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Published in: democraciaAbiertaG20 bets on fossil fuels for post-Covid-19 economy recovery plans
G20 governments have allocated at least US$151 billion to fossil fuels since the pandemic started, largely...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationThe dismantling of the oil industry in Venezuela and the defense of the public sphere
The subsidized price of fuels and the systematic looting of PDVSA have led Venezuela to an unusual situation: being...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationVenezuelan women give birth in ‘hell’ amid COVID-19 and economic collapse
Giving birth in Venezuela was already ‘Dantesque’, say experts. But with COVID-19 it’s even getting worse. This is...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHow has COVID-19 affected women's rights during childbirth? Help us track this globally
Since the pandemic started, we've been documenting cases of abuse and mistreatment of women in labour around the...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationTop doctors and lawyers condemn ‘shocking’ treatment of women in childbirth during COVID-19
Exclusive: openDemocracy investigation reveals ‘traumatic’ incidents defying WHO guidelines in 45 countries – as...
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Published in: 50.50: Investigation'No woman should be treated how I was in childbirth'
How has COVID-19 affected women's rights during childbirth? Watch this 3-minute film.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationWomen across Latin America ‘under pressure’ to have C-sections during COVID-19
Women are facing an ‘obstetric violence’ crisis made worse by the pandemic, despite laws against mistreatment and...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWhat fate for the Venezuelan migrants stranded in Peru?
Peru and other countries of destination, have a moral duty towards vulnerable migrants and refugees.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil: The undoing of a country known for its innovative health policies
How 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 militarization
The 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: 50.50The sex work network we have been building is saving us during COVID-19
I’m a sex worker in Argentina. I can’t work and I have no support from the government, but our grassroots network is...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationZapatistas: Lessons in community self-organisation in Mexico
As 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 chaos
As 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: 50.50: InvestigationInfant formula companies are ‘exploiting’ COVID-19 pandemic
Companies are accused of using COVID-19 to push their products, including targeting parents’ ‘fears of infection’.