Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office produced 142 executive orders, a global trade war, a record stock market decline, a plummeting dollar, an economic downturn, 121,000 government employers on Elon Musk’s
The World in Focus | Analysis column On Aug. 20 audio recordings came out in which Diego Spagnuolo, then-director of the National Disability Agency (ANDIS), discusses a bribery scheme involving the ANDIS government purchase
As an empire in the late stage of hegemonic power, the U.S. focuses on maintaining its military and financial advantage through the Pentagon and the dollar. This article focuses on the proposal
The World in Focus | Analysis column Thirty-five years after the US authorities officially launched the ten liberal principles that were to govern the global economy, set out in the Washington Consensus, President Trump
The World in Focus | Analysis column The US government’s interference in the administration of justice in countries such as Brazil and Argentina has spread to Colombia. On July 28, former President
In urgent times, I will speak from a place of “we,” not to universalize my experience but to recover a sense of coexistence. In urgent times, I call upon the power of
Donald Trump’s so-called “big beautiful bill” has now been passed into law, almost entirely on the strength of support from Republican members of Congress. One question that kept arising as I followed
The World in Focus | Analysis column A week after Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, key military infrastructure, and residential buildings—killing senior officers, nuclear scientists, and civilians—the world is on
NOTE: With this excellent investigative report, we begin our collaboration with El Turbión, a website that describes itself as follows: “El Turbión is a techno-activist organization dedicated to promoting the right to
By Paola Jaimes Santamaria, Pedro Labayen Herrera Last month, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced the finalization of a “free trade” agreement (FTA) with Canada, marking the culmination of nearly a year of
