The criminal record of John Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, alias “Popeye,”looks at first sight to be “absurd” and wildly exaggerated, crediting him with the direct or indirect involvement in the death of over 3,000 people. 

There are two projects for reforming the countryside: one already proposed by the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto and its partners; and one offered by campesino organizations. 

Estela de Carlotto, president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, was recently reunited with her abducted grandson, Ignacio Hurban/Guido Montoya Carlotto, and it has brightened the mood in Argentina while generating more interest in further investigations.  It has also given the President’s popularity a boost. 

The “Monsanto Law” is a direct attack on Guatemalan sovereignty and could be introducing “a new process of colonialization.” 

We live in a market economy that has led to the creation of a culture of wasteful consumption.  It has set out to convert the human being into a “good consumer,” especially children and youth. 

One of the richest men in the world proposes a way to reduce the workday. 

Economic policy should aim to better organize economic activity, increase production, improve productivity (producing more and better existing financial resources), and improve living conditions and social progress.  But this must involve redistribution of income and wealth.  

Do not be fooled by the merchants of poverty. 

After the intensity of the World Cup, Brazil turns back to real life. And real life is showing itself to be somewhat complicated, especially for President Dilma Rousseff. 

On the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense (EAAF), the president of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Estela de Carlotto, thanked the anthropologists for working on the identification of missing persons.