Fire against women: the new deadly weapon of femicides

Between January and March 2026, the organization Utopix recorded five completed femicides and 12 attempted femicides in which fire was used as the murder weapon. The flames reveal a desire to inflict extreme pain and cause disfigurement, says anthropologist Aimee Zambrano. Vanessa Davies The flames of jealousy, which seem to consume any capacity for reason, […]

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The tyranny of the host: A World Cup under geopolitical siege

Héctor Sánchez, Sociologist — Commentators have repeatedly described the 2026 FIFA World Cup as historic because three countries are jointly hosting it. Yet behind the rhetoric of sporting unity lies an unprecedented contradiction: for the first time in history, one of the host nations—the United States—maintains a state of open military hostility toward another participating […]

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