By Maurizio Sacchi
Former Brazilian Head of State Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016) was elected on 24 March as the new President of the NBD (New Development Bank), the economic body of the so-called BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South...
Relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States today represent the most important node on a global level. It is a relationship that has always been fluctuating, alternating between periods of effective and fruitful cooperation and...
by Raffaele Crocco
It was 1 January. If the first day of the year marks the beginning of something, or at least that’s how it’s perceived, then the 1st of January 1994 really marked the beginning of an adventure. On...
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, NATO has once again become a major player on the world stage. If in fact until recently it had been described by commentators as an organisation in deep crisis, even...
by Maurizio Sacchi
At least two clichés about the relationship between Colombian criminal organisations and politics are demystified in the memoirs of former narco Carlos Lehder. His book, Life and Death of the Medellín Cartel (below is the cover of...
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by Alice Pistolesi*
In times of more than unstable balances and widespread and expanding conflicts, it comes naturally to reflect on the role of the United Nations. About the functions they should have and those they actually exercise. We talked...
By Gianni Beretta
At least 1,400 young pandilleros were arrested in El Salvador in some 50 public order operations throughout the country. This happened in the first three days of the 'state of exception' adopted by the President of the...
Clashes in the province of Chincheros, Apurímac, between members of the community and the national police resulted in the death of a second person. This brings the number of dead in Apurímac to four,' writes El Comercio, 'and there...
legal and psychological support legalby Sofia Silei
The “Committee of Relatives of Victims of the Caracazo” (Covafic) is a prominent Venezuelan non-governmental organization established in 1989 in response to the violent crackdown known as El Caracazo. This event, marked...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Gustavo Petro is the new President of Colombia. With 11 million votes and 50.57 per cent, together with his deputy Francia Marquez, he beat the right-wing populist Rodolfo Hernàndez by a margin of around 700,000 votes. "It...
