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The left that no longer works. Ideas to get back on track.

48 min read JUAN TORRES

JUAN TORRES
The recent indictment of former socialist president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is riddled with accusations without evidence and based on unproven presumptions, but it cannot be denied that it is part of a very long trail of frustrations and disappointments produced by left-wing leaders in almost the entire world.

Even if his complete innocence were proven tomorrow on all the charges against him, we couldn't help but wonder what someone who presents himself as a moral reference point for the left was doing among commission agents, corrupt officials, and traitors, and what need he has to dedicate himself to making money on the always subtle border between right and wrong when, at the same time, he gives speeches as a champion of equality, transparency, and social justice.

End Israel's war against peace

7 min read JEFFREY D SACHS

JEFFREY SACHS AND SYBIL FARES
A two-week ceasefire has partially halted the Israeli-American war against Iran. The war achieved absolutely nothing that a competent diplomat could not have accomplished in an afternoon. The Strait of Hormuz was open before the war and is now open again, but under greater Iranian control.

Meanwhile, the chaos continues. Israel is determined to break the ceasefire, as this was an Israeli war from the start. Israel dazzled Trump with the prospect of a one-day decapitation strike that would put him in control of Iranian oil. Israel, in turn, sought a greater prize: to topple the Iranian regime and thus become the hegemonic power in West Asia.

America Asia U.S. Principal2

The empire betrays itself

4 min read CAITLIN JOHNSTONE

CAITLIN JOHNSTON
It used to be difficult to make Westerners see the depravity of the American empire. Now it's there, before everyone's eyes, with stark images of genocide and an incredibly perverse warmongering with direct economic consequences.

Asia U.S. Principal2

The United States is not winning the war: Trump's four lies and one truth

3 min read DAE -HAN SONG

DAE-HAN SONG

Trump is known for his careless disregard for the truth. Therefore, we in South Korea must examine his words and claims critically. In fact, many of the claims in his recent April 1st (US time) speech are false and constitute disinformation. So, let's clear up the confusion:

Asia USA/Europe Principal2

Widespread torture in Israeli prisons

3 min read EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON 0 comments

EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON
The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli prisons between October 7, 2023 and January 2026 has risen to 84, an alarming figure that is difficult to explain without considering the torture and systematic abuses committed by prison guards and Shin Bet agents against prisoners, a situation that Palestinians continually denounce without anyone listening to them.

In that regard, the fact that Israeli authorities have completely banned visits to prisons by employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross further exacerbates the prisoners' defenseless situation.

Asia China USA/Europe Principal2

China 2025: Between accelerated modernization and structural confrontation

4 min read XULIO RIOS 0 comments

XULIO RIOS
In China, the balance sheet for 2025 points to a year marked by the realization of the difficulty of the challenges to be faced as well as by the depth of the change implemented in substantial areas, especially, underpinning the rapid qualitative modernization of its industrial fabric.

The economy, with that growth target of around 5 percent within reach (5,2 percent in the first three quarters), has confirmed that the goal of achieving high-quality development is irreversible.

Asia U.S. Principal2

The exceptional clemency that Netanyahu is requesting

4 min read EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON 0 comments

EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON
In the midst of his trial, and after nearly six years in court on several corruption charges, Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon from President Isaac Herzog, who will have to decide in the coming weeks. Many experts believe he will likely pardon the prime minister with some conditions, the extent of which is still unknown.

Africa USA/Europe Principal2

Western Sahara: neither a turning point nor a historic vote

7 min read ISAIAH BARREÑADA 0 comments

ISAIAS BARREÑADA
On October 31, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Western Sahara (S/RES/2797) which, as with previous resolutions, extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for one year and outlined a series of guidelines for resolving the conflict. The difference from previous resolutions is that it gave greater prominence to Morocco's proposal for autonomy in the territory.

Asia Latin America Principal2

Nelson Hadad: Netanyahu plans to annex Palestine to Greater Israel

7 min read Jayro sanchez 0 comments

JAYRO SANCHEZ
Nelson Hadad is a Chilean lawyer and university professor. He served as Chile's ambassador to Iraq, Jordan, and Egypt. At the end of July, in response to the crimes committed by Benjamin Netanyahu's government in the Gaza Strip, he decided to draft a letter requesting Israel's expulsion from the UN. We spoke with him about the conflict in the Middle East.

Asia U.S. USA/Europe Principal2

How Israel wants to convince the world by training ChatGPT and paying influencers

7 min read PASCUAL SERRANO 0 comments

PASCUAL SERRANO
The Israeli government has hired a conservative startup, Clock Tower X LLC, to create multimedia content that skews social media and AI algorithms in its favor. This was revealed by the Responsible Statecraft website of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a Washington-based think tank dedicated to military-restraint foreign policy with close ties to the business world.
The initial contract is for $6 million, with the goal of placing 80% of Clock Tower's content on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, podcasts, and other relevant digital and broadcast media, with a minimum target of 50 million views per month.

Europe Latin America Principal2

A Nobel Prize winner in war uniform

3 min read DANIEL JADUE 0 comments

DANIEL JADUE
When the Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, it chose to call "peace" what, in the South, we know as intervention and tutelage. It awarded it to a person who for years has placed herself at the disposal of a foreign power to promote a coup d'état in her own country. Someone who has even called, even in international forums, for foreign military intervention in the genocidal State of Israel, and who, in the midst of the devastation of Gaza, defends the Zionist entity with the grammar of "self-defense."

America Latin America Principal2

Fernando Molina: "The outlook for Bolivia's second round is highly uncertain."

6 min read CECILIA VALDEZ 0 comments

CECILIA VALDEZ
The surprise results of the first round of Bolivia's presidential elections, in which the Rodrigo Paz/Edman Lara ticket (32,1%) emerged victorious, raises expectations for the runoff on October 19. While the fragmentation of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), which governed the country for nearly 20 years, suggested a right-wing victory, the emergence of the Paz/Lara duo speaks otherwise. Paz will face former President Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga (26,8%) in a runoff election.