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A new school year begins

March arrives and a new school year begins. Many families are relieved to return to their work and domestic routines as their children start school, but it is always accompanied by the stress of the economic demands placed on them…

Meta is subverting the Bolivian government while enabling the far right

Supporters of the ruling party are finding themselves deplatformed as the social media giant defends the opposition Meta, the company that owns Facebook, has blocked a slew of accounts and groups as part of its “Adversarial Threat”  program. The social media…

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 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…

Less poverty, higher life expectancy and a booming economy. How did Bolivia become a booming nation?

Bolivia, a country in the Andes, has developed strongly in recent years. Since the left-wing president Evo Morales took office, poverty in the country has been more than halved, life expectancy has risen by four years and the economy is…

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…

What to Replace the Monroe Doctrine With

A major step could be taken by the U.S. government through the simple abolition of one little rhetorical practice: hypocrisy. You want to be part of a “rules-based order”? Then join one! There is one out there waiting for you,…

NATO’s growing military presence in Latin America and the Caribbean (I)

In recent times, it has become customary to speak of NATO’s expansion “towards Eastern Europe”, which, while effective, is a reductionist concept. The truth is that since the end of the bipolar world, the United States, feeling that it owns…

Generation gap and the Viña del Mar Festival 2023

The day after the Viña del Mar 2023 Festival Gala, christened “Zero Night”, I had the opportunity to be in conversation with other people of my generation. Listening to comments such as: “it was an indecency”, “they don’t know what…

Imprint of peace

Four years ago, on 20 February, in the midst of a government that we need to remember because contexts are necessary to understand things, the Defend Peace movement was born. We joined together civil society, artists, former ministers, and peace…

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