ARTISAN FISHERMAN: The Lord of the Sea

By Pedro Vincent Bowen Etymologically, the cholo is defined as a person "descended from the Spanish mestizo." For me, respecting outside criteria, the cholo, as we traditionally conceptualize it in our coastal environment, is a special race, a unique hybrid, with no similarities in the varying world of civilizations. His morphological characteristics, customs, and abilities are unmistakable. His […]

Tips to avoid becoming a victim of Internet fraud

Image: Nayarit.gob.mx With this article, which closes Citizen Security Week, we focus on this type of crime, in which some countries in Asia and Africa (Nigeria specifically) are hotbeds of some cases of fraudsters, who target people with little computer knowledge, to obtain information or money, in some […]

Golden rules for social media security

Image: redessociales.net Special issue of the week on "Citizen Security." The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) presented a series of basic guidelines for staying safe from the risks of using social networks on International Safer Internet Day 2010. To summarize, they are as follows: […]

Report: “Large-scale mining intervention in Ecuador”

The Ecuadorian Center for Economic and Social Rights is pleased to share the report "Large-Scale Mining Intervention in Ecuador and Human Rights Violations: The Corriente Resources Case," prepared by the Ecumenical Commission on Human Rights (CEDHU) of Ecuador with the support of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and with the […]