Within a very short period of time (July through September 2026), several human rights monitoring bodies issued statements warning of the grave situation facing Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Hondurans in Honduras. Taken together, these international inputs should allow not only for a better understanding of the reality in Honduras but, above all, for finding ways to … Read more

The Executive Branch of Paraguay shows itself to be indifferent toward issues of national importance, such as the doctors’ strike, while simultaneously attacking the country’s energy future by establishing privileges for cryptocurrency mining, Artificial Intelligence, and other related sectors. This demonstrates its determination to satisfy only minorities, with serious consequences for the general population. For … Read more

According to the initial considerations released by the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights at the close of its visit to the country in August 2026, business activities, especially in the extractive and agribusiness sectors, generate serious impacts on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, labor rights, and the environment, within a context … Read more

For Rodrigo Paz, only 10 of the 60 months that his term should normally last have passed, but the government of the heir to a Bolivian presidential dynasty is navigating a kind of minefield of social discontent, institutional dilemmas, and criminal forces: social protests are multiplying, each corruption case seems more serious than the last, … Read more

Silicon Valley has a new religion, and its chief prophet has just published his gospel. In his manifesto “The Future is for Everyone,” Mark Zuckerberg promises to banish the dystopia of a tyrannical, centralized artificial intelligence and replace it with a pocket-sized utopia: a personal superintelligence agent working 24/7 for each of us, an agent … Read more

Mary Harrington titles a recent article in The New York Times “Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury” (Harrington, 2025), where she describes a literacy crisis: humans are losing the ability to read dense texts, replacing linear reasoning with the zapping of short videos and the dopamine of notifications. As evidence, Harrington points out that “professors assign … Read more

Andy Burnham took office as British prime minister on July 20, after being elected leader of the Labour Party, amid an economic crisis, widespread criticism of his predecessor, and, in general, a significant loss of confidence in the government. The successive changes in the country’s top leadership (among both Conservatives and Labour) have not brought … Read more

The Térraba Indigenous Territory in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, opened its doors on July 24 and 25, 2026, to host the Saberes: Filomena Navas Festival, an event featuring a variety of enriching activities. Filomena Navas Salazar, an Indigenous leader of the Bröran people, born in 1926, was declared Benemérita de la Patria in March 2026 by … Read more

“We are, so to speak, in the Singularity. This is the moment,” declared Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, on July 25, 2026 (Szczerba, 2026). A forceful statement, without adjectives to soften it, which Elon Musk was quick to endorse on his X platform (Musk, 2026). His words did not arise in a vacuum; they were … Read more

The launch of the Pax Silica initiative in June, followed in July by the proposal for a new global organization on Artificial Intelligence, leaves little room for doubt about the extraordinary importance of the issue—not only from a technological standpoint, but above all from a geopolitical one. Nor is their close timing a coincidence, just as it is no coincidence that the sponsoring countries—the United States and China—are the two principal contenders for dominance over global politics, the world economy, … Read more

On November 3, 2026, in the U.S. state of California, a referendum will be held aiming to approve a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires. It is expected to raise $100 billion for the benefit of the state’s health care system. Ballot Initiatives in the U.S. Alongside the election of executive or legislative … Read more

On June 22 and 23, 2026, UN Member States gathered at the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly in New York to consider and ultimately adopt a new Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. The agreement establishes the global priorities, targets, and actions that will guide the HIV response over the next five years and accelerate progress … Read more

On June 24, 2026, Quito, the capital of Ecuador, saw the arrival of around 160 members of the Siekopai Indigenous People, “the nation of the multicolored people,” to demand the definitive compliance with a historic court ruling that orders the formal titling of their ancestral territory in the Amazon region, which is located within a … Read more

On June 12, 2026, the 114th International Labour Conference adopted the first International Labour Convention relating to people who work on what are currently called “digital platforms.” The Convention was approved by a large majority of the conference delegates: 406 in favor, 8 against, and 36 abstentions. As is well known, in the ILO, States … Read more

There is a powerful mirage in the modern age: the cloud. We have been led to believe that artificial intelligence is an ethereal phenomenon that magically descends onto our screens, but the debate over its future must start from an inescapable premise: AI was not created out of thin air; it is fundamentally a “public … Read more

During June 2026, the 114th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) is being held in Geneva, Switzerland. Representatives of governments, employers, and workers from the 187 ILO Member States participate in this major annual assembly, which addresses various topics related to the world of work, such as decent work in the platform economy, the … Read more

During the presentation of SISCA’s regional report, Natalia Álvarez Rojas, a specialist with the lacommunis Association, warned that without regulatory frameworks governing information systems, it will not be possible to design effective public policies for migrant and returning workers. On June 2, the Secretariat for Central American Social Integration (SISCA) presented the regional report “Labor … Read more

The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation is profoundly transforming the economy, employment, and the functioning of the industrial production system. The question that is increasingly gaining traction is simple yet unsettling. If machines perform more and more human work, who will pay the taxes that sustain the Welfare State? This debate on taxation … Read more

In just a few weeks, the FIFA men’s World Cup will begin. Official propaganda touts it as the most inclusive competition in history: three host countries (United States, Mexico, and Canada), 16 cities where the tournament will take place, and 48 national teams competing for the Cup. In the group stage, teams will compete in … Read more

In a significant step toward the development of joint projects, the lacommunis Association signed memorandums of understanding with the Salvadoran National Indigenous Coordinating Council (CCNIS) and the Central American Indigenous Council (CICA) during a ceremony held at the CCNIS headquarters in San Salvador on May 25, 2026. The agreements were signed by Betty Pérez on … Read more