the weekend supplementsThe Andrea Doria, the other TitanicIt was neither the fastest nor the largest, but it aspired to be the most beautiful ship. A symbol of Italy’s resurgence following the loss of half its merchant fleet during the Second World War. Seventy years on from the shipwreck, the end of a golden agebyMaurizio Stefanini27 JUL 26
declared absolutismNicaragua is moving towards a one-party systemOrtega’s U-turn revives an issue that has survived almost exclusively under communist regimes. There are concerns about the possible consequences should other illiberal countries wish to follow suitbyMaurizio Stefanini23 JUL 26
upcoming ratesTrump launches a new trade warWith the deadline for the latest tariffs now imminent, Washington has found a new ploy to impose extraordinary tariffs: targeting goods produced using forced labour. The main targets, for now, are Brazil and CanadabyMaurizio Stefanini22 JUL 26
the trade disputeTrump’s new tariffs on Canada: a gun on the negotiating tableThe president accuses the country of discriminating against US cars, alcohol and dairy products. But many analysts see this as a move to exert pressure in the negotiations on the USMCA, the trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and CanadabyMaurizio Stefanini22 JUL 26
in Central AmericaNo more elections in Nicaragua. Daniel Ortega’s promiseOn the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, the de facto president explains that preventing the opposition from returning to power is necessary to protect the country from “coup plotters”byMaurizio Stefanini21 JUL 26
MagazineScience fiction had predicted it: wars without soldiersBehind the fighting machines, however, lie private giants and a new power that carries a risk: altering the political costs of war, making them more acceptable, even routinebyMaurizio Stefanini18 JUL 26
"The Black Elena"The concern that Nolan’s ‘woke’ endeavour might fall flat due to the audience’s habitsBy casting Nyong’o as Elena, the director is injecting a political dimension into the film. But who knows what the audience will make of it, given that they are now accustomed to an increasingly diverse society – where even the faces of film stars have become more varied – and to a world of cinema where we have already seen everything portrayed by everyonebyMaurizio Stefanini16 JUL 26