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The International Monetary Fund, which was born in 1944 in the Bretton Woods agreements, has been one of the main forces that imposed the neoliberal agenda on the entire planet1, since the 1970s, conditioning its loans on austerity measures. And the current health crisis has not meant any change in this regard. An analysis carried out by OXFAM of 91 loans made by the IMF to countries during the pandemic2 reveals that at least 76 of them were conditioned to … Read more

Repression has always been one of the ways in which governments, or any group that holds power, have acted against those who challenge existing power relations. It has been defined as the employment or threat of coercion by the powerful on those who oppose it in order to weaken resistance to their will1. In short, repression is any institutional activity that tends to inhibit collective behaviors. Repression is not the only mechanism for collective control. Talcott Parsons, in “The Nature … Read more

The people of Chile chose this October 25 to end the Constitution that governed the country since 1980 (approved by a questionable plebiscite1), with 78’27% of the affirmative votes2. Likewise, 78.99% of the citizens voted in favor of the new Constitution being drawn up by a Constitutional Convention3, formed in equal parts by popularly elected members and parliamentarians in office. The turnout was 51%4. However, this is just the beginning of a journey that is estimated to end in 2022. … Read more

The Movement to Socialism (MAS) won, with 55.1% of the votes, the general elections that took place this October 18 in Bolivia1,2. The president will be Luis Arce, who was Evo Morales’ economy minister throughout his term. The elections were mostly peaceful3  and its  results have been recognized internationally4,5. The holding of these elections was the consequence of the challenge of those in the year 2019 (to which Evo Morales was presented as president)6, due to the complaint of fraud … Read more

“Every person has the right to a comfortable standard of living that ensures, as well as his/her family, health and well-being, and especially food, clothing, housing, […]”1. This is how the United Nations defined, in 1948, the right of every human being to housing, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, this statement was not binding. On the other hand, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights2 was, signed and subsequently ratified by most of the countries of … Read more

Due to the exceptional health situation that has led to a declaration of a state of emergency by COVID-19, the workshops scheduled for March 20 and April 3 that were to take place within the framework of these sessions are delayed. The new dates will be indicated when the situation returns to normal. Until then we hope that all of you are well.

The construction of today’s world cannot be understood without the internet. Fake news, massive data processing, cyber espionage, the modification of electoral processes or the situations of Assange or Snowden are just some examples of how power relations are built today. In this context, the need to know new forms of action and action that allow shaping counterpower dynamics arise, as well as tools and mechanisms that help protect and exercise rights in the digital plane. With these issues as … Read more

On December 15, after a 2-day extension, the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) closed, which turned out to be, once again, a missed opportunity to tackle the current climate problem. After a hard negotiation, a minimum agreement was reached to save the Paris Agreement, which does not respond to the demands made by civil society and the scientific community. The document, approved in extremis with the name “Chile-Madrid, time to act”, saves COP25 from … Read more

Last December 6 the March for the Climate started. Alongside thousands of people from all parts of the world, we toured the streets of Madrid to demand climate justice, thus giving the starting signal to the Social Summit for the Climate, an event in which more than 300 acts of various kinds are scheduled by the various organizations that participate in the so-called People’s Summit. The march convened by Fridays for Future, Alliance for Climate, Alliance for Climate Emergency, 2020 … Read more

On December 2, the Climate Summit (COP25) began. With the aim of achieving a global mitigation scenario, world leaders meet at an essential summit to keep the planet’s temperature rise below 1.5º C. It is the last meeting to save the Paris Agreement planned to be implemented in 2020. The summit finally takes place in Madrid from December 2 to 13, since Chile resigned, due to the social protests faced by the Piñera executive throughout the country. IFEMA will bring … Read more