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Decentralizing Mexico: redistributing power or extending its grip? BY JIMENA DAVID GARZA April 8, 2019   Mexico has a new President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. He won with 53% of the vote and currently enjoys over 70% approval rating. There is a generalized feeling that democracy, accountability and development will be improved during his term,

Protest Art in Palestine BY RADHIKA SINGH April 8, 2019   From Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, the Separation Barrier looks innocuous. Covered up with pretty beige stone and blending into the background, it snakes along flat, grassy lands, curving over hills and dipping behind buildings. The Barrier in the West Bank, however, could not be

Urbanization in the Amazon Forest: Indigenous Practices as a Framework for Resilience BY LORENA GALVAO April 8, 2019   Representing close to 60% of the rainforest in the world, the Amazon is being deforested at a rate of 5.000 square kilometers² per year. In space of pristine forests are cattle ranches, mining and rapid urbanization,

Reflections on Participatory Planning through the Barrio 31 Experience BY DANI COCCO BELTRAME March 30, 2019 Abstract Contestation around participatory planning ranges from arguments of it being naïve, to ideas of it being counterproductive for systemic change. However, through analysis of the participatory planning approach by the Buenos Aires City Government for the Barrio 31