Lyda Fernanda Forero

Lyda Fernanda Forero is a researcher in the Agrarian and Environmental Justice group at the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, working on trade and investment issues. Email: lydafernanda@tni.org

Duque presidente, ultra derecha y resistencia popular

El resultado de las elecciones en Colombia tiene consecuencias, en muchos casos preocupantes, que comenzaron a hacerse visibles incluso antes de la posesión del nuevo presidente. English

By Lyda Fernanda Forero and Danilo Urrea

/ 7 Aug 2018

Petro vs. Duque: Colombian elections, war and peace

The presidential election on June 17 is exceptional. For the first time in many years there is an option on the left that oposes the decades-long right-wing hegemony in Colombia. Español

By Lyda Fernanda Forero and Danilo Urrea

/ 16 Jun 2018

Petro vs. Duque: Colombian elections, war and peace

The presidential election on June 17 is exceptional. For the first time in many years there is an option on the left that oposes the decades-long right-wing hegemony in Colombia. Español

By Lyda Fernanda Forero and Danilo Urrea

/ 16 Jun 2018

Petro vs. Duque: Las presidenciales colombianas, frente a la guerra y la paz

Esta es la primera vez en décadas que un candidato progresista llega a la segunda vuelta de una elecciones presidenciales en Colombia con algunas aspiraciones de ganarlas. English

By Lyda Fernanda Forero and Danilo Urrea

/ 15 Jun 2018

After the peace agreement, authoritarian extractivism persists as rural development in Colombia

The results of the recent legislative elections only reinforce the authoritarian and militarised model of the last 16 years. What is peace?

By Lyda Fernanda Forero and Danilo Urrea

/ 14 Mar 2018

Enfrentarse al populismo autoritario: la dimensión rural

Junto a los intereses de clase y las desigualdades, la religión, las dinámicas de género, el lugar y la identidad cultural son los factores que conforman el auge del populismo autoritario en las zonas rurales. English

By Marc Edelman, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Wendy Wolford, Benjamin White and Ruth Hall

/ 13 Mar 2018

Confronting authoritarian populism: the rural dimension

Religion, gender dynamics, place and cultural identity – all inform rising authoritarian populism in rural areas, alongside class interests and inequalities. Mobilising alternatives to capture by regressive political forces is not straightforward.

By Marc Edelman, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Wendy Wolford, Benjamin White and Ruth Hall

/ 29 Jan 2018

Human nature as victim in Colombia

"We are part of nature – human and non-human. The relationship between both and in permanent interaction creates ‘the territory’." Interview.

By Lyda Fernanda Forero

/ 4 Mar 2017