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Peso Pluma or the hypocrisy and conservatism of elites

The opinion column by Chilean Alberto Mayol entitled “Sometimes you have to listen to the voice of the narco”, a political analyst associated with the left, in which he argues that the invitation to Peso Pluma to participate in the…

Transnational networks: key to countering the erosion of democracy, says Paolo Sosa

On La Mula TV’s “Al Filo”, the political scientist highlights the importance of international connections in the fight for democracy in Peru. By: LaMula.pe Political scientist Paolo Sosa, in his recent appearance on La Mula TV’s “Al Filo” programme, emphasised…

Milei’s proposal rejected in defence of food sovereignty

Since Monday 15, representatives of various organisations and social sectors have been joining the plenary of deputies debating the mega-bill presented by Milei’s government, “Bases and Points of Departure for the Freedom of Argentines”. Its 664 articles will be substantial…

Reason does not hate

Once upon a time, there was a country where prosecutors were respected and respectable people, and to become attorney general you had to have legal soundness, ethical strength and a résumé (not due to who knows what dreadful things) that…

Ecuador loves life

To talk about the current drama in Ecuador, I would first like to start by expressing the shame I feel every time I read or listen these days to opinions about “Correa’s corrupt government”. I knew Ecuador before Rafael Correa…

Argentina’s brutal pendulum and the Milei monster

Some friends from different countries have asked me about this phenomenon that for many, from a distance, is incomprehensible: how is it possible that a majority voted for such a character, who claims to talk to his dead dog, who…

Chile: A political tool to give a voice to the organised social base

The legalisation of the Humanist Party in the Metropolitan Region of Chile is on the right track. To confront this inhuman system from the electoral field is a great challenge, which some brave people have tried alone or in a…

Press workers defend the public media

In a press release which we reproduce in full below, SIPREBA, the Buenos Aires Press Union, announced the filing of a new appeal for legal protection in rejection of the Decree of Necessity and Urgency promoted by the Milei government…

“Brazil unites in defence of democracy”.

On 8 January, one year after the coup attempt by supporters of former president Bolsonaro, social movements demonstrate in front of the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), in defence of democracy. Photos by Paulo Pinto/ Agência Brasil

A real new year

9 January 2024, El Espectador It will be a real new year when the world announces that the dictators have gone back to their caves, that hunger has been satiated, and that there are no more rivers silvered by mercury,…

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