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Honduras en el abismo

Honduras suffers from covid-19 in the midst of a crisis of the State as a whole. What are the dimensions of this crisis? Why do thousands of Hondurans flee their country? The links between politics and organized crime are articulated with patrimonial forms of exercise of power and with a long erosion of democracy in the country. This text examines a series of challenges for honduran democracy, through a review of its recent political evolution, trying to present the social context in which Honduras faces the covid-19 pandemic.

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Brazil and Colombia : the action of anti-feminist political mechanisms

Antifeminisms are a counter-movement of action and thought that are opposed to feminisms [1]. They aim to distort concepts and theories, to delegitimize feminist movements and their demands and seek to block progress towards the full autonomy and freedom of the women [2]. If in the European and North American academic context, specifically the Quebec one, discussions on anti-feminisms are already common, the analysis of this phenomenon in Latin America has been neglected in favour of other concepts. However, it seems to us that the concept of anti-feminism can bring new avenues of reflection to this region. Based on our experience as researchers in Brazil and Colombia, we therefore decide to focus on the analysis of discourses about the supposed

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Southern epistemologies, Latin American thoughts and decolonial feminisms

As components of the epistemologies of the South, decolonial thought and theories offer us a major challenge to hegemonic knowledge and the production of scientific knowledge. This article provides an overview of Latin American writings in order to highlight the proposals of decolonial authors and feminists.

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One year after her death, Marielle is still present

In 2018, the world knew about the story of Marielle Franco, the Brazilian city councillor brutally murdered in Rio de Janeiro. On March 14, the car in which Marielle was travelling received 14 shots, killing the councillor (with four bullets in the head) and Anderson Gomes, who was driving the car. Investigations to date indicate that the projectiles with which Marielle and Anderson were shot were purchased by the Brazilian Federal Police.

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Problemas de democracia en Honduras

The present study on the characteristics of the Honduran political system tries to provide elements to understand why, over the last ten years, the Central American country has been the scene of numerous crises, whose consequences have favoured variations of political identities, and the development of authoritarian or neo-populist options. Following the reflections of professors Charles W. Anderson and Mario Posas, this text proposes the identification of the main “power contenders” and their interaction with each other, as the interpretive key to decipher the challenges Honduras is facing. The article can serve as a starting point to contextualise the recent “migrant caravans” and the recent conflicts between political parties and the different sectors of organized civil society.

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Judith Butler the instrumentalization of religious discourse and the violence of a conservative society

Discussion on feminist philosopher Judith Butler s trip to Brazil in a conservative context

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O que a lama nos deixou: reflexões sobre a tragédia de Mariana, a mídia e a mineração no Brasil

On November 5th, 2015, in Mariana, Minas Gerais, a dam that kept iron ore tailings collapsed, causing a catastrophic mudslide that completely destroyed two villages, killed 19 people and thousands of animals (both aquatic and terrestrial) and polluted more than 700 kilometers before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.

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«Conformez-vous!»: Les résistances et contestations à la marchandisation du savoir dans l’université néolibérale

du Séminaire doctoral en science politique à l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Les changements économiques et politiques des années 1970 ont impulsé une réorganisation du processus de production de la connaissance. Afin de s’adapter au nouveau contexte sociopolitique de libéralisation des marchés et des efforts des États pour établir la compétitivité des économies nationales, les universités ont dû subir une grande restructuration. L’université néolibérale est alors caractérisée par une exigence de productivité accrue, par des compressions budgétaires, par l’accumulation de tâches administratives pour les enseignant-e-s ainsi que par une marchandisation des savoirs. En ce sens, cet article vise à s’interroger sur la néolibéralisation de l’université contemporaine et sur les transformations pratiques qui la caractérisent dans le but de proposer des pistes de réflexion sur les résistances possibles à la précarisation de l’institution par le système néolibéral. Il présente un bref contexte sur l’émergence de l’université néolibérale et les caractéristiques de ce type d’université. Dans un deuxième temps, l’article aborde des pistes de résistance à la marchandisation de la connaissance et, finalement, il propose une réflexion sur la contestation des savoirs hégémoniques. En bref, l’article invite à la remise en question de la logique de productivité qui sous-tend l’université néolibérale et cache un système d’homogénéisation de la pensée qui contribue à la construction des savoirs hégémoniques aboutissant à la marginalisation des savoirs subalternes.

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