Andres Kogan Valderrama Archives

Prohibition-Inspired Violence Against Women

Day by day we see news bulletins about women accused of drug-related crimes. Underneath these crimes is a problematic of large proportions…

People who defend the existing model are screaming bloody murder saying cutting its budget will mean dropping the level of education.

The right thing would be to condemn every form of violence, both from the State when this is the case, as well as from society as a whole.

Initiating a new process seems blocked by the right’s complete denial of what occurred in Chile in October 2019.

This is especially so for those who believe in the urgent need of a change of direction in the way we’ve traditionally understood sociology.

Petro intelligently used the expression war against the Amazon jungle to illustrate the damage that ecocide policies have left the region…

The underlying problem is that the Chilean identity was historically constructed on the idea of a neutral mestizaje…

Apparently, many of us viewed things very naively. Unfortunately, we were wrong & find ourselves at a moment of great weakness and uncertainty

This new Constitution, if approved, will be a toolbox to undo the patriarchy in Chile, and not only in its many types of violence against women…

Approving on September 4th is not only passing a new Constitution, but it is also passing a new democratic co-existence in Chile.