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Colombia’s Gustavo Petro seeks to contain the growth of “hyper-fascism” in Latin America
In Mexico last week, former Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned of “hyper-fascism” and a “matrix of lies” pushed by technology and right-wing leaders. To me, hope is in revival of the networks of social movements that gave rise to the “pink wave” of progressive governments a quarter-century ago.
Haiti: “The biggest disgrace is indifference”
Ministers meet, but beyond speeches, there’s not much money or action to resolve Haiti’s problems. And there is no will at all from the so-called “international community” to listen to solutions proposed by popular organisations and social movements with different visions for their country’s future.
Javier Giraldo and “community ways of thinking”
After a lifetime of action for peace with justice in Colombia, Javier Giraldo passed away Tuesday in Bogotá. Fearlessly, he described the action of paramilitary death squads: “The killers did not seek to kill individuals, but rather to destroy community ways of thinking.”
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