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An old shadow from the past, which new generations avoid stepping on, is lurking in the corners of power.

This shadow claims to seek a broad consensus, where everyone fits in a common house. The guarantee that this can happen is the equidistance between Approve and Reject, for which it recommends a blank vote. Thus emerges, amidst the trumpets…

Mayor of Padre Hurtado and gun ownership: “We have only one option: to disarm Chile”.

Felipe Muñoz Heredia said that given the situation it is imperative to go deeper into the issue of gun ownership. He also called for an increase in the number of police officers in the commune, which currently has 65 officers…

50 years after Nixon’s trip to China

Fifty years ago, President Nixon made an international tour that would change the fate of the world: the visit of a US president to China for the first time in two decades. By Patricio Torres Luque* This was the great…

Europe under foreign domination

It is curious what is happening in Europe today. The old continent, as some call it. The continent that spread around the world what some authors call: Western Christian culture. Today, for the first time in history, it is under…

Decentralising power in Chile

Yesterday President Boric transferred the presidency of the Regional Committee for the Use of the Coastal Zone to the Regional Governments, taking a decisive step toward the decentralisation of power in this matter. This is a “historic decentralising transfer, which…

Chile: “Marcha del Orgullo de Género” (Gender Pride March)

Text and photos: Riccardo Marinai Once again, the diversity and sexual difference event has taken place in the LGBTIQ+ Pride tour along the Alameda amidst multicolours, joy and music. Little by little, diversity and sexual difference groups have conquered an…

Losing the fear of saying “I don’t know”.

One of the most recurrent assumptions in the educational paradigm has to do with the fact that knowledge is contained in teachers, and the truth is that, although they have specialised in certain areas of knowledge, like everyone else, they…

Elections in Colombia: Between Hopes and Concerns

On Sunday 19 June, all eyes will once again be on Colombia and the results of the second round of the presidential elections: will it be more of the same in Colombia – one of the most dangerous countries for…

“Powerful progressive voices are incredibly important”: Justin Trudeau

The Canadian Prime Minister spoke of what is needed in multilateral discussions on global issues in the face of growing authoritarianism around the world, in his meeting this morning with Chilean President Gabriel Boric. Ahead of the Summit of the…

The failure of President Boric’s indigenous policy

In repressive and unjust conditions, which erode the Mapuche people’s right to freedom, it is necessary to break the silence, especially when the position we have been forced to take is defensive, in the face of militarisation, which installed forces…

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