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Una vida en la favela
Written by Sara Martin
Abstract: Carmen Lucia Mareiro Maia, 58 years old, is a nurse who has lived at the Tabajaras community all her life. Tabajaras is a small slum located near the Copacabana neighborhood, the heart of south Rio. It is said that slums here are like little cities inside the city, with […]
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Turning to Localization instead of Globalization
Written by Juliana Rincon
I grew up in a time when the barriers between developed countries and developing countries started becoming permeable. Windows opened and I could peek into life in other latitudes. As I learned about lives of people in other places, I absorbed the message that development meant I should aspire to […]
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La invasión de la globalización
Written by Jacinta Escudos
Abstract: In El Salvador, you can see globalization reflected in most streets and shopping malls. International brands have opened shops and deliver services to thousands of enthusiastic Salvadorans who consider the presence and the access to those brands as a symbol of status (understood solely as economic well being.) When […]
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Louis Vuitton’s Golden Suitcase of Discord
Written by Masha Egupova
Imagine Red Square in Moscow with the colorful snow-covered onion domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral, the red bricks of the Kremlin, and the centuries-old cobblestones. They have all witnessed the October Revolution, the defeat of Tsarist Russia and countless military parades. Now imagine a giant 30-meter long two storey high […]
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Venezuela vive su proceso ajena a la globalización
Written by Kira Kariakin
Abstract: Venezuela is a country experiencing intense political contradictions that affect the economy. XXI Century Socialism is the system under which Chávez envisioned the development of Venezuela. The “5 engines” for the revolution are being implemented, but these deny by principle any dialogue and consensus. In that scenario, the private sector has […]
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Commercial sex work in the guise of entertainment
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
Signboards with names like Jhakkas tequila with Dance or Moonlight Cabin Restaurant or Welcome Massage dot the crowded streets of Thamel, Purano Baneshwor, Gaushala and other localities in Kathmandu. A little more than a decade ago commercial sex work and prostitution began to thrive behind the thin veil of cabin restaurants, dance bars and massage parlours in Kathmandu catering […]
