This essay reviews the historical process of affirmation of democracy in the contemporary world. It emphasizes the role played in this process by the political ideas and public institutions of the United States of America. However, it concludes pointing out the main reason that explains the triumph of democracy: its deep relation with basic human values, such as honor and freedom.

The Constitution to be approved by referendum implies significant changes with respect to the 1979 Constitution in the area of economic normativity. This article reviews the principal modifications introduced, and analyzes the degree to which the majority and the opposition in Congress have agreed in this area of the constitutional reform process. The article finishes with an analysis of what these coincidences and differences imply for the stability of the changes adopted.

We report optical photometry of Type Ia SN ASASSN-16gq/AT2016cym (ATel #9199, ATel #9219) on 2016-07-11 (UT) gathered with the OAUNI 51cm telescope at Huancayo Observatory, Peru.

We report optical photometry of Type Ia SN ASASSN-16hz (=SN 2016eqb, ATel #9332, ATel #9333) on 2016-08-09 (UT) gathered with the OAUNI 51cm telescope at Huancayo Observatory, Peru. CCD imaging was performed with seeing ~1.8" and airmass = 1.3. A total integration time of 900s (45x20s) and 880s (44x20s) in R and V filter, respectively, yielded: Date (UT)