YEAR II  ·  No. 589  ·  TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2026

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The Therapy of Malaise: How Capitalism Turned Collective Suffering into an Individual Market

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The global wellness economy reached 6.8 trillion dollars in 2024. It is four times larger than the global pharmaceutical industry, larger than tourism, than the information technology sector, than all of what is called the green economy. It grows at 7.9% per year and is projected to surpass 9.8 trillion before the decade ends. The … CONTINUE READING →

When Cuba is the argument: extraterritorial blockade, electoral fear and the omission that makes the comparison possible

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Siluetas anonimas frente a estructuras geometricas angulares que bloquean la luz, patrones de circuito

Every time an election approaches in Colombia, the name Cuba surfaces in right-wing speeches with near-mechanical regularity, not as analysis but as warning, not as a description of a country but as a code word for possible catastrophe. “If the left wins, Colombia will become like Cuba.” The phrase works because very few people actually … CONTINUE READING →