2019 when the whole country was taking to the streets chanting “Chile woke up”, the…

Argentina: not to be mistaken for a nightmare, this is reality

Argentina’s cities are rapidly losing their traditional vertigo. A strident, lethargic, lethargic silence survives. The euphoria of winning the World Cup is over, although the media still insist that the Argentinians “are world champions”. The people are aware that nothing…

Chile, Tomás Hirsch: “The victory of the No vote in the constitutional referendum is a cause for relief”.

The draft constitution drawn up by the right was rejected yesterday with more than 55% of the vote. We have requested Tomas Hirsch, Deputy Hirsch, president of Humanist Action, to comment on the referendum result. The triumph of the No…

Year 2023 in review for Latin American and the Caribbean: Contesting a still dominant US hegemon

December 2nd marked the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, which proclaimed US dominion over Latin America and the Caribbean. Left-leaning governments in the hemisphere have had to contest a decadent but still dominant USA. Challenges in the past year…

The more violence dominates, the more necessary humanism becomes.

Just before Chile lives its second ratifying vote on the Constitution, we talk to Efren Osorio, Secretary General of the Humanist Action party. Efren welcomes us in his office and smiles when we mention how accurate his political and electoral…

A violent approach to violence will not bring peace

The ineffective way of tackling crime Citizen security has become a state issue for democratic governments, and one that has historically been negatively evaluated by citizens, who also consider that the current administration, regardless of political colour, fails to deal…

50 years: remembering Bautista Van Schouwen Vasey

With the presence of his son Pablo, his brother Jorge, his partner Astrid, Inés and several other people related to his family, friends, comrades in struggle, militants of various forces of the left, people from the world of culture, humanism,…

Chile votes against corporate politicians

On the verge of the end of the formula that explicitly violates the decision expressed at the ballot box, the political elite, who had already betrayed the people, did not want to get their hands on the issue that gave…

Argentina: Radiography of an electoral suicide foretold

As had been anticipated, the new-old economy minister, Luis Caputo, unveiled a first package of measures that concretises the first step of the savage adjustment plan that was announced with the arrival of the ultra-liberal Javier Milei to the Argentine…

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