The Latin American delegation experienced both the resistance and the historical ties shared with this African nation, as well as pre-colonial lessons regarding the mystical relationship that the practitioners of Vodun maintain with nature. (Images: Baiano and Brazilian Collective at the 2026 World Social Forum in Cotonou, Benin) BY RITA FREIRE, of Ciranda and the...Read More

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We walk side by side and say: Stop the wars! Military investments in small arms or heavy weapons are a source of death and destruction. Welfare and environmental protection not warfare! Stop a model of development that exploits people and the nature in the interest of a tiny minority. All those working in the fields,...Read More