Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced the return of his country to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), a regional integration organization founded in May 2008.

Petro’s decision came hours after Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva emphasized on the importance of revitalizing the UNASUR as a way to strengthen regional integration.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/01/colombia-rejoins-unasur/

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The meeting, on a symbolic level, also represents the official end to a cycle of fragmentation, bitter political dispute, and planned attempts to destroy the intergovernmental platforms that emerged, during the first years of the 21st century, as a power alternative to the monopoly of US “Pan-Americanism”.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/04/south-america-is-back-and-venezuela-is-helping-lead-the-way/

🇮🇳 At least 275 people have died following a horrific train accident in the Balasore district of the Indian State of Odisha.

Over 1,000 people were also injured in what is being called the worst rail accident in 20 years. As the country recovers from the shock, questions are being asked about the government’s policies towards the railways.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/05/horrific-crash-that-killed-275-people-exposes-structural-issues-in-indian-railways/

🇦🇷 On June 3, 2015, the movement called for massive mobilizations across the country to condemn patriarchal violence and demand justice for all victims of this violence.

Hundreds of thousands of women in 80 cities flooded the streets and squares to say enough is enough. In the capital Buenos Aires, around 200,000 people mobilized to express their condemnation, making it the largest march rejecting violence against women in the history of Argentina.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/05/eight-years-since-ni-una-menos-the-struggle-against-gender-based-violence-in-argentina-continues/

🇨🇴 Colombia’s trade unions will take to the streets on Wednesday, June 7, to declare support for the social reforms proposed by the government of Gustavo Petro.

The mobilizations will take place at a moment of crisis for the government, which is under heavy attack by right-wing forces.

The proposed reforms in health care, labor, and pensions are currently being discussed in the Congress and if passed, will radically transform access to the rights to health, dignified jobs, and dignified retirement.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/07/colombias-opposition-and-right-wing-media-intensifies-destabilization-campaign-against-gustavo-petro-government/

Colombians are on the streets in support of the government of Gustavo Petro & the proposed social reforms. The right-wing & mainstream media have launched a coordinated attack on the government, which 400+ political leaders globally have deemed a "soft coup attempt".
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