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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationThe dismantling of the oil industry in Venezuela and the defense of the public sphereThe subsidized price of fuels and the systematic looting of PDVSA have led Venezuela to an unusual situation: being...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil: The undoing of a country known for its innovative health policiesHow did a country that successfully managed past health crises be making headlines for its spiraling Covid-19 chaos?...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThese 13 bodies said they would counter the pandemic in Latin America - have they?Thirteen Inter-American and international institutions, coordinated by the OAS, agreed on a series of actions to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCOVID-19 in Brazilian prisons: Pandemic or a necropolitical project?The prison crisis can be interpreted as the continuation of Bolsonaro's campaign platform: one rooted in the belief...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe bookbinder and the exorcist: the future of digitalisation in education (and everything else besides)In education, as elsewhere, we should not oscillate between anachronistic technophobia and the blind faith which...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaInstitutional violence in Venezuela: What are militias and colectivos?In Venezuela, violence is organized by the state through militias and collectivos. What are they? What status do...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhy is the Brazilian right afraid of Paulo Freire?The Bolsonaro administration has used a misleading caricature of the educator to justify its assault on public education.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaVenezuela, imperialism and militarizationThe response of the Venezuelan authorities to the Covid-19 outbreak confirms the depth of the militaristic thinking...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAre the tables turning against Jair Bolsonaro?The Brazilian presidente might be losing establishment support, but he still has the loyalty of hundreds of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe post-COVID world needs a better way to measure economic growthFocusing on GDP and economic gains produces distortions in public policies aimed at alleviating basic social needs,...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationZapatistas: Lessons in community self-organisation in MexicoAs the first attempt to abolish police are under way in the US, meet the communities that have been experimenting...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCOVID-19 and the new global chaosAs a result of the struggles we are facing, a global movement is needed to challenge the directions of this new...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCOVID-19, Barcelona, and immigrants: The city as a refuge in times of uncertainty?Barcelona's actions in the field of immigration in the midst of the pandemic are the product of a long history that...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil’s coronavirus Hunger Games: Indigenous communities and their struggle for survivalThe health threat to Indigenous peoples cannot be analysed in a context apart from the Bolsonaro administration's...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow is state violence organised in Venezuela?Why is the Venezuelan police so lethal and does it organisation play a role in creating a lethal police force? Español
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow to improve gender-based violence research?Using participatory and creative methods to research gender-based violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPolitical economy and democracy in Brazil under BolsonaroThe current governance is showing signs of a de facto return to a blatantly colonial-type political economy.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSeparate but equal: the historical roots of the current US protestsThe protests we see today in the United States, the anger, the toppling of statues that exalt the historical...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionIs Brazil on the verge of a dictatorship?With more guns and ammunition than ever before available to the general public, and strong, vociferous support from...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFor a Social, Ecological, Economic and Intercultural Pact for Latin AmericaThe pandemic is a tragedy for many people, whose pain we share. But the pause imposed on global capitalism due to...