Brazil decriminalizes marijuana use in a decision that opens the door to thousands of releases
The issue is so sensitive in Brazil and the pressures are so great that Brazil's Supreme Court deliberated for nine ...
Tag: Black population
Spanish imperialism, origin of the dehumanization of black people and 500 years of racism
“You only have to see his face to understand that he is a true black man born in the heat—heat ...
Mandela’s heirs face their biggest test in South Africa elections
Recently South Africa celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first democratic election, which brought Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela ...
Fikile Hlabiso’s painful choice: go hungry or succumb to the ravages of the climate emergency in Cape Town
“Our life is simple: every time Coca-Cola, Pepsi or Volkswagen opens a factory in Cape Town, we move our families, ...
Luis Cortés: “A neighborhood teaches you solidarity and respect. “You don’t learn that in an urbanization in Madrid.”
“I am achieving things that I never thought I would achieve in my life.” Luis Cortés, 22 years old, refers ...
Brazilian artist Rosana Paulino sutures the wound of slavery
The Brazilian artist Rosana Paulino recovered the black faces of her ancestors from the family album. She enlarged them, printed ...
“When you become a star you are screwed”: Morgan Freeman, the veteran actor condemned to play himself
All those who feel disturbed by changes in gender, race or sex in literary adaptations, those who are agitated by ...
It's now official: Brazil is more mixed race than white
The first time he noticed something strange happening there was when he was a child, at school. The typical Brazilian ...
How to Heal Slavery, or the Musical Celebration of Haiti's First Abolitionist Revolts
For those who live in chains, the forms of freedom are malleable. The horizon of the maroon, far from being ...
Teresita Gómez: “If I were born again I would be an incendiary rapper”
EL PAÍS offers the América Futura section openly for its daily and global information contribution on sustainable development. If you ...
