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Hans E. Offerdal

@hofferdal.bsky.social
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Adviser for international affairs at the University of Bergen (UiB). Latin America, México & liberation theology aficionado. Strong supporter of free speech, academic freedom and a humane world! Opinions are my own. Reposts are not necessarily endorsements

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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 2h
Super intelligent spelling😂
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EL PAÍS América @elpaisamerica.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Esta es la nueva tesis del caso Ayotzinapa (y es difícil de probar) dozz.es/25o9vd
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Esta es la nueva tesis del caso Ayotzinapa (y es difícil de probar)
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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Proud that my PhD student John Nightingale has a new open access piece out with Henk van Houtum in Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space entitled Disposing the unwanted: The UK-Rwanda deal and the resurgence of deportations to third countries journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Esta noticia de @elmostrador.bsky.social, y de algunos otros medios no pinta bien, ¿o qué dicen ustedes? @efe.com @cnn.com @es.france24.com @elpais.com @nytimes.com
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PT afirma que la página de anuncios de Lula en Facebook fue restringida y exige explicaciones a Meta | El Mostrador
Ocurrió a pocos días de los comicios presidenciales del próximo domingo 4 de octubre. El Partidos de los Trabajadores amenazó con acciones legales.
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Folha de S.Paulo @folha.com · 24/09/2026
Painel: Lula cobra Meta por suspensão de anúncios no Facebook
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Painel: Campanha de Lula notifica Meta após suspensão de página de anúncios
PT vê interferência na eleição e ameaça ir à Justiça
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Periodistas Unidos @periodistasunidos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
¿Por qué sigue inconcluso el camino hacia la verdad en el caso Ayotzinapa? 🧐 Consulta el contundente análisis de Humberto Musacchio en Periodistas Unidos. 📝✨ #PeriodistasUnidos #Ayotzinapa #AnálisisPolítico zurl.co/TyT5C
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Y los 43, ¿para cuándo? - Periodistas Unidos
Periodistas Unidos es un colectivo de periodistas que buscan la libertad de expresión, la defensa de periodistas y la integración de diversas disciplinas culturales para la transformación de la sociedad.
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ayotzinapa "Fue un crimen de Estado", informa José Antonio Guardiola, de @rtvenoticias.rtve.es
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l'Humanité @humanite.fr · 24/09/2026
L'Humanité magazine du 24 septembre – Léon XIV, un pape anti-Trump ? 📰 humanite.fr
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ayotzinapa "Fue un crimen de Estado", informa José Antonio Guardiola, de @rtvenoticias.rtve.es
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
¡y hoy es 26 de septiembre de 2026! #Ayotzinapa #Mexico #militarización #4T
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Las portadas de algunos periódicos de México de hoy sobre Ayotzinapa.
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Amnistía Internacional sostiene que el Ejército aún no ha entregado la totalidad de los documentos requeridos." #Ayotzinapa "No vamos a traicionar la confianza de nuestro pueblo". -AMLO, 26.09.2018
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12 años de Ayotzinapa: 853 folios sin entregar, videos borrados y una verdad por esclarecer
Amnistía Internacional señaló la posible desaparición de evidencia en el caso Ayotzinapa y pidió investigar el borrado de videos del Palacio de Justicia de Iguala.
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Norwegian Foreign Minister, Mr. Espen Barth Eide, opened his speech at UNGA by quoting Antonio Gramsci! "The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters."
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🇳🇴 Norway - Foreign Minister Addresses United Nations General Assembly 81st Session | #UNGA
YouTube video by United Nations
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Yet, amid so much darkness, the light of solidarity is not lacking. Individuals, families, civil institutions and ecclesial communities choose not to pass by on the other side (cf. Lk 10:29-37)", writes Pope Leo in his message. Full text 👇 @cperezbustillo.bsky.social @globalexchange.bsky.social
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Message of the Holy Father for the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2026
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV FOR THE 112 th WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES 27 September 2026 [ Multimedia ] _______________________
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Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seriously enraging.
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Signatories want the funds used for their original purpose — global health initiatives — and are concerned the money could be considered expired at the end of the month", writes @jackjenkins.me for @rns.org
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use citizenship database ahead of midterms
The Supreme Court has given the Trump administration a green light to use a federal citizenship database to verify voters ahead of the midterm elections.
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Rock Music Association @rockmusicassoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Congratulations to @U2 celebrating 50 years today.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 25/09/2026
Pope Leo XIV, who has made AI a central component of his pontificate, warned against the dangers of the technology at UNESCO. #EuropeNews
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Pope: AI must serve humans, not become a tool of domination
Pope Leo XIV, who has made AI a central component of his pontificate, warned against the dangers of the technology at UNESCO.
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"popular education helps people see their situation not as a closed world from which there is no escape, but as a space they can transform", writes Rev. Madison Jones McAleese in a fine reflection for @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social #LiberationTheology
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Faith in the Margins: What Happens When We Liberate Our Structures?
The Spirit is breaking through, dismantling institutions and oppressive structures.
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Rodolfo Soriano-Núñez @rsnunez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ojalá les interese esta actividad para mejorar el desempeño de la democracia en América Latina... www.liderazgodemocratico.com
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25° Aniversario Carta Democrática Interamericana
Conferencia Internacional con José Miguel Insulza, Fernando Carrillo Flórez, María Corina Machado, Michelle Muschett, Sergio Ramírez Mercado y Miguel Angel Rodríguez Echeverria organizado por el Centr...
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So, it did not last that long, or what is happening now? @lbarronlopez.bsky.social seems also to be a bit in the dark.
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BREAKING: MS NOW and CNN blocked from entering White House event
YouTube video by MS NOW
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MS NOW @ms.now · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW and CNN reporters and producers are blocked from attending a White House event after previously regaining access. MS NOW is usually approved for credentials for White House events on campus. @lbarronlopez.bsky.social reports.
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"One of his [Pablo Richard] fundamental contributions was to systematize the biblical hermeneutics of liberation from the practice of basic ecclesial communities", writes Alberto Embry about the late liberation theologian Pablo Richard for @globalcatholic.bsky.social
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Remembering Pablo Richard: the theologian who reshaped how Latin America reads Scripture - Global Catholic
On the fifth anniversary of his death, a former student remembers Chilean biblical scholar Pablo Richard, pioneer of Latin America's liberationist reading of Scripture.
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"popular education helps people see their situation not as a closed world from which there is no escape, but as a space they can transform", writes Rev. Madison Jones McAleese in a fine reflection for @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social #LiberationTheology
goodfaithmedia.org
Faith in the Margins: What Happens When We Liberate Our Structures?
The Spirit is breaking through, dismantling institutions and oppressive structures.
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
John Paul II on Liberation Theology: “You know that liberation theology is a true theology” January 25, 1979, on flight from Rome to Santo Domingo.
Quotes from Pope John Paul II on Liberation Theology:

“You know that liberation theology is a true theology”
JANUARY 25, 1979, ON FLIGHT FROM ROME TO SANTO DOMINGO

“it must be admitted that one of the great contemporary theologians, Hans Urs von Balthassar, is right when he demands a theology of liberation on a universal scale”
FEBRUARY 21, 1979,  GENERAL AUDIENCE

“the theology of liberation is not only timely but useful and necessary.”
APRIL 9, 1986, LETTER TO BRAZILIAN EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE

Photo of Mons. Romero with John Paul II, 1979
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MS NOW Public Relations @msnowcomms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
. @lbarronlopez.bsky.social reporting back from the White House.
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🦋 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖊® @thorchrs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐎'𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐒.𝐉. @kohsj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Frequently, 'liberation theology' is associated with poorer parts of the world. In fact, it is probably just as necessary - or even more so - in wealthy societies where people become enslaved by consumerism, careerism, etc. From false promises of hedonistic materialism - Lord liberate us! 🙏 ✝️
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Eight of those shootings, which included three U.S. citizens, were fatal, according to an analysis based on ABC reporting, statements from lawmakers, and government press releases." Thus: in the U.S. of 2026 you can be shot by the authorities/ICE. This good for tourism? @blumenthal.senate.gov
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"This repression has infringed on academic freedom and violated students’ and scholars’ free speech, association, and assembly rights across the country." By @aclu.org and @amnesty-usa.bsky.social @iucdubrovnik.bsky.social @esuonline.bsky.social @globalstudentforum.org @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social
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New ACLU and Amnesty International USA Report Uncovers Widespread Suppression of Pro-Palestine Speech Across College Campuses | American Civil Liberties Union
Findings Show Concerted Efforts to Censor and Retaliate Against Speech in support of Palestinian Rights in Colleges and Universities
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"señaló a Rodríguez de cómplice de una Administración que se "robó" los comicios del 28 de julio de 2024" #Venezuela #ReuniónEntreDelincuentes
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Liberation Theology..."challenged Catholics to look at the Gospel through the experiences of people living in poverty and oppression, and to ask what it really means for the Church to stand with them", writes @ctacatholics.bsky.social Gustavo Gutiérrez
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Ukrainians did not choose this war,” “We choose not to die, not to lose our country, our families, not to lose our independence, our freedom. And we are defending ourselves.” “Patient zero must be stopped,” he said, referring to President Putin. Interesting presentation of Zelenskyy speech by U.N.
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Zelenskyy urges stronger pressure on Russia, warns war’s impact is spreading beyond Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday called for intensified pressure on Russia to end its war against Ukraine, arguing that Moscow continues to incur massive losses while prolonging a ...
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“The more freedom Putin has to act, the more dangerous the world becomes for everyone else,” - President Zelenskyy in the U.N. Hard to disagree with that analysis😢
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"“Finland and Norway are very strong partners of ours, and I thank them for the substantive exchange of views,” Zelenskyy said." @norwayinusa.norway.no @norwayeu.norway.no
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Zelenskyy Meets Finnish And Norwegian Leaders In New York, Signs Drone Deal With Finland - Freedom
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian ...
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@pbsnews.org " is not publishing video or still images provided by the administration", @npr.org "said they will not take audio and video from White House events until further notice". The New York Times, The Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse temporarily withholding photos of Trump.👍
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Trump’s press ban prompts widespread solidarity — and fewer images of the president | CNN Business
A ban on one is almost like a ban on all. That’s the prevailing as President Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico has been implemented — and challenged in court.
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Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik @iucdubrovnik.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🤖💭Bringing together researchers and faculty "Philosophy of AI" course looked beyond AI ethics to examine the impact of artificial intelligence on epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and technology. @flu-cas.bsky.social iuc.hr/programme/2135 #iucdubrovnik
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Today, only about 15% of peace negotiators are women. Yet peace agreements have been 35% more likely to last at least 15 years when women are meaningfully involved in negotiations, according to the U.N", underlines @csmonitor.bsky.social in an important editorial.
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German Foreign Office @germany.diplo.de · 23/09/2026
Joining forces with our 33 Latin American & Caribbean partners to strengthen democracy & multilateralism, boost economic resilience and tackle shared security threats at today‘s #EUCELAC meeting at #UNGA81 We 🇪🇺🌎 are stronger together. @aussenminister.diplo.de
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 23/09/2026
Steven Cheung lashed out over Erin Burnett’s description of the White House’s new 24/7 video stream.
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Trump Comms Chief Hurls Ugly Slur At CNN's Erin Burnett Over Trump TV Remarks
Steven Cheung lashed out over Erin Burnett’s description of the White House’s new 24/7 video stream.
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The book is in open access by @routledgebooks.bsky.social 🙂 @iucdubrovnik.bsky.social @stenhansson.bsky.social @johnkenny.bsky.social @europeansecurity.bsky.social @polcomm.bsky.social @pedroeduribeiro.bsky.social
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José Joaquín Blanco @blancoj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
quietly
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"DW will, until further notice, refrain from using on its German and English language platforms any photo or video material produced by the White House itself and distributed through its official communication channels."👏 Kudos to @deutschewelle.dw.com Statement👇 corporate.dw.com/en/dw-stands...
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Trump vs the press: Who controls the story? | DW News
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Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik @iucdubrovnik.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We are happy to report that the publication of a book from the project "Researching Europe, Digitalisation and Conspiracy Theories", which was a part of an IUC Dubrovnik academic programme. Find more information on the link below: www.routledge.com/Conspiracy-T...
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Full address, and hist last to UNGA, by UN Secretary General António Guterres. "We are witnessing an extraordinary transfer of power away from governments to a handful private corporations and individuals."
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🇺🇳 UN Secretary-General Addresses United Nations General Debate, 81st Session | #UNGA
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Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik @iucdubrovnik.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🌍 In the course Globalization and Democracy (14 - 18 September), participants are exploring some of the most pressing questions facing Europe today. iuc.hr/programme/2123 #iucdubrovnik
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 22/09/2026
We're launching a podcast series on how jurisdictions across Latin America are protecting people from violence *without* eroding democracy or human rights. Here's a great conversation with Ernesto López Portillo from Mexico's IBERO University, about experiences with police reform. More to come.
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Security Reimagined: “Police reform isn’t decreed; it’s managed” (Spanish audio, English subtitles)
YouTube video by WOLA: Washington Office on Latin America
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nacht Und Nebel
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (~8.3 million viewers) on President Trump's ban on CNN, MSNOW and Politico, including the solidaric stand by all members of the White House Press Pool. youtu.be/gfMEAkW--bQ
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Trump in New York for UN amid White House press ban
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