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Hurricane Politics

As we assess and reassess Puerto Rico in the wake of the hurricanes - as well as the many crises and hurricanes to come across the globe - we must attend to crisis, and also cannot lose our sense of the structural, the chronic, the organic.
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Selfish patriotism

The future of humanity could be on the side of cosmopolitanism, not patriotism, which today seems more a form of collective selfishness than popular democracy.
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Defending Santa Rita

The weight of state neglect fell on the 40 year-old building in the Santa Rita Market, until the community's claims bore fruit in June 2011, when the Mayor of Cartagena socialized the designs for its renovation and left in a 12,000 million pesos allocation for its construction. However, today the work is a monument to district inefficiency.
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#MeToo

You do not have to be perceptive to guess that in the country championing cosmetic surgery, entertainment or advertising, these are not the only sectors where there is harassment, or where there is a fine line ranging from lascivious compliments and misogynistic jokes to workplace abuse and sexual violence.
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¿Tutelitis o abusitis?

Las reformas a la justicia deben partir de análisis integrales. Esto no significa que no puedan incorporar herramientas específicas para enfrentar ciertos problemas como la congestión judicial. Significa que en ciertos asuntos, las reformas deben tener una visión de Estado.
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Together: a message for LGBTI activism

"Juntas" tells the story of the first female couple who married in Latin America and who, after two decades of living outside Colombia, return to the country to remember. A delicate and intimate film that leaves us many lessons for activism in the region.
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There was no trick

There was no trick because there was no intention to evade the popular will. In a very difficult and volatile context, the government opted for the representative of the people, which is Congress, to interpret and decide whether or not the new agreement met the popular mandate of the plebiscite.
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Peace without State

What happened in Tumaco in recent weeks is proof that violence not only depends on peace agreements, but also on strengthening the local state.
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The need for collective leadership

We received the 2017 Collective Leadership Award, awarded by Semana Magazine, the Leadership and Democracy Foundation and Telefónica. These are the words of our Director.
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