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Why South Sudan is the most expensive country in the World?

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Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/juggernautco/5924534403/ Well let's be honest, i'm quite sure none of you would have ever expected South Sudan to be the most expensive in the World, neither did I. The truth is that this statement must be further analysed to really understand what do we mean by "the most expensive country in the World". Does that mean that is so expensive that not even someone coming from New York City could afford to live in it? or, on the contrary, Does it mean that to fit into their standard of living you would need to earn twice as much as you could earn in London? Although that would be really impressing, it doesn't fully correspond to what is going on there.

Crisis migratoria o el abuso de los eufemismos.

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Facultad de derecho de Damasco, año 1952. Fuente: https://middleeastrevised.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/the-faculty-of-law-damascus-university-1952.jpg Desde el mismo momento en que surgió la llamada "crisis migratoria" me he planteado  escribir al respecto desde una cierta objetividad. Ante la oleada de artículos, informes, fotos compartidas y demás parafernalia informativa, parece difícil añadir nada que ayude a comprender mejor este fenómeno. Sin embargo las realidades se fabrican desde el propio concepto que las identifica.  El Mundo actual, desde su afán simplificador busca sintetizar realidades complejas mediante conceptos cortos pero con un cierto toque "marketiniano". Así ocurre con el concepto de "  crisis migratoria" que si bien  resulta útil a la hora de publicar un tweet u ofrecer un titular, no parece el concepto más acertado a priori. De este modo, si uno se remite a su definición en el diccionario se encuentra con la siguiente de