Teodora C. Hasegan

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Dalia Tarek |Malka Older |Teodora C. Hasegan |Zhaoyin Feng

Since 2018, the Ortega-Rosario Murillo government in Nicaragua has used multiple repressive strategies to punish citizens who have expressed political dissent, such as persecution, harassment, imprisonment, torture, confiscation of property, and extrajudicial executions. In 2023, state authorities used a new modality for the first time to increase repression: stripping opponents of their nationality.

2 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Teodora C. Hasegan |Laura Chaparro |Gabriela García Calderón |Janine Mendes-Franco

Small in stature, with black and white fur, whiskers for days, and a touching gaze, Añemó, which in the Kamentsá language means “to be strong,” came into my life on August 7, 2021, during a pivotal year in my personal, intellectual, and academic history. I had begun my PhD in law just a few months before, with a scholarship from the Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia, where I took on the challenge of communicating, through legal lenses, other ways of being in the world.

1 month ago | globalvoices.org | Liam Anderson |Gina Yauri |Melissa Vida |Teodora C. Hasegan

This article, written by Natalia Viana, was originally published by Agência Pública on February 24, 2025. It has been edited for length and context and republished here under a partnership agreement with Global Voices. On February 22, the video platform Rumble was suspendedin Brazil following an order by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Anatel (the National Telecommunications Agency) notified more than 20,000 internet providers and operators about the suspension.

1 month ago | globalvoices.org | L. Finch |Oiwan Lam |Kevin Rennie |Teodora C. Hasegan

There is hardly a sector in Bangladesh where USAID has not left its mark. Back in the 1960s, rice production was far lower, but thanks to agricultural advancements — modern seeds, improved techniques, and strategic support — our yields have multiplied, even as arable land has decreased. Growing up in our villages, we had no electricity. Well into the late 1970s and 1990s, we relied on hurricane lamps.

1 month ago | globalvoices.org | Gina Yauri |Melissa Vida |Teodora C. Hasegan |María Alvarez Malvido

On Sunday, February 9, 2025, Ecuador held its general elections, with over 11 million voters heading to the polls to elect the leaders who will govern them for the next four years. In these elections, Ecuadorians voted for their national authorities, from the president and vice president of the republic to the 151 assembly members and five Andean parliamentarians.