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How is Venezuela when COVID-19 is about to hit hard?

7 April 2020

Written by: Cristóbal Picón All articles by Cristóbal Picón

Written by: Isabella Picón All articles by Isabella Picón

Amid political deadlock and ongoing humanitarian and human rights crisis, and facing an increased hassle from the...
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Quarantine in Venezuela: the war against society by other means

8 April 2020

Written by: Rafael Uzcátegui All articles by Rafael Uzcátegui

The response of the Chavista state to Covid-19 goes no further than repeating its authoritarian patterns of...
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Covid-19: Why is it so important to protect indigenous territories?

7 April 2020

Written by: Juan Manuel Crespo All articles by Juan Manuel Crespo

In the face of the rapid advance of the Covid-19 pandemic around the world, it is worth asking who are among the...
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“Essential” immigrant farmworkers struggle to feed themselves during Coronavirus

6 April 2020

Written by: Danica Jorden All articles by Danica Jorden

Immigrant farm workers have long been essential to the United States. But they have never been recognized, respected...
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Venezuela calls for agreements on dignity and life in the face of Covid-19

6 April 2020

Written by: Feliciano Reyna Ganteaume All articles by Feliciano Reyna Ganteaume

In the face of the pandemic caused by Covid-19, protecting the lives and dignity of people must be at the heart of...
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Coronavirus, risk society and the return of the State

2 April 2020

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

The new coronavirus crisis is turning everything upside down.Español

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“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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Cuba in the time of the coronavirus

Published on: 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...

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Bukele calls on God and the military to bend Congress to his will in El Salvador

Published on: 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...

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An era of extremes seems to have started in Latin America

Published on: 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...

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COVID-19: last chance to reevaluate our values?

Published on: 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...

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We must stand up to protect Brazil’s Amazon rainforest from this huge dam

Published on: 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...

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Today's Brazil is worse than Marielle Franco's. But its future belongs to the Marielles

Published on: 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...

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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...

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Gulfs between government offers and citizens' demands in Chile

Published on: 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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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