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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhy is there no Syriza in Portugal?Unlike in Greece or in Spain, in Portugal the dire crisis and steep austerity measures have not entailed important...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaGuatemala in limboThe impeachment and arrest of President Otto Pérez Molina is a shrewd move by the Guatemalan elites to save the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAyotzinapa: an unheard cry for justiceIn the end, Ayotzinapa "was the State", inasmuch as it was, and continues to be, the result of impunity and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBolivia and the new Andean RightAs with Macri in Argentina, Capriles in Venezuela or Rodas in Ecuador, the Bolivian right is growing stronger. A...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIs Puebla like Bogotá? The geography of drug trafficking in MexicoPuebla is like Bogotá thirty years ago. Like Puebla today, Bogotá was full of investors, housing developments and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhat Corbyn has to learn from Monedero in SpainThe sharp irruption of Podemos in Spain was seen with fear by the establishment, and they went after him. The same...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe art of resistance in CubaDanilo Maldonado, the Cuban graffiti artist commonly known as “El Sexto”, is fighting prison with paper. Since...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDemocratized secession in Scotland and CataloniaDemocracy does not end secessionism, it transforms it by providing a socio-political foundation, the ability to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe end of the progressive narrative in Latin AmericaProtests against President Dilma Rousseff are a turning point in the breakup between government and citizens in...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaRefugee crisis in Europe: remember Latin AmericaThis is not only a European crisis but a global one, and it should be approached as such, involving nations...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBolivia: how many more dead women are needed for us to change?With cases of women killed piling up, Bolivian society finds itself at a crucial turning point: to change and leave...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Portuguese way is not the way for GreecePortugal, as its Prime Minister says, is proud to have contributed to an agreement that has dealt the last blow to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhy do indigenous communities rise up?By eliminating indigenous educational autonomy, the government impoverishes the plurinational and multicultural...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBananas and the continuing violation of human rights in EcuadorA persistent employers’ abuse of power and a lack of control by the Ecuadorian State make human and constitutional...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Colombia-Venezuela border crisis: the civilian backdropThe Colombia-Venezuela border crisis' media coverage should focus on the affected populations rather than in a...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTaking stock of ‘Progresismo’As the cycle of Latin American progressive politics appears to be coming to an end, the weakened state of the social...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Italian crisis is not GreekThe negotiations leading to a potential way out of the Greek crisis could have been an opportunity for Italy to deal...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazil´s Worker´s Party narrative: lost in the neoliberal labyrinthSince 2014, Dilma Roussef’s government has adopted a strategy of polarisation between “left” and “right”....
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaChile’s dissatisfactionThe recent proliferation of corruption scandals show the sheer necessity of substantial reforms of the political...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMexico’s deadly truthsThe brutal murder of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa is the latest in a long line of executions. But the...