Autor: pacifista

“¡Vamos a la Toma!” “¡Juventud y gloria, La Victoria!”, corean una veintena de niños y niñas junto a sus apoderados y educadores de párvulos mientras desfilan por las calles de su barrio, durante la mañana del pasado 30 de octubre. Es la nueva generación descendiente – algunos son bisnietos- de las 1.200 familias que llegaron…

Zohran Mamdani’s recent win represents an important milestone in New York City’s political life — but this time, the significance goes well beyond a single campaign. What emerged in this election is the visible force of a new generation of activists: young organizers, tenants, workers, and artists who are finding their collective voice and reshaping…

In a somewhat unstable socio-political context, a few days before October 10, the date on which World Mental Health Day is celebrated each year, Bogotá was the epicenter of a silent revolution that promises to transform the way the world understands and treats mental health. Thanks to the tireless efforts of its promoter, Patricia Mena,…

A society cannot continue when the majority is left with mere crumbs. The outrageous accumulation of wealth in a few hands –a hallmark of capitalism– must somehow be curbed. Taxation is one way to achieve that. Mamdani’s rise is a sign/proof that capitalism is failing. And when capitalism fails, what happens? People move either right…

Chair Luis Vayas Announces His Exit From Post, Bureau To Vote on New Chair  New York, NY– Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso of Ecuador has formally announced that he is stepping down as Chair of the plastics treaty negotiations, creating a leadership vacuum during a pivotal moment in the treaty process. GAIA has frequently critiqued the former…

Ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina refused to apologize for the bloody crackdown on street protests that led to her downfall last year, and told international media outlets that she has no intention to leave India. Last week, Sheikh Hasina from her safe house – somewhere in Delhi, India gave written interviews to Reuters, The…

The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, currently serving as the President of the Conference of Speakers and Presidents of African Legislatures (COSPAL), has been unanimously elected as a member to the newly created African Group on Peace Initiative for Russia-Ukraine crisis. The Russia-Ukraine crisis began late February 2022, after the State Duma…

History shows that even the strongest republics crumble when leaders and citizens neglect their duties. Invading armies can topple a state, but republics are often undone from within—by the neglect of those sworn to their care. Rome, with its Senate, vast provinces, and ideals of civic virtue, offers a mirror for our uncertain age, showing…

El Consejo de Seguridad aprobó el pasado viernes 31 de octubre una resolución sobre el Sáhara Occidental, que amplía por un año más el mandato de la Misión de Naciones Unidas para el Referéndum en el Sáhara Occidental (MINURSO). La novedad de la resolución de este año es que los Estados Unidos, bajo la presidencia…