Post-Truth: Constructing Realities

Mexico´s new leader: "Nobody will threaten us" with wall. So recently, Mexico´s president made a ´comeback´ to the America-Mexico boarder wall conversation. This theme started when Donald Trump said that if he ended up being electec president, he would build a wall boarder between  USA and Mexico. Lopez Obrador´s opinion and speech is really similar to what Peña Nieto said in the USA election season, but thats nos the problem. The problem begins when we see Trump´s opinion about this situation. In my opinion, and probably the moayority of the latin america comunity agrees, is that when Trump says that Mexico is going to pay all the costs that would come with the wall iniciative is a really unfair and unreal proyect. First of all, the wall is his idea, his proyect, so is his responsibility to talk with all the parts that have something to do with this, in this case, Mexico´s people and goverment. Then he justifies his desition by showing all the stadistics and proves th...

https://www.voanews.com/a/colombia-s-santos-set-to-leave-office-proud-yet-frustrated/4507980.html  Opinion Nowadays, we are in a polarized country where telling the truth is so hard, just being honest about your politics beliefs means that you are going to be on the battle field. That is why the people find ways around the truth, like me. I do not tell the truth all the time about how I feel regarding the Santos's administration just because I am going to be call “Castro-Chavista" ( a made-up word that they use to underestimate ideas), so most of the people like me have to hide from the truth. Don´t take this the wrong way, is not that I do not see the problems on him it´s just that after all he leave a legacy ending a five-decade war.  Now is the time to be brave and speak our minds and stop thinking about the consequences of it, because if we do, we never going to see the country that we want and we deserved. With that I don´t mean that they are wrong about him, I ju...

https://www.voanews.com/a/donald-trump-robert-mueller-interview-still-being-negotiated/4519240.html " News reports Wednesday quoted the president's lawyers as saying they are trying to narrow the scope of Mueller's questions by declining to allow the president to answer questions about possible obstruction of justice." " In an interview with CNN, Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump's lawyers on the case, said the team is sending a new letter today with a counteroffer. Giuliani declined to describe the counteroffer." "Mueller has been seeking to interview the president for months. Trump has repeatedly urged his legal team to allow him to be interviewed, believing it will give him the opportunity to clear his name. Trump's lawyers have advised him against it, citing the fear of a "perjury trap."" Questions: 1. what's the main obstacle within their lifes to practice through parrhesia? 2. concept 3. what is the consequence f...

https://www.voanews.com/a/argentine-senate-rejects-legal-elective-abortion/4520024.html The main obstacle to apply the concept of  pharresia on this context is the fact that post-truth is to much implicated, everyone have their own truth and is difficult to know who´s right. In my opinion  people are born   to learn how to be free and once that freedom is achieved comes with a huge resposability, get to the point of needing an abortion its a result of being irresponsible with that freedom, however, if the mother is unable to provide her child of optimal living conditions, it's unfair that the baby has to live paying for the parents' mistakes, so in this case the abortion  should be considered as the last alternative to prevent it.     1. What´s the main obstacle within your life to practice pharresia ? 2. What are consequences of practicing pharresia? 3. What are the consequences for you not telling the truth?  4. What can you do ...

https://www.voanews.com/a/kids-screen-time-dry-eyes/4520074.html Opinion The news talk about how k ids are addicted to cell phones, tablets, games  anything with   an electronic screen. The problem is, it’s bad for their eyes.    In this times we have to be really careful about how we manage our time, or analize if we are doing a good work , cause now its being such a problem more for our health. We are going to be addict with technology, and we can´t take a rest  about that, and more than that we are  creating a permanent eye damage,  With the popularity of video games and online activities, dry eye is becoming increasingly prevalent in children and teens glued to their screens. “When you concentrate very hard on a task such as on a computer screen, you blink less, and also instead of fully blinking you partially blink and so what’s happening is damage is being done to the front of the eye,” Wolffsohn said. When tears aren’t be...

    https://www.voanews.com/a/ebola-vaccinations-expected-to-begin-in-congo-s-north-kivu/4517235.html The confirmed and probable cases of Ebola are 43, including 34 deaths, these infection is transmitted by direct contact with the blood, body fluids, and tissues of infected animals or people. Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care. In my opinion the vaccinations are really important because can prevent the infection of a lot of people, and directly it can save lives, also something important about the new is that was clear the order of vaccinations, so all everybody will respect the turn and will wait with patient. The new is saying the true but is not using parresia, i think that they give the correct information but the words that were used were perfect because didn't alarm the society, just invite them to prevent. also they talk about all the efforts of  The World Health Organization and tells that they will have to w...

https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-declares-california-wildfires-as-major-emergency-/4514369.html OPINION It's very sad what is happening in California, the biggest fire in the history, because with the laws that the government create about the water, it becames very dangerous for the people that lives in CA and also it's very hard to stop the fire (it's a very dry state), so how it's possible that Trump said that in the USA they don't have any environmental problems, and now one of the states more affected is California. How the situation is going to affect Trump's and USA business? If in the USA they don't have environmental issues, what is the government going to do with the fire and the water restriction?