Every year, I hear, "We’ve been preparing since January," but that 'preparation' focuses solely on marketing and supplier negotiations, as if logistics were a technical detail that resolves itself...

Even U.S. government data contradicts Abrams' narrative. Reports from the DEA and UNODC have long shown that the vast majority of cocaine destined for U.S. consumers originates in Colombia and travels by the Pacific, not through Venezuela. Washington knows this. But the fiction of a 'Venezuelan narco-route' is politically convenient...

The recent provision introduced by parliamentarians close to José Antonio Kast in the Budget Law—a measure seeking to collect sensitive information from women who abort under the three legal conditions—stands as a troubling example. Although framed as 'management' or 'administration,' opening health databases to identify women exercising a legal right is not just a violation of their privacy; it is a political signal of regression. It sets the stage for surveillance...

I asked Google Gemini about the carbon footprint of this immense event, which welcomed over 50,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries, where air travel was almost certainly the primary contributor. The response indicated that there is no public and definitive figure for the equivalent tons of CO2 emitted during the event.

We must not let fear or discouragement paralyze us. The right, with its many faces, proposes a path of retreat, fewer rights, greater repression, and safeguarding its privileges. The total of their votes in the first round, no matter how high, is fragile, built on heterogeneous discontent rather than a solid programmatic conviction for the majority...

In a country where women disappear, where drug traffickers contest entire neighborhoods, where environmental defenders are threatened, and where feminized poverty is systemic, allowing the far-right to advance is not just a political rollback: it is a direct threat to our lives...

On November 19, 1944, Carlos Lorca Tobar was born, a prominent leader of the Socialist Youth during the Allende presidency, whose legacy is remembered today amid rising right-wing sentiments in Chile.

In a poignant column, Jean Flores Quintana warns that the Chilean presidential race will determine the fate of democracy versus barbarism. He highlights the right and far-right's manipulation of impunity, offering amnesties that equate crimes against humanity with penalties stemming from social unrest. According to the author, this strategy, amplified by media and candidates like Kaiser, Parisi, and Kast, seeks to reverse civilizational advancements through fear and forgetfulness, ultimately undermining the moral foundation of human rights.

What prevails is not enthusiasm, but the burden of a stagnant reality: people are voting for continuity, not conviction. This widespread sentiment reveals a deeper rift than any electoral conflict. It reflects the feeling that no current leadership is envisioning the future of Chile, a country many long to see, yet few dare to help build...

International law does not need reinterpretation, but rather the will to be applied, both by Israel and all member states. The law has spoken clearly: the occupation is illegal, the settlements are illegal, the wall is illegal. What is lacking is not more declarations, but decisive and collective action to end genocide...