South America

Colombia is preparing to go to the polls to elect representatives to the House and Senate of Congress, and then the presidential elections, if the primary elections on 13 March are passed, Francia Márquez of the movement <> will represent…

Natalia Ibáñez Donoso will lead the process of re-founding the Humanist Party in Chile. In an internal vote carried out by the Humanist Party militancy, Natalia Ibañez Donoso, a 34-year-old feminist and lesbian, was elected as the new President of…

15 February 2022, El Espectador On some pavements of Bogotá’s southern highway, they sell huge chunks of meat, offal hanging from itinerant hooks, splattered by the pollution of cars and the mud left by yesterday’s downpour. There are herbs for…

With legislative and presidential elections coming up in Colombia, the supposedly “oldest democracy in Latin America” will see if it can consolidate the most precarious and recent peace on the continent. By Lautaro Rivara The Latin American and Caribbean electoral…

We are just a few days away from the return to classes in Chile, hoping that there is a consensus that these classes will be face-to-face because the consequences of the pandemic and online classes have been devastating, especially for…

This Friday the Fundamental Rights Commission of the Constitutional Convention approved a proposal for a norm that proposes to restore and reintegrate lands to native peoples. The initiative was voted in favour by 23 constituents and rejected by 10 of…

The importance of human adaptation in times of crisis is a must. It is therefore urgent that the state and society in general, develop “emotional education” as a fundamental requirement for personal and social equilibrium. As a social anthropologist, I…

February 8, 2022. el Espectador Since Sunday we have had a magazine in cyberspace and on the radar of our criteria: it is called Cambio, and it has life because its managers have taken the courage to face the challenges…

For the first time in Chile, the national day for “Non-partner violence” was commemorated on 7 February. Violence and mistreatment between young couples without cohabitation has been naturalised and justified under the pretext of love. A misunderstood love that begins…

Parliament approved legislation that represents a step backwards in the quality of education and sex education, and blocked other initiatives to make progress on environmental issues. While the country was plunged into a new political crisis, the Congress of the…