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On April 28thafter the week of National Strike1 against the tax reform of President Iván Duque in Colombia, a mobilization that was harshly repressed by the police forces, the government finally gave in and withdrew the bill. On Sunday, 2ndof May Colombian President Iván Duque made a statement on television and said: “I request the Congress of the Republic to withdraw the project filed by the Ministry of Finance and urgently process a new project as a result of consensus … Read more

On last 15th of May it was 10 years since the citizens unhappy with the austerity policies took to the streets to say it is enough1. Not much remains of that movement but it marked a before and after in the political and social life of the Spanish state. This movement developed in a general context of contestation with the Arab Spring in Africa and the Middle East or the Occupy movement in North America. That cycle began with the despair … Read more

The technological development of the last decades has brought with it new strategic assets that not so long ago were non-existent. To goods such as oil, weapons, drugs or infrastructure1, the semiconductor industry and the manufacture of chips would now be added. Why is this new industry so important geopolitical and economic and what is its role in the technological war between China and the United States? To understand its importance it is necessary to explain some characteristics of semiconductors. … Read more

In a context such as the current one in which the extreme right takes advantage of the crisis context to incite fear of what is different and that parties like Vox win voters in each new election1, it is necessary to remember the movements to fight against fascism and their achievements when it comes to stopping it, especially now that we have it recently with the failure of the Vox rally in Vallecas thanks to neighborhood action. On April 7th … Read more

Juana Ruiz Sánchez, an activist and international cooperator, arrested on April 13 by the Israeli government for “belonging to an illegal organization”, has seen that the date of her trial has been postponed from this Wednesday the 2nd to the next 7th of July1. The activist has been in Hasaron prison for almost two months, 25 kilometers north of Tel Aviv. The postponement was requested by her lawyer, since they had not been allowed to meet with enough time in … Read more

On July 12, the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) presented a report called “The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2021”1. According to this, throughout the past year -the first year of the pandemic – hunger soared, outpacing population growth. Last year 9.9% of people suffered from malnutrition, compared to 8.4% in 2019, increasing by 161 million the number of people who suffered from hunger compared to the previous year. The reason for … Read more

The terrifying discovery in May 2021 of 215 children buried on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School1, a residential school whose purpose was the acculturation of indigenous children, has exposed the abuses committed in these institutions. They were children buried in unmarked graves and without the knowledge of their families. On June 25, another 751 infant graves appeared in the Marieval Indian Residential School2 and many more in similar institutions until reaching the 4,1003 that are known today, … Read more

Spain has experienced a wave of hate crimes in recent years, with an increase of more than 45% in this type of crime since they began to be accounted for in 20131 until the last report published by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior in 20192. This is not a particular and exclusive case of Spain. In Europe, according to the FRA (Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union), only 17 states3 collect this type of crime. By not breaking … Read more

On March 29th the Generalitat of Catalonia and the electricity company Endesa reached an agreement1 —qualified as “historic” by social organizations— that will relieve 73% of the accumulated debt of the most vulnerable families between 2015 and 20202 and the rest of the debt will be assumed by the autonomous administration. This agreement has only beenpossible thanks to the legal framework that exists in Catalonia: The agreement between Endesa and the Generalitat is framed within Law 24/2015on urgent measures to face the … Read more

On 8th of April the Congress of Spain has approved by majority the Law on Climate Change and Energy Transition1 pending and only from its last process in the Senate and whose objectives include ending the sale of polluting cars in 2040, cutting emissions and achieving the neutrality in greenhouse gas emissions of the country in 2050. It is the first law in the history of Spain specifically aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change. Will it arrive on time and will it have enough ambition to achieve the expected and necessary changes in the country’s energy infrastructure? The law has been approved by votes in favor of the majority of the parties2.Only the parties Partido Popular and Más País have abstained, the latter for “lack of ambition” of the law3 and only VOX has voted against. This accusation of lack of ambition in the law has been common … Read more