Boaventura de Sousa Santos
The deafening silence of intellectuals in the face of growing global conflicts
Perhaps the most incomprehensible silence is that of the intellectuals. Silence is nothing short of complicity with the masters of war.
Ukraine is a wake-up call for Europe
It is becoming clear that US neoconservatives have succeeded in creating a warmongering, anti-Russian mood in Europe through an unprecedented information war.
The West is experiencing a contraction of its power, not necessarily its decline
The strategists of the hegemonic country of the West, the US, without realizing the flagrant contraction, show unlimited ambition.
Europe is sleepwalking into another World War
Portuguese intellectual Boaventura de Sousa Santos reflects on the wrecklessness with which US and Europe are advancing to yet another violent conflict of global dimensions
Why Europe needs to take a hard look at itself
Because it has proved to be incapable of dealing with the causes of the Ukraine crisis, Europe is now condemned to deal with its consequences.
- Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol arrested over martial law decree
- Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora to remain under house arrest
- Former Colombian president calls for a military invasion of Venezuela
- Venezuelan Consulate in Lisbon attacked with explosive device after Maduro’s inauguration
- Deadly attack on MST settlement in São Paulo: two killed, six injured amid land disputes
