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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 · 02/10/2026
A story that has all the elements of getting much bigger! Also, some front pages from today's French newspapers.
Facsimiles of the front pages of l'Humanite, Le Figaro, Liberation and La Vouix du Nord, Friday 2 October 2026.
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"miembro del Grupo de Expertos en Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas sobre #Nicaragua, ha denunciado...que las desapariciones forzadas se han convertido en «una práctica estratégica de desapariciones prolongadas de meses o años de duración»." Hoy Reunión de Consulta para considerar la situación
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Trigésima Primera Reunión de Consulta de Ministros de Relaciones Exteriores para considerar la situación en Nicaragua
Washington, D.C. | 02 de octubre de 2026
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Even King Louis 14th didn't go this far. He said 'L'État, c'est moi, I am the state'. But even the state is subject to the law. Whereas Trump specifically said I am the law...He said 'I am the code'. We can't have this in this country. That's dictatorship" @tribelaw.bsky.social told @cnn.com
youtube.com
Trump's ban backfires, China's Xi visits & more | Erin Burnett Outfront this week
YouTube video by CNN
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A short take by @en.france24.com
france24.com
'Fundamental demand': Saint-Denis students seek same opportunity as those in 'more privileged areas'
Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome a high school teacher who agreed to speak with us anonymously as protests intensify at a high school in a northern Paris suburb. The protests are shining a cruel li...
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
8-9 Oct. 2026, Zagreb: HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM FOR THE NEW GENERATION. iuc.hr/programme/2148 Org. by @iucdubrovnik.bsky.social, @esuonline.bsky.social & FPZG. @eua.eu @wiegerbakker.bsky.social @dfg.de @paul-stubbs.bsky.social @globalstudentforum.org @youthforum.bsky.social
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"It is therefore the policy...that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the executive branch shall use the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” and will not acknowledge the usage of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in any applicable setting."
whitehouse.gov
Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they ...
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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
"A poco más de una semana de las elecciones presidenciales, la campaña de Lula entró en guerra con Mark Zuckerberg. Según LPO, el Partido de los Trabajadores exigió explicaciones a Meta tras la restricción de la cuenta publicitaria de Lula y la desactivación del perfil oficial."
elciudadano.com
En plena campaña electoral, Meta cerró la cuenta Facebook de Lula: PT acusa intervencionismo electoral en Brasil
PT acusa a las tecnológicas de interferir en las elecciones de Brasil, tras cierre de cuenta de Lula en Facebook A poco más de una semana de las
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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Aquí una versión con más información por @lapoliticaonline.bsky.social. "Según un comunicado oficial del PT, el perfil oficial [de Facebook] de Lula también fue desactivado el día anterior."
lapoliticaonline.com
Facebook cerró la cuenta de Lula y el PT acusa a las tecnológicas de interferir en las elecciones - La Política Online
"El voto en Brasil no pueden quedar a merced de la preferencia política de las Big Techs", dijo el PT.
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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
"When we condemn Russia’s clear violation of international law in Ukraine, it is equally important to speak out against Israel’s violations of the same rules in Palestine." "Norway resoundingly rejects the calls for dismantling the International Criminal Court." Full text of the speech👇
regjeringen.no
Norway's Statement in the General Debate of the 81st General Assembly
Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide delivered Norway’s statement during the General Debate of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly.
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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."
youtu.be
🇳🇴 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
abcnews.com
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
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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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
MAGA reloaded, version Mexico😭
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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 · 25/09/2026
Moreover, it is also way of understanding the God found in the Bible. That is to say: liberation theology is very biblical and a strongly evangelical ('evangelical'=based on the Jesus of the Gospels) theology. As Sobrino puts it: the risen Christ has no meaning without Jesus as found in the Gospels.
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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
globalcatholic.com
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
I think most liberation theologians from Latin America would strongly disagree with this characterization. It's taken straight out of the playbook of Raztinger and the enemies of liberation theology. Liberation theologians said over and over that liberation theology is not Marxist. Nobody listened.
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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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Hans E. Offerdal @hofferdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As well as @cnn.com Let's see (a) how long this lasts and (b) if the media dare to challenge Trump more than usual, especially after this incident. Don't have my hopes up very high, but (for some moments until proven otherwise) let's give them the benefit of the doubt.😇
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See the moment White House reporter gets access | CNN Politics
CNN was allowed back into the White House on Thursday at noon after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate its access.
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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
Story is from the former newspaper once known as (the great) Washington Post; why bother?
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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
aclu.org
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
One could add a handful of other leaders as well😉
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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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