CECILIA VALDEZ Buenos Aires One of the great novelties brought by the CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Summit, held in Buenos Aires last January, in addition to the return of Brazil to the bloc led by Lula, was the announcement of a common South American currency. A project that is not new -since both the currency and a common bank were ideas raised and materialized by the first wave of progressive governments-, but that is being debated again today within the framework of a Latin American region once again leaning to the left ( with all possible nuances inside it), and with the novelty that this time it includes Colombia.

FLORIAN ROTZER Berlin Former president of the SPD, candidate for chancellor and finance minister of Germany, he was one of the first to sign the “Manifesto for Peace,” which calls on the federal government to enter into negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to establish a ceasefire. fire and which more than 600.000 people in Germany have signed so far. In this interview, Oskar Lafontaine speaks out in favor of an end to arms deliveries and the beginning of serious efforts in peace negotiations and advocates that France and Germany, in particular, develop an independent European security policy and break with the United States war policy.

STEPHEN KINZER Boston (USA) Many who write about this conflict seem to believe, like their predecessors during the Cold War, that the US government is a team and that the press has a role in ensuring our team's victory. This opinion is death for journalism. The press should not be on anyone's team. Our job is to challenge official narratives, not meaninglessly amplify them. That's the difference between journalism and public relations.