The “war on drugs” campaign of Rodrigo Duterte and appropriate transitional justice to meet the investigation of the crimes Author: Jenny Brömel This is Jennilyn Olayres holding her partner Michael Siaron, 30. He was “a pedicab driver, who was shot dead and killed by unidentified riding in tandem suspects” (Lerma,
An analysis on the Narco-Trade and its influence on Taliban-occupied Afghanistan Author: Arkadeep Pal Translated into Spanish by Silvana Gordillo González Here’s an undisputed fact, – the 20-year USA-led NATO campaign in Afghanistan can be chalked up in the list of several monumental foreign policy catastrophes by the Western Bloc.
"There is something different about the way Peruvians do politics," writes Rafael Velasquez. "Something scary, it should be said." Politicians use everything from the powerful coca leaf influence to old resentment towards neighboring Chile to squeeze out a political advantage over their opponents. It is, says Velasquez, a dangerous recipe.
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- julio 7, 2020
The upcoming presidential elections in Mexico may provide an opportunity to break from the failed policies of the ongoing "war on drugs" and pursue an alternative, rights-based, and public health-centered drug policy. After discussing the social costs and self-defeating rhetoric of the "war on drugs", this paper offers some hope
The Bolivian President has promoted a true transition: A constitutional reform, which introduces elements of direct democracy and allows for the postulation of independent candidates in municipal elections, the systematic depolitization of public posts, the ratification of reasonable and realistic agreements (which reconstructs the confidence in negotiation), the rejection to
Catherine Bellamy sits ringside to witness one NGO’s work to bring pride and hope to the violent favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
- junio 7, 2020
