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The struggle for social justice in Colombia
Right-wing forces continuously obstruct the progressive agenda of Gustavo Petro's government, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
READJUSTING THE ECONOMY: The gigantic El Correjon coal mine and Gustavo Petro at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos last week
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PAUL ATKIN argues that we must avoid being tied to the millstone of US energy policy — a death sentence paid for by big oil — and embrace co-operation with the world’s green leader for a renewable, sustainable future
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
The modern railway network turns 200 this month and is currently one of the greenest forms of transport. But unless focus shifts from profits to people, Britain won’t benefit from it, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
ZHANG HE highlights pressure coming from the global South for a more multilateral approach to global governance and a more equitable world order
SINCE entering office in August 2022, Colombia’s progressive government of Gustavo Petro has acted swiftly to implement its own version of “levelling up” – no small feat in a country where chronic underdevelopment and violence have produced one of the planet’s most unequal societies.
In Colombia’s northernmost region of La Guajira, Wayuu indigenous communities experience some of the most deprived social conditions on the South American continent, due in large part to the devastating social-environmental impact of El Cerrejon, the massive coal mine owned by London-based multinational Glencore.
Last September, the government instigated an emergency relief plan to provide significant state investment in education, healthcare and environmental protection in La Guajira, a region where 55 children died during January-September 2023 owing to food insecurity, preventable disease and lack of clean water.
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