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The liberal and libertarian project in Argentina: the six hardest blows against women’s and vulnerable sectors’ rights

March 20, 2024

Only ten days after assuming the presidency after winning the ballot with 55.7% of the votes, the libertarian liberal Javier Milei signed a Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU). In this article we present the 6 blows against the emblematic advances that Argentina had made for women’s rights, for training on gender issues, for the prevention of discrimination and for the protection of nature in the country.

The Impact of the Monroe Doctrine in Mexico and Central America and How We Can Change It

December 22, 2023

Mira director Laura Carlsen offers a close-up of the impacts of U.S. policy in Mexico and Central America. Juan González, of the Great Cities Institute and Democracy Now!, examines immigration, US policy and the links between forced immigration and sanctions, and Gimena Sánchez of WOLA looks at policy in Colombia and the Andean region. Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research discussed the history and the impact of U.S. economic sanctions.

Feminist policies, a shield against the far right

October 5, 2023

A few weeks before the first round of elections in Argentina, the far right is ahead in the polls with candidate Javier Milei. Julia Muriel Dominzain of MIRA: Feminisms and Democracies interviews Mercedes D’Alessandro, feminist economist and the first National Director of Economics, Equality and Gender to discuss the achievements and challenges for the feminist agenda in the face of the electoral dispute. 

Mayan seeds against feminist monoculture

October 5, 2023

In her book Talking Back, Feminist Thinking, Black Thinking, bell hooks talks about how often ‘feminist women (many of whom are white) say they […]