The Ghost of "Castro/Chavismo" Returns to Colombia
Two years before the next presidential elections in Colombia, the largest Colombian newspaper ran a headline a few days ago: “Plan from Venezuela to affect elections in Colombia investigated,” and,...
The Venezuelan Conuquera Seed Signifies a Struggle for Identity and Resistance
The conuco as a system and concept brings with it the care and multiplication of seeds of traditional and new items. Life, culture, knowledge, health, traditional agricultural systems and even the...
Let’s Tell Lies…
In the Spanish-speaking world, there is a very peculiar children’s song: “Let’s Tell Lies”. Through the hilarious repetition of verses and a catchy melody, there is a succession of absurd situations...
El Conuco: Against the Global Environmental Crisis
The notion of “conuquera” is based on an ecosystemic vision in which everyone and everything is interrelated, and a culture that seeks to bring together what capital fragments. Not only is it...