Juan Gabriel Vásquez

The White House’s tariff threat against Brazil to keep Bolsonaro out of prison goes beyond a violation of US law. It means that a president is now using economic blackmail to force another country’s justice system to do his bidding

Candidates from all over the world — Trump in the U.S., Bolsonaro in Brazil, Maduro in Venezuela — seek to reach or stay in power for one main reason: it is the only way to avoid ending up in jail

Contrary to what history dictates, political power is better in women’s hands. But it’s not just political power; economic power can also be part of the conversation

His most lasting legacy was to inject the virus of corruption into a more or less stable democracy, and even to forever disrupt the value system of Colombian society

There are many ways to comment on the attack carried out by Hamas, but one thing is certain: we have never seen this before and there is no way to imagine its consequences

The former president, an excellent reader of his society, discovered that there is no rule that cannot be violated. You just have to do it without apologizing

The United States, which took freedom of expression further than any modern democracy, is now a contradictory society where prohibiting is part of the daily agenda

In ‘The Joke’, the Czech-French writer began to explore the subject that would haunt him all his life: human beings’ fight against the forces that rob them of their freedom

The ultra-conservative media outlet is embroiled in a serious defamation process. Yet, regardless of the outcome, the mentality of its delusional propagandists likely won’t be affected