October 12, The Day of Many Names
October 12 is a date that is associated with several concepts accepted and rejected by different sectors of society. It is a controversial topic that generates confrontations. The name of this date...
Category: North America
Britney Spears: I deserve to have a life
While many of us have known that Britney Spears was living under a conservatorship for several years now, I don’t think many of us had realized the extent of it, and the extent of the abuse she has...
US and Russia: new rules for a new Cold War
The world has yet to see the results of the Geneva summit between the US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Strategic stability, climate change, cybersecurity and the...
The influence of global warming on the countries of the Arctic region
Climate is one of the most important expenses the world's leading economies face, costing hundreds of trillions of dollars. The Paris Protocol prescribes reducing carbon emissions by at least a...
American exceptionalism is killing America
As the Covid-19 vaccine rollout gets underway here in the hard-hit US, chaos continues to reign. Down in go-it-alone Texas - yes, that state with its own standalone, cheap energy-providing electrical...
China Is Outperforming The West, Politically And Economically
The inauguration of Joe Biden as 46th President of the United States promises a more competent and less contentious approach to foreign affairs than was the case with his predecessor Donald Trump....
QAnon and the storm of the U.S. Capitol: the offline effect of online conspiracy theories
Marc-André Argentino, Concordia University What is the cost of propaganda, misinformation and conspiracy theories? Democracy and public safety, to name just two things. The United States has...
Unmasking MAGA Hispanic Man
As a liberal American who has never lived in a state where my presidential vote counted (thanks to our white, male, landowning founders having created a little system of disenfranchisement called the...
US election: one hundred years of Iran-US relations
Since the Islamic Revolution, Iran and America's relations have become tense and hostile. The two countries stand against each other and, despite the efforts made to establish a relationship again,...
US elections: the polarization of Venezuela from outside its borders
The current U.S. presidential election is, so far, the one that has garnered the most interest and concern among the Venezuelan people. Due to the influence of the US, the results will not only...