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“Seville’s commitment” must not remain on paper
What we saw and heard in the previous forums—especially in the feminist and civil society space—made it clear to us that grassroots mobilization is key.
By Mariana Matamoros, Sergio Chaparro Hernández | | Financing for Development, Human Rights, ONU
Climate budgets
El presupuesto no es solo una hoja de cálculo. Es una herramienta política que define qué se protege y a quién se prioriza.
By Mariana Matamoros | | climate budgets, Tax policy, Taxes and climate change
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“Seville’s commitment” must not remain on paper
By Mariana Matamoros, Sergio Chaparro Hernández | | Financing for Development, Human Rights, ONU
Just a few weeks ago, we were in Seville, Spain, where we had the privilege of participating in the Fourth United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4). From ...
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Climate budgets
By Mariana Matamoros | | climate budgets, Tax policy, Taxes and climate change
When we hear the phrase "climate change," we probably think of heat waves, heavy rains, forest fires, or natural disasters. And when we hear about the "national budget," the first ...
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Taxes and spending with a sense of social justice
By Mariana Matamoros | | Climate Change, Colombia, Justicia Fiscal, Tax justice, Tax policy, taxes
In this edition of the Newsletter, we propose looking at fiscal policy not as a technical tool, but as a political and ethical instrument for reducing inequalities and guaranteeing human ...
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What’s in the shopping cart: the hidden history of “neutral” taxes
By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Mariana Matamoros | | care work, Inequality, neutral taxes, tax system
Every Saturday morning, Tatiana repeats the same ritual: she takes her notebook, checks what's left in the cupboard, and calculates how much she can spend at the supermarket. She lives ...
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The Hungarian Case and its Anti-NGO Laws
By Nina Chaparro González, Oliver Hodges-Jackson | | Authoritarianism, civil society, Closure of civil society spaces, NGOs non-governmental organizations
If you drop a frog into boiling water, it will jump out immediately. But if you slowly increase the temperature, it will stay until its too late. That’s how civic ...
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Reclaiming multilateralism for a shared future
By Christy Crouse, Abby Steckel | | Estados Unidos, Multilateralismo, Trump
“The whole island seemed to be on fire,” recalls a resident of Providencia Island as Hurricane Iota passed through in 2020, leaving thousands of homes, hospitals, churches, and schools destroyed. ...
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Sweet sophisms?
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Bebidas azucaradas, Impuesto a las bebidas azucaradas
Not adopting a tax on sugary drinks as an initial step for a more comprehensive health strategy is tantamount to saying a few years ago that the seat belt should not be mandatory since the problem of traffic accidents is too complex and requires more comprehensive measures.
Lea más Minimalist peace and robust peace
By César Rodríguez Garavito (Se retiró en 2019) | | Paz, Posconflicto
The first conclusion is that minimalist peace is the only possible peace with the State and the political class that we currently have. Robust peace will only be viable with changes in power and the political system, driven by civil society, movements and parties, beginning with parliamentary and presidential elections next year.
Lea más Colombia Peace Agreement: participation and protest
By Hobeth Martínez, Luis Felipe Cruz | | Peace agreement, Protest, Protesta
The 2016 Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and FARC includes explicit aims to improve democratic participation and protect the right to protest. But how are these goals being threatened?
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Stories
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We travel with 20 indigenous activists of the world to the heart of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Listen to this story about the Kankuama Resistance.
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Discover some of the documentary pieces that we have made. Indigenous resistance, migration of Venezuelans to Colombia and stories of women coca growers, are some of our topics of interest.
