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The “mileinato”, co-government, the Pope… and the street

After the failure of his omnibus law in Congress, at odds with governors and with his popularity and credibility on the wane, far-right President Javier Milei would meet with former President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) to discuss the formal incorporation of…

Popular Sovereignty now!

Who takes responsibility for the current chaos? Every day, in the various press articles that are disseminated by the mass media, an accelerated crisis in the governance of the different powers of the State can be seen. This crisis is…

PMPI Issues Urgent Warning against Alleged Manipulation of People’s Initiative for Constitutional Amendments

Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) expresses alarm over reports that a campaign to amend our Constitution through the people’s initiative has begun. Various accounts have alleged that payment or aid is being used to lure people to sign documents to…

PH Development NGOs Deeply Concerned over Alleged Signature Buying for Cha-Cha Push

The Caucus of Development Non-Government Organization Networks (CODE-NGO) is deeply concerned with the reports of alleged bribery by some officials in their effort to launch a people’s initiative and mobilize support for charter change. Earlier this week, several lawmakers sounded…

Latin American governments condemn wave of violence in Ecuador

Latin American leaders, dismayed by the wave of violence by armed groups, express solidarity with President Daniel Noboa. By Lizzette Vela The convulsive situation in Ecuador has provoked a cascade of reactions globally. Latin American governments, dismayed by the wave…

Politics can and must repair, doing once and for all, in favor of the people, what it is possible to do today.

Political situation The cold numbers of an election, in this case a constitutional plebiscite, throw up different readings, some more histrionic than others, with the eagerness to steal the limelight and appear for a second more on the screen, like…

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…

 Professor Yunus Summoned Again by Anti-Corruption Commission

Guwahati: As if it was not enough to malign the image of Professor Muhammad Yunus, the lone Nobel Laureate of Bangladesh, by repeated legal harassment from various government agencies, now the pioneer of microfinance and social business has been summoned…

Chile, a Left without the people is doomed to fail

Nearly two weeks after the election of the Convention of Conventions, with an overwhelming victory for the Chilean ultra-right, I share six reflections with the aim of contributing to the analysis of the political scenario that is opening up for…

The left and the Chilean constitutional debate: The history of a rebellion, or the death throes of a political form

Chile’s political form expired on 18 October 2019, when huge protests erupted over an increase in public transport, which later turned into a real social explosion. By Gilberto Lopes, in San José, Costa Rica This is what Fernando Atria, a…

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