El suplemento cultural del Diario Córdoba, Cuadernos del Sur, publica esta semblanza de Francisco Gálvez que quiero recoger aquí en su formato impreso, que siempre es más estético. Se publicó el 31 de enero de 2026.
sábado, 31 de enero de 2026
domingo, 11 de enero de 2026
The Killing of Renée Nicole Good and ICE’s Use of Excessive Force
English Translation:
Quoting Bertolt Brecht, there are many ways to kill: accidents, murders, poorly treated illnesses, overdoses, and coerced suicides. People can starve or be turned into cannon fodder for wars. Of all these deaths, only a few go viral on social media, sparking citizen movements and becoming political ammunition. It happened with George Floyd, with Iryna Zarutska, with Charlie Kirk, and now with Renée Nicole Good—a U.S. citizen shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. Violent deaths, heinous murders. Yet nothing astonishes me more than the hate they unleash among social media users of opposing ideologies.
When George Floyd was asphyxiated under a knee, not only did the BLM movement arise, but in the U.S., many Republicans continued to justify the police officer’s actions. They are the same ones now defending the ICE agent who ended Renée Nicole Good’s life. I’ll quote just one comment I saw on Instagram: “Her head was empty long before the bullet 🥀.” As vile as it is, that comment has hundreds of likes. These are, again, the same people who criminalized the entire Black community when Iryna Zarutska was stabbed on the tram. But, to be honest, their comments fill me with the same disbelief I felt watching Democrats dance to celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death.
Hatred spills everywhere: it imposes a narrative, as if you couldn’t despise both Maduro and Donald Trump at the same time. Some deaths are unpredictable, but others result from concrete policies and demand accountability. An attack can’t always be prevented, and an aggressive, repeat offender shouldn’t be set free so easily. But it is intolerable for politicians to proclaim the impunity of an armed force whose members have been hastily recruited and poorly trained, encouraging them to abuse power and to meet absurd deportation quotas. The United States increasingly resembles a dictatorship—a beast willing to do anything to guarantee its hegemony.

