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Javier Tolcachier

Javier Tolcachier is a researcher from the World Centre of Humanist Studies, an organism of the Humanist Movement. Mail: javiertolcachier@disroot.org Twitter: @jtolcachier

The integration of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean: A revolutionary way out

From 22 to 24 February next, the Latin American and Caribbean Day of Peoples’ Integration will take place in Foz do Iguaçú, at the apex between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay known as the Triple Frontier. The aim of the conclave,…

The bad light

Rural dwellers know it well and are very wary of approaching it. Although science has explained the “bad light” as a spontaneous combustion of gases that produces iridescence, villagers know it is a soul in pain that wanders the countryside…

A great gift to humanity

Traditionally, in the areas Christianised by successive empires, the legend of the Magi is celebrated on January 6th. The allegorical setting of the story is perfect. In a time and place crossed by caravans, wise men of Persian or Babylonian…

China encourages building a community of humanity’s shared future

In his recent end-of-year message, Chinese President Xi Jinping, about the conflicts that plague a large part of the world’s population, re-emphasized the now emblematic motto that guides the foreign policy of the Asian giant, which has become a world…

14 years after a historic milestone: More necessary than ever to redouble efforts for Peace and Nonviolence

Fourteen years ago, on January 2, 2010, the closing ceremony of the First World March for Peace and Nonviolence was held in the mountainous area of Punta de Vacas, a few kilometres from the border between Argentina and Chile. After…

Will Argentina fail in 2024?

Between 2019 and 2020 massive social uprisings shook the political scene in Chile, Ecuador and Colombia. The drops that overflowed the glass of popular (in)patience were the increase in the cost of public transport, the price of fuel and a…

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…

Capitalism and human rights, are two incompatible terms

To think of achieving the full exercise of human rights within the framework of a capitalist system is a blunder and utter naivety. An error of judgement that is not spontaneous but intentionally induced by those who hold the hegemony…

The Argentinian people need a breather

As if nothing had happened and time had not passed in the last forty years, Argentines are once again seeing the monstrosity emerge in the political arena. Riding on the back of a regressive global wave, the conservative right and…

Making democracy fashionable. A textile portrait of young people’s feelings.

Motivated by the possibility of exhibiting their productions in a fashion show and a workshop organised by the Municipality of Córdoba, several groups of students from the Tecnicatura Universitaria de Diseño de Indumentaria of the Provincial University of Córdoba set…

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