The media

Violence = Disease Violence: a global public health problem In 2003, the World Health Organization, in its Scientific and technical publication No. 588, World report on violence and health, addressed the issue of violence as “a global public health problem”1…

The government spokesperson said that “it is a very sensitive issue in our century, particularly because we are facing a debate that is global” and once again called for the commission formed to study the issue and propose measures to…

We often hear that official media provide us with objective information, while independent social media are full of all types of materials, but much of it is disinformation, conspiracy theories and hate speech. This is sometimes true, but there’s another…

Fifty years have passed and President Allende’s ideas are still very much alive in Chile, as they are in Latin America and a large part of the so-called Third World. Years ago, in Guadalajara, we had the good fortune to…

We welcome Tierra Libre, an independent media with strong roots in the popular world, which was born from the initiative of a group of friends, who with extensive background and experience in Chilean community media, have the desire to contribute…

An investigation by the Latin American Centre for Investigative Journalism (CLIP) and media in the region identified how so-called “digital mercenaries” operate to influence the citizen vote and favour certain politicians, candidates, parties or governments. The research describes who the…

Opposition movement rejects TSE’s arbitrary measure The Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala has arbitrarily denied the registration of the presidential candidate of the Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples (MLP) in next June’s elections. “These are totally absurd…

The most revolutionary act a person can perform is to tell the truth. Blinded by rage and impotence, the president of Guatemala and his troops in power have abandoned dissimulation to launch themselves – with all the legal arsenal in…

Ukraine: how to unlearn A few days ago, the Ukrainian government announced that it had ordered the shutdown of one of the reactors at the Zaporozhie nuclear power plant in south-central Ukraine due to a Russian attack that damaged ancillary…

Half a century ago, the Canadian philosopher and researcher Marshall McLuhan highlighted the role of the media as much more than mere transmitters of political events, as their presence and action generate a communicational impact that is not necessarily in…