“Democracy as the central axis”

On February 10 , journalist and political analyst Hollman Morris interviewed CLACSO Executive Director Karina Batthyány on his program "Noches de opinión ," focusing on the X Latin American and Caribbean Conference of Social Sciences to be held in Bogotá next June.

Broadcast by Colombia's public media network, which includes stations such as Señal Colombia and Radio Nacional Colombia, the event featured a fruitful dialogue that reviewed the realities of Latin America and the Caribbean, analyzing the duality of progressive governments coexisting with fascist-leaning processes advancing both in the region and in various parts of the world, reinforced by Donald Trump's return to the White House. In response, Karina Batthyány stated that "at CLACSO, we decided to place democracy at the heart of the June event," emphasizing that "public media play a crucial role in this."

They also discussed migration and human mobility, inequality, sovereignty, and the transformative role of the social sciences and humanities in the essential changes of our times.

Finally, after reviewing the progress made in Colombia since Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez took office, Hollman Morris anticipated the active participation that Colombian public media will have in #CLACSO2025.