Opinion

The new Pope’s first address had a clear flavor of Franciscan continuity

There are still too many unanswered questions, many aspects to be studied, and deep taboos surrounding the most devastating conflict in history

The study of medieval chronicles highlights the traumatic impact of electing the Bishop of Rome

With a single measure, China has changed the landscape of the trade war declared by the United States

As has been demonstrated in countries such as Chile and Colombia, these taxes do not jeopardize economic growth or affect employment rates, and they doubly benefit public health

Allies are forging new coalitions without the United States. European nations are strengthening their own defense systems, and global trade deals are being signed without US participation

In this second installment of the ‘Trump Observatory’, political consultant Antoni Gutiérrez-Rubí analyzes how the Republican president has upped the showmanship in his second term

The oracles of Silicon Valley want to enforce the futures they once envisioned. First, they sold us an idea of the world. Now, they intend to implement it — reshaping laws, institutions, and cultural expectations until their private fantasies become reality

As soon as we approach rest as an objective, we’ve turned it into just another chore and, without realizing it, transformed it into another unattainable goal

The magnate’s ancestor was one of the leaders of the political technocracy movement

In a world that is hyper-connected in the digital sphere, yet isolated when it comes to real life, Latino culture can offer vital inspiration

Inertia is not enough to counter the US president; he must be confronted before he causes further destruction

Reactionary thinking idealizes and falsifies a golden age of the United States, as portrayed by Bill Bryson in his memoirs

Trumpism is inflicting severe damage on both his country and others. However, for Europe, it may present an opportunity to regain ground, restore vitality, and rebuild confidence in itself

The US criminal system is a gulag of cruelty and poverty that crushes human beings

Every crisis breeds its own monsters, and the Great Recession has left us with inequality. Donald Trump is the last link in that chain

A concert in Guadalajara that paid tribute to the leader of the Jalisco New Generation forces us to confront the social complacency that these criminal organizations enjoy in the country

The model that inspires Trump is the mafia, a group of unscrupulous entrepreneurs who seek their own profit while claiming to respect honor, family, and God

In the absence of effective institutions and checks and balances, journalists in Nicaragua have become a crucial pillar of support for institutions, the opposition, and civil organizations devastated by the repression of Ortega and Murillo

Holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel says: ‘What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the executioner, but the silence of the spectators’

No one believes Trump’s hardball tactics, bullying and humiliation of other leaders will stop. But his predatory approach will exact an enormous cost in U.S. credibility and reliability not befitting a serious superpower

The biopic explains what he learned from Roy Cohn, an unscrupulous lawyer addicted to lying and extortion. The portrait is brutal, not unlike the current reality

Just as a living being has tissues and organs, society has structures that provide it with resilience and allow it to adapt to changes and evolve

In order to maintain itself, the entertainment industry has no choice but to generate an immense wheel of media noise and keep talking about itself for months and months