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By Maxine Lowy In a house of a verdant upscale neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, Nancy accompanies a retiree. In Venezuela she was a nurse, until basic materials- alcohol, cotton, syringes, and food to prepare healthy meals for patients- became scarce,…

I Used to Be an Animal Lover is an anthology of short stories about animals edited by the Australian author D.A. Cairns who describes how he selected the stories for the collection:  “The story had to be well written and…

Civil society in the spirit of volunteerism united with one purpose, taking positive action to aid the most vulnerable in society through education, healthcare, disaster relief, and community empowerment to access better opportunities in the midst of economic challenges. “I…

Health is a fact that has preoccupied people and communities of all times and places. In the near past, after the Second World War, on 7 April 1948, the World Health Organization was created with the aim of building a…

We publish here the words of Rafael de la Rubia in his intervention this Saturday in Rome, on the occasion of the Eirenefest, Festival of Peace and Nonviolence: On this occasion I am going to present you with some facts,…

As the Neolithic process of settlement of human communities in villages near areas of cultivation or domestication of animals progressed in the Neolithic period, as agricultural work increased and food production improved, the ability to tame bee hives developed and…

From the spheres of the Chilean political elite, signals are being raised announcing a world financial crisis, which will deal a hard blow to the domestic economy, which is already in the midst of a period of unstoppable rises and…

The conflict in Ukraine fuelled increased military spending and by 2022 the figure reached $2.24 trillion, according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The countries that spent the most on armaments and equipment were…

What are the real reasons for this conflict? Is it the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO and, more broadly, the fact that NATO has expanded to include 14 new countries since the end of the Cold War (from 16 to…

Nearly fifty years ago I emigrated from the Soviet Union. My only reason for leaving all that was known to me was a deep longing for freedom of expression. I resented restrictions on foreign publications and deplored the practice of…