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Lilia Schwarcz: “Bolsonaro no es un conservador, es un político retrógrado”
«Nuestro presente está lleno de pasado», resalta la historiadora y antropóloga brasileña Lilia Schwarcz. El martes pasado, el presidente Jair Bolsonaro demostró su poder político en las calles durante las celebraciones del 199º aniversario de la In...
Victoria social desde los escombros de la trágica Rana Plaza
El acuerdo vela por la seguridad en los centros de trabajo en Bangladesh y, lo que es novedoso, anticipa la ampliación de medidas de protección en el sector textil en otros países. A partir del 24 de abril del 2013, una parte sensible de la sociedad pl...
THE WOMEN OF ROJAVA (DFNS) MIRROR FOR AFGHAN WOMEN
The news that the Taliban are gaining strength and regaining power has once again attracted attention. So has the repression against women. All this has generated anger and alarm, of course! And so it should. But given what is happening in the region, and ...
LAS MUJERES DE ROJAVA (FDNS) ESPEJO PARA LAS MUJERES AFGANAS
La noticia de que los talibanes están cobrando fuerza y recuperando el poder ha vuelto a llamar la atención. También la represión contra las mujeres. Todo esto ha generado rabia y alarma ¡desde luego! Y así debe ser. Pero teniendo en cuenta lo que es...
We’re Losing Something
‘Biodiversity’ is not an effective term to use in shaping the global conservation agenda, yet it is at the center of the current IUCN Congress and the upcoming COP-15. The term misdirects attention from the human political, economic and security realit...
A climate disaster in unfolding before our eyes – and politicians still refuse to take action
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall off the coast of Louisiana, triggering a slow-moving disaster as floodwaters breached the levees around New Orleans. Nearly 2,000 people were killed over several weeks, hundreds of thousands of homes were...
Dostoievski, os tormentos da alma e os mistérios do subconsciente
De alguma forma a Dostoievski foi dado, como a poucos, o conhecimento do coração humano, cujas veleidades mais ocultas e mais criminosas são postas a nu nos seus personagens. E isto Dostoievski realizou encarnando tanto a própria alma e suas doenças f...
‘What are they hiding?’ 9/11 families fight for U.S. documents
On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the families of the victims will gather on the anniversary to honour the dead. Last month, they sent a sharp message to the U.S. President Joe Biden, asking him to skip memorial events unless he kept his campaig...