How US Intervention Undermines Democracy – Elections in Colombia and Peru: Resistance, Solidarity and Liberation
Intervención norteamericana y la subversión de la democracia – Elecciones en Colombia y Perú: Resistencia, solidaridad y liberación
Wednesday, July 1, 4 PM Eastern time. Register here
This webinar will explore the context and impact of recent presidential elections in Colombia and Perú in the shadow of U.S intervention, that will help shape the contours of broader struggles for liberation throughout Latin America and the Global South.
These elections reflect deeper global trends related to the ascendancy of neo-fascist authoritarian movements aligned with MAGA and the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive imperialist agenda in Latin America and globally. Latin American popular movements in Colombia and Perú and progressive governments such as that led by Gustavo Petro in Colombia have been at the heart of the courageous resistance to these trends.
Speakers:
–Maria Camila Castellanos (Colombia): Human rights activist; Researcher, CESJUL (Center for Socio-Juridical Studies, Bogotá)
–Edwin Gil Cárdenas (Colombia): Secretary-General, Association of Colombian Human Rights Lawyers & Defenders of the Rights of Nature (ACADEHUN);
–Maria Elena Foronda (Perú): Executive Director, Natura Institute; Goldman Environmental Prize winner (2003); political prisoner during Alberto Fujimori régime
–Natalí Segovia (Perú/USA): Executive Director, Water Protector Legal Collective; Co-coordinator, Task Force on the Americas, National Lawyers Guild
Moderator: Camilo Pérez-Bustillo (Colombia/USA)
Senior Adviser, International Human Rights, Water Protector Legal Collective; Co-coordinator, Task Force on the Americas, National Lawyers Guild; Coordinator & co-founder, International Tribunal of Conscience of Peoples in Movement (Mexico City)
