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This article was originally drafted by Fernando Prada and the FORO Nacional Internacional as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Conventional wisdom during 2012 was that the region was developing in two tracks —distinguished by the impact of the economic crisis in industrialized economies. A first […]

Imagine the public budget as a big cake. The biggest slices cover expenses for pensions, education, unemployment benefits, medical insurance, social assistance, etc. Together they make up the components of the welfare state on which we rely so much. If one slice of the cake gets bigger, the other pieces […]

Whether there is a desired role for women in a specific society or not, social exaggeration is always possible. Below, I’d like to give two examples from Northern and Central Europe of how the mark can be overstepped.   “Equality, reflection drawing for kids” – photo by Min stemme on […]

This article was originally drafted by Fernando Romero and Ángela López and the FORO Nacional Internacional as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. South American countries are becoming more attractive to live and work. A group of governments has launched programs to bring back their compatriots, but […]

Some decades ago Esperanza was married secretly. She and Francisco got together one Thursday at 8 in the morning at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín, with two friends who acted as witness. Afterwards each went their separate way to work and that was it; no fancy party, no public ceremony. […]