While this storm for control of the old order continues to intensify in the North, the Global South has a historic opportunity to redefine its role in the global economy with its natural and human wealth.

Peru faces a fractured democracy: violent repression, criminalization of protests, and exclusion of indigenous communities expose historical wounds. The political and social crisis demands justice and urgent structural change.

An empty plate speaks louder than words. In Colombia, Timor-Leste, and Indonesia, families refuse to forget their disappeared loved ones, confronting bureaucratic obstacles, institutional failures, and silence, demanding truth, justice, and the answers they are owed.

The 21st century continues to portray Indigenous peoples as “a thing of the past,” as a people “dominated by the Europeans, civilized by them, or dead by their hatred,” making the impacts of Indigenous genocide clearly persist today.

South Africa carries an additional appeal for African LGBTQIA+ individuals seeking to flee victimisation and criminalisation in their home countries. Due to the provisions of its progressive post-apartheid constitution, South Africa has explicitly recognised persecution based on sexuality and gender identity as legitimate grounds for asylum since 1998.

The question persists on how to address this tension from the perspective of the territories, considering the way indigenous communities construct justice, prioritizing their views over those of companies and states.