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Mexican democracy is alive, but the nature of its own sickness has made us all question whether it is working appropriately. Corruption, in addition to an oligarchic unequal society defending individual interests over plural ones and spurring continuous conflict, has undermined the evolution of Mexican democracy and have created a […]

“In a sense it’s strange that humanity didn’t turn out even worse…that our goals are sometimes unrealistic and that we have to live with frustration is bad enough..” – Johan Galtung. Galtung one of the foremost theorists in peace and conflict studies, I believe hits the nail on the head. […]

Conflict is an inevitable element of human societies.

Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2012 provides valuable information for understanding global political and economic changes, but still has to be complemented with other information in order to understand citizen’s mood around Latin America, a region which is experimenting deep changes. In the case of Chile, which shows a very high BTI index, the party in government and the main opposition party get low approval rates. Some other paradoxes have emerged recently in the region.

Politicians, scholars and philosophers have been debating the origins of war and peace for a very long time. There is no common solution and no shared viewpoint on this matter. Yet just because people have fought for centuries does not mean that it is not within our power to stop […]

After the Olympic euphoria, London’s gigantic show has left us with mixed memories of well-rehearsed glorified races, gold medals and tears. Flags, fireworks and red sightseeing buses accompanied millions of spectators worldwide during the whole summer. Yet these fierce symbols of London’s Olympics also share another pecularity : they are […]