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Celebrating International Mother’s Language Day, Highlighting Multilingualism, Part 2

by Avryl Claire Macaranas, Angela Mariz Ibon with Jasmine Bermudez, Angela Magsipoc, and Nikki Rosales In line with the 24th annual celebration of International Mother Language Day (IMLD), English major freshmen students at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines-San Juan (PUPSJ)…

When the river is noisy, it is because it brings stones

Economic groups, Chilean businessmen and extractivist politics have been favoured this last week. Once again, we are surprised by the interpretation and application of a legal norm in favour of one of the most questioned companies of recent times. On…

The man who defied the nuclear weapons states

Having witnessed the devastating effects of US nuclear testing in his country, Tony de Brum, the Marshall Islands’ foreign minister, took the unprecedented step of bringing cases against the nine nuclear-weapon states before the International Court of Justice in 2014,…

The traces of memory

By Hugo Behm Rosas* FRATERNITY IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS OF THE DICTATORSHIP From the foreword by Miguel Lawner: This is a song of fraternity over hatred. There are not many books written about the experiences suffered by tens of thousands…

“The coolest dictator in the world”.

A “Goebbelian” campaign of enormous diffusion and great impact seduces the masses. We are observers of one of the most striking propaganda phenomena of recent times: the collective dazzle of a skillful campaign, whose purpose is to turn an emerging…

Meet The Faces Of Death

First Things First I have condemned and continue to condemn Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms. I ask that you keep this in mind as you read on. The Impending Fall of the “Fortress” Both the…

Africa, a history to be rediscovered. 24 – Hairstyles and tattoos were ID cards.

I was lucky enough to live for a few years with my grandmother Miandabu Wa Kabwela, who had a vertical line from her forehead to her chin, with two horizontal dots under her left eye. How I regret that I…

Peru – “Armando Robles was not afraid of death” – an interview with Marcela Robles

Armando Robles Godoy is, without a doubt, the most influential and creative Peruvian filmmaker of the national seventh art. He was born in New York on 7 February 1923, son of the great Daniel Alomía Robles, and came to live…

Spanish government maintains hypocritical stance on nuclear weapons, says Daniel Högsta

ICAN Executive Director Daniel Högsta, leaving the Spanish Congress of Deputies, said it is essential that parliamentarians press the Spanish government to abandon its hypocritical position and sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). He expressed optimism…

Ukraine – time for diplomacy?

One of the main issues that have characterised the various demonstrations for peace in Ukraine, which have taken place in many parts of the world over the last few days and which Pressenza has tried to report on, has been…

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