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Editorial: FIFA Gate

July 30, 2026July 31, 2026Valeria OlivaresLeave a Comment

Listen to the editorial audio here: https://clyp.it/qjftnyky Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief. — We live in an era in which economic power appears to have stopped recognizing limits. Profitability takes precedence over transparency, financial interests displace the public interest, and opacity ceases to be the exception to become the norm. This is no longer a phenomenon confined […]

Spain was the Big Brother of the 2026 World Cup: absolute control

July 23, 2026July 23, 2026Tatiana Da GamaLeave a Comment

By Luis Vilchez “Football won,” midfielder Toni Kroos wrote on X after the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina. Yet the sign that truly belonged at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey read: “Big Brother Is Watching You.” Luis de la Fuente’s Spain did not embody Orwell’s Ministry of Truth; it became the Ministry of […]

Clash of footballing ideologies in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final

July 17, 2026July 17, 2026Tatiana Da GamaLeave a Comment

Luis Vilchez The clash of ideas has always shaped human history. The early 20th century witnessed World War I—and, decades later, World War II—against a backdrop of ideological and political conflict. Economics has long divided followers of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek. Psychology has its own rivalry between Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis and B.F. Skinner’s […]

World Cup holds moments of silence for victims of Venezuela’s earthquakes

June 27, 2026June 27, 2026Tatiana Da GamaLeave a Comment

AFP.— Players, officials, and fans observed moments of silence before Friday’s World Cup matches to honor the victims of the deadly earthquakes that struck Venezuela earlier this week. Both the France–Norway and Senegal–Iraq matches—the first two of six games on Friday’s World Cup schedule—began with the tribute. Stadium announcers in Foxborough, near Boston, and Toronto […]

Venezuela’s Lilibeth Chacón Wins Fourth Vuelta a Colombia Femenina Title

June 8, 2026June 8, 2026Tatiana Da GamaLeave a Comment

The Daily Journal — Latin American cycling added a golden chapter to its history on Sunday, June 7, as riders completed the six demanding stages of the 11th edition of the Women’s Tour of Colombia. Venezuelan cyclist Lilibeth Chacón claimed the overall title, secured her fourth championship, and became the most successful rider in the […]