Authoritarian leaders, progressive leaders
Alexander the Great directly attacked the Persian warlord who fled in fright scattering his army. Hernán Cortés with only five cavalrymen charged Aztec Cihuacóatl, shot him down and his army was dispersed. Tito, the marshal, goes to another life and Yugoslavia split up; Saddam Hussein, eliminated, his people continue fighting among themselves. Franco died and […]
Repitition (I): Side A
Although not unexpectedly, it is most unusual that cautions and objections to the televised debates of candidates for senators and representatives have to be repeated, like the elections themselves, only six months later. Already spring of this year saw four electoral calls (general, European, municipal, autonomic) in April and May which provokes an indigestion to […]
The Elections, Part One
Our brain has not been built for us, it comes from a series of preserved adaptive successes, modules, parts, systems that come from evolution, which explain why we are the way we are. Moreover, the structure of our brain is common to all animals that have vertebrae. We cannot be so naive that all of […]
“The State’s Job is to Avoid Historical Deformations for Political Purposes”
The former Minister of Education, Culture, and Sport, José Ignacio Wert, presented his book The Education in Spain, a Pending Subject in Proa Comunicación’s videos celebrating its tenth anniversary. «The state’s job is to avoid historical deformations for political purposes,» he said forcefully when referring to the Catalan social and political conflict. Additionally, he highlights […]
The Drug of Power
Our political leaders are repeating the same news. The mediated dramatism keeping us hostage daily to tighten their negotiations makes the last weeks since the elections seem years. But what happens to these figures when they come into contact with power? This week Antonio Garrigues released his new poetry book, «Living Loves, Dead Loves.» It […]
Times Keep Changing
The spur that has infected our lives has also infiltrated politics. One month in the 21st century is much more than a year of the twentieth century, and a year equals a decade. While the no-confidence motion that sprung Pedro Sánchez into power from the hands of a heterogeneous group of collaborators still seems to […]
Ana Sánchez de la Nieta: «The Internet and new technologies caught the Media by surprise»
The editor of «Conversaciones con,» Ana Sánchez de la Nieta, believes that the Internet and new technologies do not imply a decline in the quality of journalism that is done today, but rather are tools that provide abundant opportunities and possibilities media professionals. This is one of the insights that Sánchez de la Nieta shared […]