South America
Strong UN warning that puts Kast in the dock over possible pardons for human rights violators
The United Nations system warned Chile about the international illegality of pardoning state agents convicted of human rights violations. Far from being a technical debate, the proposal opens an ethical, legal, and human fracture that repositions political power in front…
The ‘bankrupt state’: how Chile used a global crisis to abandon 36 years of responsible fuel management
Chile has a fiscal buffer designed precisely to absorb external shocks. However, in the face of rising fuel prices, the government not only chooses not to use it, but also pushes for its structural redefinition in Congress. The episode escalates…
Lula and Sheinbaum: An Oil Alliance on the Horizon of the Gulf of Mexico
In a world where energy defines geopolitical alliances, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva extended his hand to his Mexican counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum on March 9, 2026. During a phone call, the seed of a bold proposal emerged: unite…
Pressenza at a media event in Quito: Is nuclear disarmament possible?
Nuclear weapons are the most devastating human invention, and their destructive capacity has increased in recent times; together with investments in the war industry, they pose the greatest existential threat facing humanity today. Is nuclear disarmament possible? How can we…
US Sanctions on Venezuela Continue: Corporate Beneficiaries and a Targeted Society
In the wake of Washington’s January 3 military attack and then problematic détente with Caracas, corporate media suggest a meaningful shift in Venezuela policy, implying relief for a country long subjected to economic coercion. However, far from dismantling the sanctions…
Brazil Announces More Than 30 Cities and Regions Will Accelerate Climate Action Projects Through Mutirão Program
First cohort of cities and states will receive support from C40 Cities and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy to deliver implementation-ready climate initiatives by 2027 C40 Cities and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate &…
Peru kicks off the first round of presidential debates
With less than three weeks to go before the general elections for the five-year term, Peru held the first round of the 2026 presidential debate, featuring 11 presidential candidates at the Lima Convention Center; The event was organized by the…
Pressenza Participates in the 3rd Juntanza Festival for Communication from Our America, CIESPAL, in Quito, Ecuador
Between March 19 and 21, Pressenza participated in the 3rd Juntanza Festival for Communication from Our America, hosted by CIESPAL in Quito, Ecuador — a regional forum for reflection and exchange on community, grassroots, and alternative communication, understood as a…
Nuclear Weapons and the Destruction of the Human Spirit
Talk presented as part of Pressenza’s panel titled “Nuclear Weapons, Existential Threats, and Journalism: Looking to the Future” during the 3rd Juntanza Festival for Communication from Our America CIESPAL, in Quito, Ecuador, on Friday, March 20, 2026. Nuclear weapons have…
Justice Claims that Never Grow Old
By Maxine Lowy Lessons from the Trials of Nazi Criminals for the Chilean Debate on Leniency for Convicted Human Rights Violators Teun de Groot was a bicycle mechanic from Voorschoten, a small town in the western region of the Netherlands.…
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