democratic-taiwan

Photo: Yu Lin Chen on PexelsAngel Jaramillo*Last January 13, a sea of green and red flags was waved by a euphoric crowd in a square near the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) headquarters in Taipei. They celebrated the triumph of...

project-or-fantasy

Image: Getty Images in collaboration with Unsplash+Federico Reyes HerolesThe discussion was intense. Ignorance and fears, real and mythical, lurked. Commercial partners of the US? But they are our historical enemy; they want to appropriate our natural wealth.Image: Dom Fou...

on-the-eve-of-2024

Image: smshoot on iStockWars, polarization, and uncertainty reign in the immediate future.None of the forecasts at the beginning of the year* alerted us to the outcomes we experienced. The widely anticipated recession didn't happen; the U.S. economy is growing...

more-people-killed-in-mexico-than-in-gaza

Photo: Carlos Jasso/Reuters on france24.comRicardo Pascoe PierceWhile in Gaza, the death toll exceeds 20,000, in Mexico, the death toll in 2023 is approaching 30,000. President Lopez Obrador has diplomatically called for a ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas group...

the-hidden-comrade

Photo: Felipe Parucker on PexelsJuan VilloroEspionage is inseparable from English literature. Daniel Defoe, Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, and, of course, David Cornwell, better known as John Le Carré, were secret agents. The enigmas of loyalty and betrayal fascinate a...

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