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News & Analysis | March 2024

The Republic of Cyprus. Towards new waves of migration.

An island divided between two states with a buffer zone under the control of the UN at its centre. It is subject to the various interests of the great powers in the eastern Mediterranean. The migration issue makes Cyprus the country with the highest…

Dossier

Paraguay. A Buffer State.

A landlocked country with almost all its rivers navigable. The difficult road to independence. Lugo's parenthesis. The world of the triple frontier. The landed oligarchies. Paraguay nestles in the heart of the southern Latin American cone between Bolivia, which surrounds it to the north and northwest, Brazil which it borders to the east, and Argentina to the…

A tortuous political journey.

After the catastrophic war against the Triple Alliance, the country was crisscrossed by bitter political struggles and episodes of civil war between gangs, supported by Brazil and Argentina, who competed for the division of the Paraguayan territory. The Colorado party was in power and governed uninterruptedly from 1870 to 1904 when it was ousted by the victory…

Cultural and Ethnic Diversity.

The country has a population of 7,353,000 inhabitants, with a population density of approximately 16 people per km2, of whom 56% live in urban areas. The distribution on the territory is uneven because only a small percentage, around 3% of the Paraguayan population, which is largely mestizo and descended from Spaniards and indigenous people, live in the…

An economy controlled by a few.

Paraguay is a country with a strong rural vocation where the agri-food sector predominates, firmly in the hands of the landed oligarchies active in the production of soya, mostly transgenic, wheat, and rice. These crops also constitute the majority of exported goods, together with hydroelectric energy of which the country is the world's leading exporter thanks to…

Churches

Antigua Guatemala. Holy Week

The ancient capital of Guatemala, a baroque jewel among the mountains, is…

Cameroon. Those ten seconds of humanity.

This is the time necessary, according to Mireille Yoga, director of the…

Asia. Walking together.

The experience of the Missions Etrangères de Paris which from Europe paved…

Journey to Beauty Through Arts and Creativity.

A journey towards Beauty is also a journey to God. Fr Raul…

Culture

Music. Palestine. Sounds of a wounded land.

A mix of traditional music with the modern musical styles of…

Guinea-Bissau. Getting married.

The Manjak people are an ethnic group living in Guinea-Bissau. They…

The Long Journey of Shea Butter.

From the savannahs of Africa to the global cosmetics industry, we…

Morocco. The challenge of culture.

Over the last ten years, fourteen museums have been opened. A…

Opinion & Comment

The world is entering an era of instability.

According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), he world has entered a more dangerous…

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Mexico. Thirty years after NAFTA and the uprising of the…

Last January it recalled the 30th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement signed between…

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Advocacy

Adriano Karipuna. The Amazon. Protecting our territory.

He has inherited the legacy of his father, one of the few survivors of the genocide half a century ago, and represents a "people" that…

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Baobab

The cat... with a bag.

One day, a penniless farmer from an oasis went to a rich merchant in the neighbouring village to ask for a loan. The old harvest was…

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Youth & Mission

Peace in the Holy Land.

God of Comfort, send your Spirit to encompass all those whose lives are torn apart by violence and death in Israel and Palestine. You are the Advocate of the…

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