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Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón

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Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón

Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón is a researcher at the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) at the University of Cape Town and a research associate at the department of political and international studies at Rhodes University.

Solidarity: On a pavement in Cali, candles spell out the words “for our dead” during a vigil on 5 May in honour of the demonstrators who died during protests against the government. The current death toll is at least 45 people. Photo: Luis Robayo/AFP
CALI

#SOSColombia: Remember Sharpeville?

The Colombian government’s violent repression of political dissent is dangerous

  • Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
  • Maria Gabriela Palacio
6 min read
The theme of a modern-day Robin Hood has resonated with international audiences who are increasingly cynical and angry about banks and the entire economic order they represent.
COLOMBIA

Marie Antoinette rules in Colombia as the masses protest against inequality

Citizens have taken to the streets as the country’s transition away from a 70-year civil war gives them opportunity to find their voices

  • Maria Gabriela Palacio
  • Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
8 min read
Supporters of Bolivia’s ousted president Evo Morales set fire to an American flag as they gather outside the US embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Reuters/Agustin Marcarian)
BOLIVIA

Noise or signal? Social media’s role in Bolivia’s coup

Narratives spread on social networking sites were used to justify military intervention in democratic processes

  • Maria Gabriela Palacio
  • Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
8 min read
As the world economy seems to come closer to another recession, deepening inequalities and precarity — and now climate breakdown — discontent is increasingly driven by the perception of politics as a rigged game. (Reuters)
CAPITALISM

Chile’s riots the dance of the dispossessed

Protests are not a new phenomenon in the country, but the violence is

  • Maria Gabriela Palacio
  • Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
5 min read
ECUADOR

People in Ecuador have woken up to a fragmented and polarised society

The protests and their aftermath have uncovered the social tensions arising from the marginalisation of indigenous populations in the country

  • Maria Gabriela Palacio
  • Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
6 min read