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En busca de Eldorado
Written by Amaya Querejazu
Abstract: To see globalization only taking into account its economic dimension is simplistic and reductionist. If there is something to be held accountable for exploitation and inequality is neoliberalism. Yet, neoliberalism uses globalization as a tool to spread competitiveness, labor flexibility, free trade, free markets and privatization, and the outcome […]
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Homes and Hopes
Written by purpleromero
Manila needs to optimize urban design, one that uses sustainable development as a tool to address the needs of the people. In this city that was once torn by wars, there should be space for in-city relocation and revitalized waterways. There should be space for better life.
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Delhi Gives Hope but not Work
Written by Rahulkumar
“People need hope, people need loving People need trust from a fellow man People need love to make a good living People need faith in a helping hand…” So sang Abba a few decades back. Sadly, hope, trust, love and faith are all in short supply. Well, so are jobs, […]
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(Mis)understanding Conflict
Written by Luis Felipe Morgado
Social media have amplified the power of pictures, and with this the need to ponder the meaning of such pictures. Do they allow for deeper understanding, or rather mis-inform us? A voyage through Susan Sontag, the Gaza War and Facebook.
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Youth entrepreneurship in the UK: Challenges and opportunities
Written by Dominika Kaczkowska
Is entrepreneurship an answer to current job losses and economic difficulties? For those who always wanted to go “their own way” there’s no better time than now to become an entrepreneur. The United Kingdom offers a huge variety of support schemes and mentoring schemes for aspiring young entrepreneurs. There is […]
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Post-Chávez Venezuela: A Country on the Edge
Written by Samuel George
On October 7, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez emerged on the balcony of El Palacio de Miraflores in front of thousands of supporters to accept re-election through 2019. Thus ended months of speculation. Would Chávez, diagnosed with cancer in 2011, live to the election? Had urban voters […]
