Leila Guerriero, a fundamental figure in Latin American Journalism, has recently published Zona de obras, arguing that a journalist’s worst sins are ignorance and naivety.

We live under the tendency of “oligarchization” of the elites; a growing concentration of power in the hands of politically privileged families, which not only results in injustice, but in professional and administrative inadequacy.

Here are two takes on Argentina’s present-day situation. 

“When one person criticizes another it does not constitute a breach, but rather it simply means they think differently. The person who cannot tolerate criticism is the same person for whom such criticism means an insuperable breach.”

“2016 will be a difficult year for Latin America. Political, social, and economic challenges will be the order of the day. From Mexico to Argentina we will be receiving news that will put to the test our feeble institutions, few of which could shore up enough strength during the recent economic boom in time to

“Two cases from last week are worth reflecting on when considering the real reasons that the Superintendence of Communication (Supercom) and the Regulatory Committee (Cordicom) exist in Ecuador.”

The latest elections in Peru have witnessed the left responding to its newest challenges in two distinct ways: three presidential candidates that are recognizably leftist and a small constellation of ostensibly leftist figures who espouse notably right-wing platforms. In a way, the darkest predictions about the future division of power seem to be coming true.

“Modernity was inaugurated with the declaration of citizens’ rights in 1789 and the three programmatic words that have inspired all political action in the modern era: liberty, equality, and fraternity. The last of these is the one that has been forgotten.”

“All one need do is glance at the news to recall the multiple horrors that are occurring one right after the other on a daily basis; monsters who with power, weapons, and/or money affect other people’s lives; the daily tragedies that become mirror images of a world hell-bent on destroying itself.”

“The economy’s health is influenced by the behavior of individuals who serve as economic agents, who make decisions regarding consumption, production, savings, and investment in conjunction with existing incentives…”