Demonstrators go to Explanada de los Ministries to protest against corruption and demand the ousting of President Dilma Rousseff in March 2016. Using the Brazilian colors in protests has become an anti-PT (Workers' Party) symbol. Creative Commons.
This is the story of what happened in the plebiscite for peace in Colombia, which ended up with a rejection of the Peace Agreement. It is a very similar story to that of the current political polarization in Brazil, and that of the UK European Union membership referendum, and that of the election of Donald Trump... It is, in short, the story of what happens in any political discussion occurring in the social media.
Who has never participated in an irrational debate in which a huge amount of lies is shared ad infinitum? Do you remember the maxim: "a lie that is repeated a million times ends up being true?" Many people in Colombia, for example, believed that if they voted for the Peace Agreement they would actually be voting for the FARC leader to become their next president.
