Claudia Aranda

In times of systematic intimidation, complicit silences and institutional cowardice, the joint decision by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the University of Antwerp and Ghent University to award an honorary doctorate to Francesca Albanese is not a routine academic gesture. It…

An open wound in Chile’s –de facto– fragile democracy The recent acquittal of former Carabineros officer Claudio Crespo, responsible for the shot that left Gustavo Gatica blind on November 8, 2019 during the social uprising, is not an isolated event.…

China’s Tiangong space station has been the setting for an innovative experiment on lithium-ion batteries, conducted by the three astronauts of the Shenzhou-21 mission, according to the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This study…

In the pulsating veins of sleeping cities, where concrete whispers forgotten stories, Street Art Cities emerges as a beacon of creative rebellion. Launched in 2019 by a collective of “urban hunters”—passionate explorers who travel the planet documenting murals—this annual contest…

In a world where the immune system can be both hero and villain, three scientists have illuminated the path to taming its excesses. On October 6, 2025, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Mary E. Brunkow, PhD;…

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:…

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…

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…

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…

More than a year after his detention without charges, without trial, and without minimum guarantees of due process, the Palestinian pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya remains imprisoned by Israel under conditions denounced as inhuman by international human rights organizations. Director…