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Escrito con Tiza/‘Written with chalk’ publishes “Mensajes” by Fabián Rivas

An album book that deals with death, aimed at the youngest children. Death is a difficult subject to talk about with children. We often avoid it and even deny it by using euphemisms such as saying that the deceased person…

Constitution: total victory for the right

“I never thought I would be defending Pinochet’s Constitution”, said recently María Pardo, constitutional councillor of Convergencia Social (La Segunda; 18-10-2023), that is, one of the top leaders of the Frente Amplio! And a few days ago, the centre-left philosopher…

Four years after the Social Outbreak, violence, robbery and manipulation, the old way of governing

Origins of the failed institutionality in Chile Chile is an “incomplete democracy” due to the authoritarian enclaves inherited from the dictatorship and not overcome by subsequent “democratic” governments. During the civil-military dictatorship, significant public companies at the national level were…

Dialogue on Chile-China Cooperation in the Construction of the Belt and Road

CGTN held a media forum in the Chilean capital, with the participation of three experts, who gave their views on issues related to economic development, geopolitics, infrastructure and even technology, in order to present the achievements of the Belt and…

Constitutional Process: It started badly and ended worse

Women’s rights are being rolled back; the possibility of improving the quality of life in the poorest municipalities is being rejected when contributions are taken away from the municipal common fund; the privatisation of health, welfare and education is being…

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…

Mental health and happiness

What do we mean when we discuss mental health? The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines it as: “A state of wellbeing in which each individual fulfils his or her potential, can cope with the stresses of life, can work productively…

Chile: Nonviolent Journalism Workshop in the Cerrillos Municipality

It is the first in-person workshop on Nonviolent Journalism. By: Ricardo Rojas With great enthusiasm, the Nonviolent Journalism Workshop developed by the International News Agency Pressenza began to take place in the Public Bookshop of the Cerrillos community. The workshop…

Health workers, yesterday applauded, today dismissed!

Mass dismissals, Chile’s payment to the health workers who saved their lives. It goes without saying that the last few years have been very difficult for the public health system in our country. In addition to the overload experienced during…

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…

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