ADRIÁN DÍAZ MARRO Mexico City America is a continent in eternal transition. The colonial era was never surpassed, in any case replaced, and the custody of minors changed hands by virtue of an emancipation that has not yet materialized. We stop looking east and start looking north; the new promised land.

CECILIA VALDEZ Buenos Aires I closely followed Lula's last prison and I am convinced that the Lula who left prison is infinitely better than the one who entered. He read more in prison than he had read in his entire life and came out with a very firm conviction on the question of the sovereignty of states.

XULIO RÍOS Taiwan will hold local elections on November 26. The combination of an increase in continental pressure on several fronts and the hypothetical exaggeration of the threat by the US could lead to the sentiment of the Taiwanese that the possibility of a conflict is not remote but real, contrary to what they imagined until now.