Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Against the stereotypes that present them as eternal victims, four generations of Afghan women tell their stories. They name their torturers, put into words their hopes and their struggles. If their word has been confiscated since the Taliban fundamentalists took over, it was used long before them. From the Soviets to NATO, from the Mujahideen to the short-lived Republic that collapsed in 2021, Afghan women have always been confined to political propaganda, even by their supposed liberators.
Sat, Oct 1, 2022
President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters call him "the myth" and see him as the savior of Brazil. A conservative, hard-line security advocate and fervent defender of the agribusiness industry at the expense of the Amazon and the rights of indigenous peoples, Bolsonaro embodies a Brazil that is little known on the international stage, but has always existed. Since his election in 2018, he has shocked people with his provocative speeches on the dictatorship, women, homosexuality, firearms and the pandemic. Yet he has won over Brazilians from all walks of life. And after four years in office, he still has the support of 25% of the population and has no intention of leaving office.
Sat, Apr 15, 2023
On February 24, 2022, tanks rolled into Ukraine. Bombs fell from the sky. The aggressor was Russia. Ksenia Bolchakova and Veronika Dorman, two French journalists of Russian origin, found themselves plunged into a new kind of abyss: "their" Russia had become an evil empire. While the Kremlin's troops were bogged down in Ukraine, they crisscrossed Russia for three weeks to paint a picture of a society where the culture of violence has been taught since early childhood. Wherever possible, state propaganda succeeded in inverting the notions of good and evil.