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The operating theater is an emotionally and cognitively demanding arena where anesthesiologists and surgeons operate under time pressure, uncertainty, and responsibility. Team interactions in such settings frequently reveal humor, irony, or cynicism, behaviors that represent underlying ego defense mechanisms. We explore how defense mechanisms s…
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The invasion of Venezuela by US troops and the capture of Nicolás Maduro do not constitute a new challenge to international law, as it was already severely weakened in 2003 when the US invaded Iraq without UN permission. One of us (Arturo) recalls how, during the years surrounding the so-called war on terror, colleagues at the Yale School of Man…
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