Samanta Schweblin, writer: ‘Paying attention is the greatest superpower. Not everyone is still capable of it’
El País Englishby Álex Vicente·22 Aug 2026
We tend to finish Samanta Schweblin’s books feeling shaken, and with a bitter taste in our mouths. We emerge from each of her works half-intoxicated, as if we had spent hours breathing tainted air.
Boris Cyrulnik, neuropsychiatrist: ‘You can’t reason with fanatics like Trump. If you don’t think like him, you’re an idiot’
El País Englishby Daniel Verdú·22 Aug 2026
Boris Cyrulnik approaches through the door of one of the offices at the French editorial that publishes his work. He has a strange expression, and his head is bowed.
Too much testosterone, not enough munitions
El País Englishby Antoni Gutiérrez-Rubí·22 Aug 2026
Next September will mark one year since Donald Trump renamed the Department of Defense the Department of War by executive order. “We’re going to go on offense, not just on defense.
Europe seeks rental prisons for its inmates
El País Englishby Elias Camhaji Mascorro·22 Aug 2026
Around 30 inmates sentenced in Sweden for serious crimes are preparing to serve their sentences in Estonia, hundreds of miles from where they were tried.
Peruvians trapped in Russia’s war by a job promise: ‘They’re taking us as cannon fodder’
El País Englishby Renzo Gómez Vega·22 Aug 2026
Since May 6, Karina — a fictitious name used to protect her identity — has clung to a WhatsApp audio message to hold on to the hope that her husband is still alive.
The business of hunger in ICE centers: Migrants spend thousands of dollars to avoid eating ‘dog food’
El País Englishby Isaías Alvarado·22 Aug 2026
When Carlos entered an immigration detention center in the California desert, his oversized uniform fit him snugly. Eight months later, it was hanging off him: he had lost 40 pounds (18 kilograms).
Why is a man being tried for the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur 30 years after his death?
El País Englishby Jordi Alonso Martínez Yañez·21 Aug 2026
For nearly three decades, the murder of Tupac Shakur remained one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in the history of hip hop.
San Antonio, the city of musicians losing its mariachis to Trump’s immigration policies
El País Englishby Patricia Clarembaux·21 Aug 2026
San Antonio, Texas, resonates with the sounds of Mexican rancheras and ballads. It was in one of the city’s public schools that educator and local music icon Belle Ortiz launched a mariachi...
Mexico falls behind in the new global oil map
El País Englishby Eyanir Chinea·21 Aug 2026
The image of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva smiling aboard an offshore tanker at the mouth of the Amazon River, his hands stained with oil after Petrobras announced a major...
The new frontier of Japan’s rearmament is cyberspace
El País Englishby Gonzalo Robledo·21 Aug 2026
Cyberspace will become a new area of responsibility for Japan’s military and police from October, when a law allowing them to neutralize large-scale cyberattacks at their source comes into force.
Harry and Meghan’s return to the UK brings fresh tensions to the royal family
El País Englishby Rafa De Miguel·21 Aug 2026
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, have a long road ahead when it comes to mending fences.
The Ecuadorian fishermen who disappeared during the US war on drugs: ‘I still hope they’ll return’
El País Englishby Carolina Mella Happe·21 Aug 2026
Joel Valencia’s voice was weary after a long day. He had been loading heavy fishing nets and pulling ropes against the constant rocking of the boat.
‘A True Account of the Conquest of New Spain’: Chicanery, adventures and plunder recounted by a soldier-writer
El País Englishby Leonardo Padura·21 Aug 2026
Alejo Carpentier, a deep connoisseur of the origins, essences and behaviors of New World identity, and the author of the identity concept he called “American Magical Realism” — which he also...
Montevideo welcomes over 100 progressive leaders to the third Pan-American Congress
El País Englishby Mar Centenera·21 Aug 2026
This weekend, Montevideo will become the epicenter of progressive political debate in the Americas.
Colombian left lashes out at the presence of Israeli soldiers in earthquake rescue efforts
El País Englishby Diego Stacey·21 Aug 2026
“We flew from Israel to Colombia to help this beloved people. There is nothing we want more, as soldiers, than to be on Colombian soil trying to help,” a video published last Friday announced...
Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez shares her egg‑freezing process as speculation grows about a possible 2028 presidential bid
El País Englishby Luis Doncel·21 Aug 2026
Looking at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Instagram — an account followed by nearly 10 million people — is an ambivalent experience.
The ‘revolutionary’ life in Nicaragua of devoted Trump aide Natalie Harp’s brother
El País Englishby Wilfredo Miranda·21 Aug 2026
Preston Harp was a man outside the media spotlight until his younger sister, Natalie Harp, found herself in the headlines in the United States as President Donald Trump’s most “devoted” aide.
Energy multinationals return to Venezuela
El País Englishby Alonso Moleiro·21 Aug 2026
Over the past two weeks, the Venezuelan government has announced major investment agreements with multinational companies to boost its oil and gas production.
After six months of war, Washington has failed to strangle Iran’s economy
El País Englishby Ignacio Fariza ,Ali Falahi·21 Aug 2026
“An economic D-Day.” Donald Trump’s vocabulary is as narrow as it is hyperbolic. But his threat, issued Wednesday, falls into a new category.
Maradona death trial upended by bizarre error: Experts analyzed his father’s clinical records
El País Englishby Delfina Torres·20 Aug 2026
The sidewalks outside the San Isidro courts, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, were once again filled with television cameras, journalists, and onlookers on Thursday morning.
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