Hans E. Offerdal
@hofferdal.bsky.social
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
Reposted by Hans E. Offerdal
✨We are happy to announce the IUC call for Interns in 2026!
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November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
✨We are happy to announce the IUC call for Interns in 2026!
Check it out🔽
iuc.hr/news/interns...
Please share this link with those you think might be interested.🌍
#iucdubrovnik #internship
Check it out🔽
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Please share this link with those you think might be interested.🌍
#iucdubrovnik #internship
"The current geopolitical environment calls for diplomats to remain abreast of continuous policy changes, technological advancements, and scientific discoveries while constantly assessing how these developments align with their country’s interests"
@iucdubrovnik.bsky.social @wiegerbakker.bsky.social
@iucdubrovnik.bsky.social @wiegerbakker.bsky.social
Roundtable with Diplomats from Latin America and the Caribbean | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
On Nov. 6, the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy hosted a roundtable with diplomats from Latin America and the Caribbean
www.aaas.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"The current geopolitical environment calls for diplomats to remain abreast of continuous policy changes, technological advancements, and scientific discoveries while constantly assessing how these developments align with their country’s interests"
@iucdubrovnik.bsky.social @wiegerbakker.bsky.social
@iucdubrovnik.bsky.social @wiegerbakker.bsky.social
" #FemalePresidents who shaped #LatinAmerica" by #UPI
Violeta Chamorro (second female president in the whole of the #Americas! - the first was Isabel #Perón)
Mireya Moscoso
Michelle Bachelet
Cristina Kirchner
Laura Chinchilla
Dilma Rousseff
Jeanine Áñez
Xiomara Castro
Dina Boluarte
Claudia Sheinbaum
Violeta Chamorro (second female president in the whole of the #Americas! - the first was Isabel #Perón)
Mireya Moscoso
Michelle Bachelet
Cristina Kirchner
Laura Chinchilla
Dilma Rousseff
Jeanine Áñez
Xiomara Castro
Dina Boluarte
Claudia Sheinbaum
In photos: Female presidents who shaped Latin America - All Photos - UPI.com
A look at the women who have served as presidents of Latin American countries, both elected and interim. This collection highlights the modern female leaders who have shaped national politics across t...
www.upi.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
" #FemalePresidents who shaped #LatinAmerica" by #UPI
Violeta Chamorro (second female president in the whole of the #Americas! - the first was Isabel #Perón)
Mireya Moscoso
Michelle Bachelet
Cristina Kirchner
Laura Chinchilla
Dilma Rousseff
Jeanine Áñez
Xiomara Castro
Dina Boluarte
Claudia Sheinbaum
Violeta Chamorro (second female president in the whole of the #Americas! - the first was Isabel #Perón)
Mireya Moscoso
Michelle Bachelet
Cristina Kirchner
Laura Chinchilla
Dilma Rousseff
Jeanine Áñez
Xiomara Castro
Dina Boluarte
Claudia Sheinbaum
"A federal grand jury indicted Dugan in May on charges of obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest. She’s set to stand trial beginning Dec. 15. She could face up to six years in federal prison if convicted."
#Judge #HannahDugan
#Judge #HannahDugan
DHS says Eduardo Flores-Ruiz has been deported. His case is the reason Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan now faces federal charges for allegedly helping him avoid ICE agents. Her trial starts Dec. 15. @apnews.com @pbswisconsin.bsky.social
Read More: pbswisconsin.org/news-item/im...
Read More: pbswisconsin.org/news-item/im...
Immigrant in Milwaukee judge case has been deported
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An immigrant who was arrested after a Milwaukee judge allegedly helped him dodge federal agents has been deported. Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 31, pleaded guilty in September to ...
pbswisconsin.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"A federal grand jury indicted Dugan in May on charges of obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest. She’s set to stand trial beginning Dec. 15. She could face up to six years in federal prison if convicted."
#Judge #HannahDugan
#Judge #HannahDugan
Parece que este libro ya es posible comprar en #Perú ahora; ¿Alguien lo ha leído?
¿Sugerencias para librerias en Perú que realizan envíos al exterior?
#LeónXIV
www.penguinlibros.com/pe/biografia...
¿Sugerencias para librerias en Perú que realizan envíos al exterior?
#LeónXIV
www.penguinlibros.com/pe/biografia...
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Parece que este libro ya es posible comprar en #Perú ahora; ¿Alguien lo ha leído?
¿Sugerencias para librerias en Perú que realizan envíos al exterior?
#LeónXIV
www.penguinlibros.com/pe/biografia...
¿Sugerencias para librerias en Perú que realizan envíos al exterior?
#LeónXIV
www.penguinlibros.com/pe/biografia...
The ghosts of Franco, Haider, Le Pen, Milošević and Mussolini, loom ominously over Europe's future, casting a shadow of #nationalism and division.
One might wonder what the remaining 90% of the world's population think about Europe's xenophobia. Will it give us new friends on the multilateral stage?
One might wonder what the remaining 90% of the world's population think about Europe's xenophobia. Will it give us new friends on the multilateral stage?
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The ghosts of Franco, Haider, Le Pen, Milošević and Mussolini, loom ominously over Europe's future, casting a shadow of #nationalism and division.
One might wonder what the remaining 90% of the world's population think about Europe's xenophobia. Will it give us new friends on the multilateral stage?
One might wonder what the remaining 90% of the world's population think about Europe's xenophobia. Will it give us new friends on the multilateral stage?
"When the federal government conditions research grants, accreditation, financial aid funds and the ability to admit certain students on ideological adherence, it threatens #academicfreedom and practice", @aacu.org President Lynn Pasquerella tells @uniworldnews.bsky.social.
#SaveDemocracy
#SaveDemocracy
Trump poses ‘existential threat’ to HE and democracy
The Trump administration’s push against universities and science is posing an ‘existential threat’ to higher education and democracy and is tran...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"When the federal government conditions research grants, accreditation, financial aid funds and the ability to admit certain students on ideological adherence, it threatens #academicfreedom and practice", @aacu.org President Lynn Pasquerella tells @uniworldnews.bsky.social.
#SaveDemocracy
#SaveDemocracy
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Reposted by Hans E. Offerdal
Italy 1 - [4] Norway - Jorgen Strand Larsen 90+3'
Norway = Dark Horses this summer?
Norway = Dark Horses this summer?
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Italy 1 - [4] Norway - Jorgen Strand Larsen 90+3'
Norway = Dark Horses this summer?
Norway = Dark Horses this summer?
" #Poverty has structural causes that must be addressed and eliminated...The celebration of the World Day of the Poor [16 November 2025] is meant to remind our communities that the #poor are at the heart of all our pastoral activity."
- Pope #LeoXIV #SocialJustice
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
- Pope #LeoXIV #SocialJustice
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
" #Poverty has structural causes that must be addressed and eliminated...The celebration of the World Day of the Poor [16 November 2025] is meant to remind our communities that the #poor are at the heart of all our pastoral activity."
- Pope #LeoXIV #SocialJustice
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
- Pope #LeoXIV #SocialJustice
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
"Intellectual and moral autonomy is the hallmark of any #university and a precondition for the fulfilment of its responsibilities to society."
- Magna Charta Universitatum, 2020
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @aaup.org @peninternational.bsky.social @bradvivian.bsky.social
- Magna Charta Universitatum, 2020
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @aaup.org @peninternational.bsky.social @bradvivian.bsky.social
· #AcademicSky · from UWN @uniworldnews.bsky.social
“Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we cannot have high-quality learning, teaching and research. Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we also cannot have a fully functional democracy.” —Sjur Bergan
“Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we cannot have high-quality learning, teaching and research. Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we also cannot have a fully functional democracy.” —Sjur Bergan
Magna Charta signatories top 1,000 amid growing threats
A Swedish university became the 1,000th signatory to the Magna Charta Universitatum on 13 November at a global convening of university leaders in Lond...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Intellectual and moral autonomy is the hallmark of any #university and a precondition for the fulfilment of its responsibilities to society."
- Magna Charta Universitatum, 2020
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @aaup.org @peninternational.bsky.social @bradvivian.bsky.social
- Magna Charta Universitatum, 2020
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @aaup.org @peninternational.bsky.social @bradvivian.bsky.social
"Protests at the #Broadview facility are not a recent development. The tradition of a weekly protest and prayer vigil...was initiated in 2007 by two #Catholic sisters, Pat Murphy and JoAnn Persch", @christiancentury.bsky.social reminds us.
@revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social @moryan.bsky.social
@revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social @moryan.bsky.social
This column was written by one of the regulars holding vigil outside Chicago's Broadview ICE detention center. DHS is lying to everyone.
www.christiancentury.org/features/dhs...
www.christiancentury.org/features/dhs...
Protest propaganda
The protesters at the ICE facility outside Chicago are not an angry mob. We’re just people who believe in due process and free...
www.christiancentury.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Protests at the #Broadview facility are not a recent development. The tradition of a weekly protest and prayer vigil...was initiated in 2007 by two #Catholic sisters, Pat Murphy and JoAnn Persch", @christiancentury.bsky.social reminds us.
@revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social @moryan.bsky.social
@revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social @moryan.bsky.social
"love for the #poor — whatever the form their #poverty
may take — is the #evangelical hallmark of a #Church faithful to the heart of God." #103
"John Paul II taught that the preferential option for the poor...“is essential" [for the Church]". #110
- #Pope Leo XIV, Dilexi te
#LeoXIV
may take — is the #evangelical hallmark of a #Church faithful to the heart of God." #103
"John Paul II taught that the preferential option for the poor...“is essential" [for the Church]". #110
- #Pope Leo XIV, Dilexi te
#LeoXIV
November 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"as the unequivocal words of the #Gospel remind us, there is a special presence of Christ in the #poor, and this requires the #Church to make a #preferentialoption for them."
- John Paul II, Novo Millennio Ineunte, #49
#liberationtheology
@liberationtheology.bsky.social @libtheopodcast.bsky.social
- John Paul II, Novo Millennio Ineunte, #49
#liberationtheology
@liberationtheology.bsky.social @libtheopodcast.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"as the unequivocal words of the #Gospel remind us, there is a special presence of Christ in the #poor, and this requires the #Church to make a #preferentialoption for them."
- John Paul II, Novo Millennio Ineunte, #49
#liberationtheology
@liberationtheology.bsky.social @libtheopodcast.bsky.social
- John Paul II, Novo Millennio Ineunte, #49
#liberationtheology
@liberationtheology.bsky.social @libtheopodcast.bsky.social
Llevo meses buscándolo en mi caótica colección de libros, ¡por fin lo encontré!
El libro (detalles en atl txt) demuestra que #GustavoGutiérrez no era el único que pensaba en la #teologíaDeLaLiberación a principios de los 70.
#RubemAlves y #HugoAssmann también reflexionaban sobre el tema.
El libro (detalles en atl txt) demuestra que #GustavoGutiérrez no era el único que pensaba en la #teologíaDeLaLiberación a principios de los 70.
#RubemAlves y #HugoAssmann también reflexionaban sobre el tema.
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Llevo meses buscándolo en mi caótica colección de libros, ¡por fin lo encontré!
El libro (detalles en atl txt) demuestra que #GustavoGutiérrez no era el único que pensaba en la #teologíaDeLaLiberación a principios de los 70.
#RubemAlves y #HugoAssmann también reflexionaban sobre el tema.
El libro (detalles en atl txt) demuestra que #GustavoGutiérrez no era el único que pensaba en la #teologíaDeLaLiberación a principios de los 70.
#RubemAlves y #HugoAssmann también reflexionaban sobre el tema.
"El amor de la #Iglesia por los #pobres, que es determinante y pertenece a su constante tradición, la impulsa a dirigirse al mundo en el cual, no obstante el progreso técnico-económico, la #pobreza amenaza con alcanzar formas gigantescas."
- #JuanPabloII, #CentesimusAnnus, #57.
#Liberación
- #JuanPabloII, #CentesimusAnnus, #57.
#Liberación
November 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"El amor de la #Iglesia por los #pobres, que es determinante y pertenece a su constante tradición, la impulsa a dirigirse al mundo en el cual, no obstante el progreso técnico-económico, la #pobreza amenaza con alcanzar formas gigantescas."
- #JuanPabloII, #CentesimusAnnus, #57.
#Liberación
- #JuanPabloII, #CentesimusAnnus, #57.
#Liberación
"Leo says that Chrysostom’s profound sense of social justice leads him to affirm that “not giving to the poor is stealing from them, defrauding them of their lives, because what we have belongs to them.”
Any bishop who said that today would be branded a #Communist", writes @thomasreesesj.bsky.social
Any bishop who said that today would be branded a #Communist", writes @thomasreesesj.bsky.social
My @rns.org column: In 'Dilexi te,' #PopeLeo presents early church as exemplar of love and care for poor religionnews.com/2025/10/27/d...
In 'Dilexi te,' Pope Leo presents early church as exemplar of love and care for poor
(RNS) — In Scripture and in the history of the church, the poor are where we encounter God, the pope writes in his 'Dilexi Te.'
religionnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Leo says that Chrysostom’s profound sense of social justice leads him to affirm that “not giving to the poor is stealing from them, defrauding them of their lives, because what we have belongs to them.”
Any bishop who said that today would be branded a #Communist", writes @thomasreesesj.bsky.social
Any bishop who said that today would be branded a #Communist", writes @thomasreesesj.bsky.social
"The nightmarish #Trump era has led to a revival of Catholic political theory but not one guided by a revival of #Catholic political practice...theorists should base their #politics on the works of mercy and develop political programs centered around feeding the #hungry and welcoming the foreigner."
From @commonweal.bsky.social: Recovering Our Vision of the Poor
‘Dilexi te’ against MAGA’s effort to disappear the vulnerable
‘Dilexi te’ against MAGA’s effort to disappear the vulnerable
Recovering Our Vision of the Poor
The Trump administration defends a radical inversion of Christian teaching on poverty.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"The nightmarish #Trump era has led to a revival of Catholic political theory but not one guided by a revival of #Catholic political practice...theorists should base their #politics on the works of mercy and develop political programs centered around feeding the #hungry and welcoming the foreigner."
Reposted by Hans E. Offerdal
615 people arrested by ICE this summer in Chicago must be released, a federal judge ruled, saying long-term residents can’t be held without bond.
Read more about it here: www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Read more about it here: www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Judge says he’ll order release of hundreds of people arrested under feds’ deportation blitz
The 615 detainees are from a list of roughly 1,800 arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Chicago area between June 11 and Oct. 7, and there could be more to come.
www.wbez.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
615 people arrested by ICE this summer in Chicago must be released, a federal judge ruled, saying long-term residents can’t be held without bond.
Read more about it here: www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Read more about it here: www.wbez.org/immigration/...
#TomorrowsPapersToday Daily Star: TRUMP DOES A DR EVIL One billion dollars. MANBABY MAY SUE FRICKIN' IDIOTS By Kate Nelson. George on the phone. For more papers visit our new website at
www.thesentinelcurrent.co.uk/tomorrows-pa...
www.thesentinelcurrent.co.uk/tomorrows-pa...
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Dorothy Day🤩🤩🤩
She was (is) a true U.S. made hero!
Don't miss the 2011 biography of her by Jim Forrest, published by @orbisbooks.bsky.social
She was (is) a true U.S. made hero!
Don't miss the 2011 biography of her by Jim Forrest, published by @orbisbooks.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Dorothy Day🤩🤩🤩
She was (is) a true U.S. made hero!
Don't miss the 2011 biography of her by Jim Forrest, published by @orbisbooks.bsky.social
She was (is) a true U.S. made hero!
Don't miss the 2011 biography of her by Jim Forrest, published by @orbisbooks.bsky.social
Reposted by Hans E. Offerdal
Wonder why you haven't heard much about the Proud Boys lately?
It's because they're called ICE now.
It's because they're called ICE now.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wonder why you haven't heard much about the Proud Boys lately?
It's because they're called ICE now.
It's because they're called ICE now.
Kudos to @eddavey.libdems.org.uk for standing up for the #BBC now! It is, sadly, a courageous act in this moment.
The editors and producers of the Panorama documentary made a unforgivable judgement. However, the BBC is so much than a few errors.
Today, @dailystar.co.uk says what needs to be said👇
The editors and producers of the Panorama documentary made a unforgivable judgement. However, the BBC is so much than a few errors.
Today, @dailystar.co.uk says what needs to be said👇
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Kudos to @eddavey.libdems.org.uk for standing up for the #BBC now! It is, sadly, a courageous act in this moment.
The editors and producers of the Panorama documentary made a unforgivable judgement. However, the BBC is so much than a few errors.
Today, @dailystar.co.uk says what needs to be said👇
The editors and producers of the Panorama documentary made a unforgivable judgement. However, the BBC is so much than a few errors.
Today, @dailystar.co.uk says what needs to be said👇
Reposted by Hans E. Offerdal
