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The PASàPAZ Choir has brought its music to Spain

The French choir PASàPAZ has performed in Madrid (Casa de Vacas del Retiro) and in the Toledo Park of Study and Reflection, in two concerts that have taken place on the occasion of the celebration of the Day of Nonviolence.…

Edu Barbeira: experimenting in the “Identities Lab +” in Santander

We interviewed Edu Barbeira (Stambolsky) for Pressenza.com’s Gender and Sexualities in Latin America series in Spanish. Continuing our series Gender and Sexualities in Latin America, we interviewed Edu Barbeira, an artist and activist we met in Barcelona a couple of…

Madrid also joined in the celebration of the Day of Nonviolence

As usual, on 2 October, Madrid (Spain) joined in the celebration of the International Day of Nonviolence. And it did so in Casa de Vacas (El Retiro) during an event in which different organisations working in very diverse fields drew…

Argentina. The government once again represses the Mapuche people

In the early hours of this morning (4), by order of the Ministry of National Security, a “unified command” made up of federal forces of prefecture, gendarmerie and federal police with the collaboration of the provincial police of Río Negro,…

Energy efficiency: The new technologies driving this trend

In the midst of the climate crisis, several local associations have signed commitments to rethink their processes and take the step towards the migration to cleaner energy matrices, where new technologies are fundamental to their concession. Just a few days…

Taliban’s conflict against women and girls’ rights in Afghanistan

August 2022 marked one year since the Taliban took over Afghanistan. That year has been defined by human rights violations, directed especially against women and girls. By Mayssa Issaoui and Matt Tipton On April 14, 2021, Joe Biden announced plans to…

Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s moving speech at the United Nations

It may not have been the best speech, because the topics he addressed were limited, but it is the one that brought tears to many people’s eyes. The whole speech was very emotional, courageous and beautiful. Of course, because of…

Advances of the far-right and the social-democratic responsibility not assumed

The voices of the European Union, which have been imposing a model of society for decades, are today warning about the growth of far-right parties, as in Italy, Sweden, Spain, Poland and Orbán’s Hungary, and say that the phenomenon has…

Launching of the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence in Costa Rica

As we had stated in Madrid, at the end of the 2nd WM, that today 2/10/2022 we would announce the place for the beginning/end of the 3rd WM. Several countries such as Nepal, Canada and Costa Rica had informally expressed…

Human chain in Berlin – Women, Life and Freedom! Jin, Jiyan, Azadî!

2 October “International Day of Nonviolence”. In Berlin, voices are raised to demand an end to violence against women in Iran and around the world. The calls were: “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî, what means Woman, Life, Freedom”. A call to the…

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