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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTrump vs Hillary: Consequences of US presidential elections for Latin America
As US voters turn out to decide between Trump and Hilary on election day, 5 analysts from the region share their...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe right to the city as a citizen's practice
If the UN doesn't deal with the issue of the right to the city, it will not only have to face up to local...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#NiUnaMenos: against femicide in Latin America
With the victim’s death, the cycle of violence does not come to an end: it continues through the region’s ongoing...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe US Elections and Latin America: the devil we know
Without the Latino vote, it is unlikely that Donald Trump will win the presidency. His policies about Latin America...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaUpstreaming citizen participation
Representative democracy is not democratic enough. Today, citizens should be able to participate in the political...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaOn newspaper cartoons in the Colombian Peace Process
The outcome of the referendum in Colombia came as a surprise, but a mapping of newspaper cartoons shows a divergence...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhen children denounce corruption
Children across the globe play football, many dreaming of becoming professionals and following their idols’...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe resilience of Latin America’s Health System
Latin America is faced with a deteriorating economy, economic recession, and significant political changes. How can...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJournalism and environmental defense: two hazardous activities in Latin America
“Until comprehensive measures are taken to sever the ties between crime and State structures, certain groups will...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta"If I were born again, I would still be a sex worker"
Elena Reynaga, RedTraSex Executive Secretary and founder of AMMAR shares her story, the success of her organisations...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDemocracy in dispute. An interview with Boaventura de Sousa Santos
In Latin America, oligarchies and advanced sectors of the highly internationalized industrial and financial...
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Published in: HomeHow to make peace with the forest: development and war in Colombia
This launches a series of articles looking at the relationship between environmental and human rights, to unpack one...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDemocracy is dying of success
Are we governing ourselves? Daniel Innerarity argues that societies have seldom been governed, in a handful of...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta10 clues to explain the Colombian frenzy
"To the extent that no one could know for sure where the boundaries of reality were" – Gabriel García Márquez, One...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe return of shock therapy in Argentina and the legacy of the leftist past
Argentina under Macri is an immense battlefield, a conflicting laboratory that anticipates a bitter dispute between...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJournalism in times of crisis
Rebecca Abecassis argues that in times of crisis, journalists need to be clearer in their work and go beyond simply...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBrazilian democracy has been attacked
"Brazilian elites never showed any interest in democracy. We will have to make a superhuman effort to revalue...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaParaguay's Student Spring
Do recent mass protests by Paraguayan students represent the beginning of a political awakening? Español