Autor: pacifista

The United Nations system warned Chile about the international illegality of pardoning state agents convicted of human rights violations. Far from being a technical debate, the proposal opens an ethical, legal, and human fracture that repositions political power in front of its own victims. The warning was neither ambiguous nor excessively diplomatic. Through its Special…

As Trump assembled major US naval and air assets in the eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and others quietly urged Washington to avoid a full-scale assault on Iran, fearing a direct blowback on their territory and energy infrastructure. Nevertheless, the US–Israeli air campaign began on February 28, 2026, without a…

The dollar, cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence in the struggle for global power. “The power is not only in what is produced. It is in who decides in which currency it is paid.” The dominance of the dollar is not collapsing, but it is being challenged. Between digital currencies, geopolitical tensions and new financial architectures, the…

AMI-E-S C’est dans une tristesse plus profonde que l’Océan Et une Espérance de transcendance plus élevée que le Ciel étoilé que je vous annonce l’Envol de Markus vers la Lumière… Merci de toute votre présence et de vos cérémonies d’Assistance pour l’accompagner sur l’Autre Rive. It was with these touching words from my dear friend…

Toronto recently witnessed one of the largest demonstrations in the world calling for regime change. The city is home to a significant Persian/Iranian diaspora—large enough that at least three generations now coexist, dating back to the arrival in Iran of the first Ayatollah from Paris. A common sentiment emerging from this community is that the…

The Center for Humanist Studies of the Americas (CEHA) is honored to present an upcoming cultural program entitled “Bathala – The Myth of the Tagalog People,” which will be held on March 29 at 10:00 a.m. in Punta de Vacas. This special event featured Karina L. M. Santillan from Manila, Philippines, who will share perspectives…

Honoring the enduring legacy of the country’s National Artists for Music, the University of the Philippines Manila Chorale (UPMC), in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), proudly presents the restaging of Tanglaw: Pamana ng Himig concert with the special collaboration of National Artist for Music Dr. Ramon P. Santos, at…

The tragic incidence of suicide by two farmer brothers of Punjab on 23rd March, 2026, by jumping in front of a moving train has not only left behind a devastated family —their wives, two young daughters aged 8 and 10, and elderly parents with diminished hope seeing an uncertain future through their numb eyes, but has…

by Staikou Dimitra Religious festivals have traditionally been moments of reflection, unity, and collective identity. Yet in fragile and conflict-prone regions, these same moments can be redefined to serve far more dangerous agendas. As Noam Chomsky has noted, “We think with words and speak with thoughts”—an observation that highlights the deep relationship between language, perception,…