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Episode 17–Argentina: from the classrooms to the streets, in a nonviolent key
Argentina’s President Javier Milei makes decisions that affect teaching at the country’s universities, a right historically won by students. Isabel González, a student at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), shares the organizing initiatives that have been undertaken to prevent the defunding of higher education.
Episode 16–The nonviolent struggle for missing persons in El Salvador
The Salvadoran government’s emergency regimes to combat crime have raised deep concerns among human rights organizations over the disappearance of individuals. Families of the disappeared have organized to demand justice, without receiving a concrete response from the Salvadoran government.
Episode 15 – How do nonviolent movements influence peace processes?
Episode 14– Cuba: Nonviolent Dynamics in Adversarial Regimes
Since 2021, various social movements have been taking place demanding not only economic improvements but also greater exercise of political and civil liberties for Cubans. Omar López, president of the Latin American Center for Nonviolence, describes and explains the situation that has unfolded in recent years.
Episode 13 – Chile: The role of protective agents in nonviolent strategies
Episode 12– Venezuela, nonviolent actions in election times (Andrés Cañizales)
Venezuela’s presidential elections will be held on July 28th, a topic generating anticipation and much attention in Latin America, especially. Venezuelan researcher Andrés Cañizales tells us about the nonviolent initiatives that have been developed in the run-up to the elections.
Episode 11 – Mapping Indigenous Nonviolent Actions in Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia
Episode 10– How to influence public policies in favor of women?
Mariela Arce is a Panamanian researcher and human rights activist. We talked with her about the Women, Development, and Equality Pact, which has been in effect for over 30 years. How did nonviolent strategies influence normative and institutional design for women in Panama? Don’t miss this episode of the Nonviolent Resistance Stories podcast.
Episode 9 – Bolivia: Nonviolent Actions Against Mining Exploitation
Episode 8– How did nonviolent actions promote peace in Colombia?
In the late 1990s, during a time of escalating violence in the internal armed conflict, various actors from civil society organized to promote peace. What were the nonviolent actions and strategies implemented? Mauricio García, a renowned researcher on peace in Colombia, provided this interview.
Episode 7 – How did conscientious objection develop in Spain?
Pepe Beunza was a conscientious objector, meaning he refused to perform compulsory military service during Franco’s regime. Martí Olivalle is one as well. Both participated in the program to discuss the origins of this movement in Spain and the nonviolent actions undertaken now that military service is no longer mandatory.
Episode 6 – Panama: A Nonviolent Protest for Nature
Guido Berguido, Executive Director of Adopta Bosque, tells us about the social protests that took place in Panama in late 2023. These were unprecedented socio-environmental protests against a mega-mining project set to operate in one of the country’s most biodiverse areas, the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor.
Episode 5–Indigenous Councils in Colombia
Fernando Quinayas is the governor of the Wairari Atun Sacha indigenous council, located in the Cauca department of Colombia. He tells us about the nonviolent actions and strategies they implement through their autonomous organizational forms, particularly against the violent practices of mining extractivism.
Episode 4 – A Nonviolent Approach to Indigenous Protests in Ecuador
In the state of Michoacán, Mexico, the so-called “war on drugs” (militarization) began. The levels of violence are extremely complex. Edgar Guerra, a Mexican researcher, explains the society’s responses to violence and crime from a cultural perspective.
Episode 3 – Cultural Activism as a Nonviolent Response in Mexico
In the state of Michoacán, Mexico, the so-called “war on drugs” (militarization) began. The levels of violence are extremely complex. Edgar Guerra, a Mexican researcher, explains the society’s responses to violence and crime from a cultural perspective.
Episode 2– Catuche: The Story of the Coexistence Commissions in Venezuela
The Venezuelan sociologist, Verónica Zubillaga, has been conducting field research on various forms of violence for twenty years. She shares with us what happened in Catuche, a neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela. There, the community and armed youth in conflict established agreements. What were these agreements about?
Episode 1 – Las Tejedoras de Vida (Weavers of Life)
In the state of Michoacán, Mexico, the so-called “war on drugs” (militarization) began. The levels of violence are extremely complex. Edgar Guerra, a Mexican researcher, explains the society’s responses to violence and crime from a cultural perspective.
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