democraciaAbierta

COVID-19: last chance to reevaluate our values?

Published in: 18 March 2020 Written by: DemocraciaAbierta All articles by: DemocraciaAbierta

In recent months, we have seen how the coronavirus pandemic is paralyzing the economy and daily life of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Is this our last change to reevaluate our values? Español Portugues

Read now

Latest picks

Published in: democraciaAbierta
Cuba in the time of the coronavirus

23 March 2020

Written by: Pascual Serrano All articles by Pascual Serrano

Cuba’s health system is getting ready for the COVID-19 crisis. In China, coronavirus patients are being treated with...
Published in: democraciaAbierta
Bukele calls on God and the military to bend Congress to his will in El Salvador

23 March 2020

Written by: Rubén Zamora All articles by Rubén Zamora

Written by: José Zepeda All articles by José Zepeda

An interview with Rubén Zamora, the Salvadoran politician and diplomat, who talks about the recent authoritarian...
- Español
Published in: democraciaAbierta: Investigation
An era of extremes seems to have started in Latin America

19 March 2020

Written by: Daniel Torunczyk Schein All articles by Daniel Torunczyk Schein

Protests in Haiti, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia or Bolivia express not only a crisis of political legitimacy of the...
Published in: democraciaAbierta
We must stand up to protect Brazil’s Amazon rainforest from this huge dam

17 March 2020

Written by: miguel pinheiro All articles by miguel pinheiro

The construction of the Belo Monte Dam in the Brazilian Amazon threatens to destroy unique cultures, making...
- Português
Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion
Today's Brazil is worse than Marielle Franco's. But its future belongs to the Marielles

16 March 2020

Written by: Manuella Libardi All articles by Manuella Libardi

Today's Brazil is not the same as the one the murdered young councilwoman knew and fought for. But the seed planted...
- Português
Published in: democraciaAbierta
Gulfs between government offers and citizens' demands in Chile

13 March 2020

Written by: Renata Avila All articles by Renata Avila

Piñera's government and its promises in the face of social mobilization. Sebastian Pinera is failing to match the...
- Español

Latest

Published in: democraciaAbierta

“The situation of human rights defenders in Colombia is unsustainable”: UN

Published on: 2 April 2020

Written by: Fabían Andrés Díaz Pabón All articles by Fabían Andrés Díaz Pabón

Written by: Ana María Arbeláez Trujillo All articles by Ana María Arbeláez Trujillo

The tension with the UN following its latest report confirms the trivialization of the crisis of social leaders by...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

Coronavirus, risk society and the return of the State

Published on: 2 April 2020

Written by: José Maurício Domingues All articles by José Maurício Domingues

The new coronavirus crisis is turning everything upside down.

Published in: democraciaAbierta

Homicides in Venezuela let's go over the figures again

Published on: 1 April 2020

Written by: Keymer Ávila All articles by Keymer Ávila

On 22 January, an official press conference was held without detailed data and reports on crime statistics in the...

Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion

Is treating the Covid-19 with chloroquine reckless?

Published on: 30 March 2020

Written by: Danica Jorden All articles by Danica Jorden

Amid rush for finding a treatment for the pandemic, a French doctor, a climate change denier and known for his...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

Chile: The virus is also the model

Published on: 30 March 2020

Written by: Barbara Godoy All articles by Barbara Godoy

With privatized health care and a right-wing government, Chile is struggling with the coronavirus epidemic. The...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

How is Ecuador facing up to COVID-19?

Published on: 26 March 2020

Written by: Gabriela Ruiz Agila All articles by Gabriela Ruiz Agila

The government wants to prevent mass gatherings of people, but this is made difficult because the informal economy...

Published in: democraciaAbierta: Investigation

Imagining a way out in Venezuela

Published on: 16 March 2020

Written by: International Crisis Group All articles by International Crisis Group

Venezuela’s political showdown appears deadlocked. President Nicolás Maduro remains firmly in place over a year...

Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion

The 'de-aging' of the world

Published on: 12 March 2020

Written by: Boaventura de Sousa Santos All articles by Boaventura de Sousa Santos

The powers that have produced the aging of the world and turned it into the industry that ensures their perpetuation...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

Military temptation and institutional instability in Latin America

Published on: 11 March 2020

Written by: María Victoria Murillo All articles by María Victoria Murillo

Written by: Steven Levitsky All articles by Steven Levitsky

Latin America’s turbulence shows the limits of democratic institutions to deal with political conflict and, as seen...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

How Bolsonaro's behavior runs counter to fighting gender violence

Published on: 6 March 2020

Written by: Lena Lavinas All articles by Lena Lavinas

Written by: Sonia Correa All articles by Sonia Correa

In 2019, 1,310 women were killed in Brazil, a 7.2% increase from the previous year. The escalation must be analyzed...

Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion

Toward new universal declaration of human rights (I)

Published on: 5 March 2020

Written by: Boaventura de Sousa Santos All articles by Boaventura de Sousa Santos

The global social division of fear and hope alongside the power of capitalism since the fall of the berlin wall has...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

What can Bernie Sanders do for US Latinos?

Published on: 27 February 2020

Written by: DemocraciaAbierta All articles by DemocraciaAbierta

The presidential candidate is gaining massive ground across the United States during the primaries, partly thanks to...

Published in: democraciaAbierta: Investigation

Vero: the midwife at the Amazon's heart

Published on: 26 February 2020

Written by: Francesc Badia i Dalmases All articles by Francesc Badia i Dalmases

This young indigenous woman from Ecuador assists the women of her Achuar community in childbirth. Considered sacred,...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

Julián: facing the road that destroys his part of the Amazon

Published on: 25 February 2020

Written by: Francesc Badia i Dalmases All articles by Francesc Badia i Dalmases

The struggle of this Achuar leader against extractivism and the advancement of infrastructure toward the jungle...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

Don’t let them steal the Atuel River in Argentina

Published on: 21 February 2020

Written by: Darío Aranda All articles by Darío Aranda

Social and indigenous organisations are condemning the construction of a dam in Mendoza, that could leave them...

Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion

What does populism mean?

Published on: 19 February 2020

Written by: José Zepeda All articles by José Zepeda

We live in a perverse form of mass democracy. We are not guided by moral values or by spiritual values, we are only...

Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion

It's been a long time since we have lived in a democracy

Published on: 19 February 2020

Written by: José Zepeda All articles by José Zepeda

As we witness the return of fascist expressions that undermine democracy from within, we must defend universal...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

What’s wrong with democracy?

Published on: 19 February 2020

Written by: DemocraciaAbierta All articles by DemocraciaAbierta

The Economist's Democracy Index 2019 confirms democracy's decline in Latin America and the world.

Published in: democraciaAbierta

Trapped in Cuba

Published on: 18 February 2020

Written by: Rut Diamint All articles by Rut Diamint

Written by: Laura Tedesco All articles by Laura Tedesco

Despite constitutional change in Cuba and an apparent increased focus on human rights, violations continue to...

Published in: democraciaAbierta

Women from every corner occupy Brasilia: the Marcha das Margaridas

Published on: 17 February 2020

Written by: Marco Antonio Teixeira All articles by Marco Antonio Teixeira

Written by: Renata Motta All articles by Renata Motta

One of the largest women's mobilizations in Latin America, the Marcha das Margaridas, is led by rural trade unions,...

Themes

Projects

Regions

About

Authors

Follow openDemocracy

COVID-19: last chance to reevaluate our values?

Latest picks

Síguenos

Latest