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Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia holds a PhD in Human Rights from the University of Deusto.

Brazil

Bolsonaro's COVID-19 denial will devastate vulnerable Brazilians

Brazil's president has tried to downplay the threat from coronavirus, but it is poor Brazilians who will pay the price.

Bolsonaro's COVID-19 denial will devastate vulnerable Brazilians

Brazil

Bolsonaro is laying the foundations of a new dictatorship

A new law giving security forces immunity from prosecution does not bode well for Brazil's democracy.

Bolsonaro is laying the foundations of a new dictatorship

Environment

The devastation of the Amazon predates Bolsonaro

Brazil needs a new economic approach, not a new government to save the Amazon.

The devastation of the Amazon predates Bolsonaro

Brazil Elections 2018

Imagining a Bolsonaro Brazil

While Bolsonaro has offered no concrete political and economic plans for Brazil, I cannot but fear for our future.

Imagining a Bolsonaro Brazil

Brazil

Is Brazil heading towards a military dictatorship?

There has been dangerous talk about the role of the military in civilian rule during this election season in Brazil.

Is Brazil heading towards a military dictatorship?

Spain

Not everyone is in awe of Spain's new progressive government

PM Pedro Sanchez has already disappointed Basque and Catalan nationalists who propped up his minority government.

Not everyone is in awe of Spain's new progressive government

Human Rights

Marielle Franco may be gone, but she is not silenced

Brazil's response to Marielle's killing was not silence or fear, but courage and defiance.

Marielle Franco may be gone, but she is not silenced

Catalonia

Tabarnia: A not-so-funny joke on Catalan democracy

Spanish unionists are trying to delegitimise Catalonia's fight for independence using a fictional secessionist region.

Tabarnia: A not-so-funny joke on Catalan democracy

Latin America

Why is there talk of banning funk music in Brazil?

The persecution of black music in Brazil continues.

Why is there talk of banning funk music in Brazil?

Islamophobia

Is Brazil no longer safe for refugees and immigrants?

Historically, immigrants helped to shape Brazilian society. But today they are being told to 'go home'.

Is Brazil no longer safe for refugees and immigrants?

Europe

On terrorism, Basque nationalism and a 'bar brawl'

Why are eight Basques facing a total of 375 years in jail on terrorism charges for a 'bar fight'?

On terrorism, Basque nationalism and a 'bar brawl'