South America

With large projects held back by the economic crisis and lack of infrastructure, Argentina seems to see an alternative path towards greater sustainability of its energy matrix in small renewable energy ventures, promoted by industries, businesses and private users sensitive…

“Not even the worst of the criminal is foreign to me. And if I recognize it in the landscape, I recognize it in myself. So it is that I want to overcome that which in me and in every man,…

Ignacio Ramonet – Mr. President, first of all I would like to thank you for receiving me again for this interview, it is good to continue this tradition – this is already the seventh occasion when we meet at the…

CODEPINK is appalled and outraged at the attempted coup in Brazil that took place on January 8 by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Emulating the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack, fascist and extreme-right groups stormed Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court…

The 8th International Meeting of Graphic Narratives Dibujos que Hablan (Drawings that Speak) will take place from 9 to 16 January 2023. This year Drawings that Speak invites us to reflect on violence in comics, cartoons, illustration, and other drawn…

Pedro Castillo’s attempted coup d’état caused confusion throughout the country for a couple of hours. His swift capture and subsequent imprisonment quickly made headlines in most of the national and international media. In the days that followed, however, it was…

The Presidency’s Sociocultural Coordination, headed by social scientist Irina Karamanos, ceased its functions on Saturday 31 December. Yesterday, however, Karamanos left the Palacio de La Moneda after meeting with the former first ladies and former sociocultural directors who held the…

La Paz, 04 January 2023 (ABI) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced to his Bolivian counterpart, Luis Arce Catacora, that his country will once again join the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), from which…

Social polarisation has reached its peak. Yesterday, January 4th, was the first day of the indefinite National Strike called by grassroots social organizations mainly from the south of the country, but in which protesters from the departments of Junin, Ayacucho,…

Next February 5, the Ecuadorian people will go to the polls. The period of mayorships (local authorities) and prefectures (provincial authorities) will take place. The electoral campaign officially begins today, January 3 and will conclude on February 2. The campaign…