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The transnational plunder of Chilean copper

The study, “New estimates of the wealth given away to large private copper mining companies: Chile 2005-2015”, addressed the economic rent obtained by the 10 largest mining companies in Chile. Using official World Bank (WB) data for the period 2005-2014…

Haiti, San Martin and the odious foreign debt

The colonising logic of the centres of conditioning capital, from the very beginning, sought to take over Latin America, dominating it in different ways, according to their interests, beyond the principles that were proclaimed and the freedom that was promised.…

A strategy against divisiveness and disillusionment

“Utopia is on the horizon. I walk two steps, it moves two steps away and the horizon runs ten steps further. So, what is utopia for? That’s what it’s for, it’s for walking. This famous phrase, popularised by Eduardo Galeano,…

Declaration of climate emergency: an answer to the new generations

Supreme Decree Nº 003-2022-MINAM declaring the climate emergency to be of national interest marks a path towards the future in our country, given the State’s recognition that we are facing an emergency, and this is very important because it highlights…

Women’s march in Bolivia against justice after the release of femicides and rapists

On Monday 31 January, a massive “Women’s March against sexist violence and corruption in the justice system” took place from the Ballivian area of El Alto, through the city of La Paz and ended in front of the departmental court…

Marilén Cabrera, humanist, nominated as Undersecretary of National Assets for Boric’s government

Twenty men and nineteen women make up the cabinet of Undersecretaries that will form part of Gabriel Boric’s government from 11 March. The team of Undersecretaries is made up of eleven independents, eight members of Revolución Democrática, six of the…

[Peru] Miguel Ángel Zapata: “The poet cannot live in harmony with the world”.

By Sol Pozzi-Escot In a reality like ours, what paths does art offer us? The great poet Miguel Angel Zapata* from Piura welcomes us. -Before discovering himself as a poet, he was interested in painting. What is it that first…

The ten “truths” of Argentina’s agreement with the IMF: the Fund’s own version?

Without much shame, the government published “The 10 truths of the agreement with the Fund”, which gives the impression that it was written by the expert communicators of the International Monetary Fund itself, with a lot of experience in disguising…

Ecuador: Survivors of sexual violence demand legislation to protect their rights

“I am a survivor of sexual violence in childhood and I am here to demand that legislation be passed by listening to our life experiences”, began S. Altamirano’s appearance on Tuesday 25 January before the Plenary of the National Assembly…

Coalition, not collision

25 January 2022. El Espectador I am sending this column hours before the meeting of the Coalición Centro Esperanza (CCE) announced for Sunday night, so everything can change; but so far, it would seem that history has not been a…

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