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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhat the US arrest of former Defense Minister tells about drug traffickers and the military in MexicoMexico’s lack of commitment to dismantling the cartels and their criminal enterprises is exposed by the US arrest of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJosé Gregorio: Either we preserve the Amazon rainforest, or the planet will take revengeFor José Gregorio, an indigenous from the Colombian Amazon region, training young people to fight for the...
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Published in: 50.50Aid donors ‘disturbed’ by reports of childbirth violationsFollowing openDemocracy revelations of WHO childbirth guidelines being flouted around the world, major donors...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s new loan program: a tale of two IMFsThe IMF as it presents itself during the annual meetings is not the same IMF as the one putting together loan...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAccess to mental health in the Maré favelas in Rio: a fight that comes from withinHealth professionals, residents and local institutions in Maré, Rio de Janeiro, fight the precariousness of...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaRacism and state violence in Venezuela todayProfessor Keymer Ávila of the Institute of Criminal Sciences at the Central University of Venezuela discusses lethal...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBolsonaro embraces welfarism and draws closer to Lula"If you run for president, you have to say you are going to expand Bolsa Família. So, go and vote for another...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationIs there an informal pact between Bukele and the gangs in El Salvador?Recent frontal attacks by President Bukele on the Salvadoran press and, specifically, on El Faro, provide evidence...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThe Bolsonaro thingHistorical facts do not repeat themselves, but they can rhyme, like the verses of a long poem.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWomen in the Catholic Church: An unresolved issue“Suddenly we realized that we had our own thoughts, our own voice,” assures Colombian theologian Isabel Corpas de...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil burns as we fight for lifeThe international community can help Brazilians by monitoring the unfolding of the environmental crisis and the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaA president without a party: Bolsonaro's strategy to depoliticize BrazilJair Bolsonaro, currently without political affiliation, spouts anti-politics rhetoric, while celebrating the...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionFormerly colonized people can’t breathe. And the IMF and World Bank are to blameIt’s time for a #FeministBailout based not on profit-maximization but care, respect for eco-systems, and solidarity.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWill Chile’s constitutional process satisfy its citizens’ thirst for democracy?A new constitution that enjoys popular legitimacy promises to fix a profound political crisis in Chile, but its...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationAmérica Crece: Cooperation for development or geopolitical competition?Comparatively little-known but gaining momentum, the North American initiative for Latin America "América Crece"...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMexican morgues are full of infamyMore than 289,000 people have been killed, and 73,000 disappeared between 2006 and 2019 in Mexico. The publication...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaCoronavirus and securitization of migration in South America: The Venezuelan journeyThe pandemic has deepened the vulnerability of Venezuelan migrants in South America, especially in Ecuador, Peru,...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWho protects Colombians?Massacres, murders, police shooting at civilians. Colombia, country of magical realism, seems to have become the new...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe transformation of housing into financial assets normalizes misery in the cities of the AmericasIt is crucial to become aware of the advance of financial speculation on poor housing in the Americas, says Saskia...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Time is ticking to stop the EU-Mercosur trade dealFor the Commission to remain steadfast in supporting this deal, whilst simultaneously tabling an increase of the...
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