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Marcelo Trivelli

Presidente de Fundación Semilla y Miembro de la Red Regional de Educación para la Ciudadanía Mundial de América Latina y el Caribe.

Better language, better democracy

Quality in education not only has an effect on students’ professional and working future but also on society, coexistence and democracy. Quality in education is not only an individual imperative with each student, but a collective imperative, because with a…

On the day of Nonviolence let’s unmask environmental violence

The International Day of Nonviolence was commemorated on 2 October. The international community chose this day as a tribute to the leader and pioneer of the philosophy of nonviolence, Mahatma Gandhi, as it was the day of his birth. Violence…

The flag as a symbol of unity in civic values

This 18 September we have seen the Chilean flag hoisted on millions of homes, buildings and public spaces. Chilean men and women are celebrating and celebrating in a big way under this symbol that is one of the few that…

Sadness, fear, impotence, indignation and frustration

The commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the coup d’état has made me relive that date and what came after. Emotions came to the surface again: sadness, fear, impotence, indignation and frustration. It is difficult to share emotions with others,…

Luis Rubiales the king of the machirulos

Machirulo in Spain is a man who boasts of being undisguisedly macho, and is generally used in a derogatory sense. In Chile, the word used is machito. Luis Rubiales, the suspended president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), has…

The best interests of the child in the constitutional debate

“Children first” is a statement typical of show business politics. It sounds pretty, it lacks content, but it has the virtue that everyone understands it and assimilates it according to their own principles, values and identification with some public policy.…

The challenge of reducing absenteeism and dropping out of school

In the year 2022, one million two hundred and eight thousand students had serious non-attendance, meaning that almost 4 out of 10 students did not have sufficient attendance to pass the school year. Just under fifty thousand students in 2021…

The robust, efficient third sector, focused on the common good and free of corruption

In Chile, there is a high level of social entrepreneurs (foundations, corporations, and other NGOs) as well as business entrepreneurs (SMEs). Each of these sectors has approximately 235,000 institutions. All face major obstacles and problems; few survive the first two…

Valuing diversity or taking refuge in prejudices

Article 1 of the Constitution states that “people are born free and equal in dignity and rights”. Article 4 of the 2022 constitutional proposal stated that “People are born and remain free, interdependent and equal in dignity and rights”. Today,…

Learning to discern in a world intoxicated with information

The word intoxication refers to the ingestion, inhalation or skin contact with tangible products that cause serious physical injury or death. These are harmful chemicals in the form of drugs, poisons, gases, etc. More recently, a variant has been introduced…

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