conservative-nationalism

Image: Anthony Krikoryan on ShutterstockRicardo Pascoe PierceConservative nationalism is a worldwide trend today, although it is difficult to discern in all its intricacies. The conjunction of apparently alien forces has a strange common ideological component: it includes conservative nationalists...

defenseless-states

Image: ALXR on ShutterstockAntonio NavalónAssuming that in the afterlife, there was freedom of expression and that the spirits could manifest themselves, Fidel Castro must surely be, on the one hand, enjoying himself but also suffering. The events in Ecuador...

latin-america-is-on-an-unknown-course

Photo: Zameel HZ on UnsplashRicardo Pascoe PierceSimplifying what is happening in Latin America in political, economic, and social terms leads to a failure to perceive long-term trends. Instead, analyses tend to start from immediate circumstances to extrapolate long-term trends.Photo:...

getting-out-of-the-mud

Photo: Cindy Creighton on ShutterstockFederico Reyes HerolesWe know they lie to us. They know we know they are lying to us, and… they keep on lying.How far can it go? It is difficult to say. It appears in the...

my-readings-2

Photo: Muralinath on iStockLuis RubioThomas Carlyle (1795-1881) says, "the True University of these days is a collection of books." Here is my best attempt to share some of the readings that impacted me the most this year.Photo: Robert Scott...