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<a name="m_6946252440356042184__MailOriginal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Miguel Carter <miguelcarter.4@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, 20 May 2024 at 18:03<br>
<b>To: </b>Gianluca Miscione <gianluca.miscione@ucd.ie><br>
<b>Subject: </b>The EU censored our innovative public opinion study in Africa, "Voices of the People"<u></u><u></u></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dear Gianluca,</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The European Union financed, commended and then banned, in late 2021,
 our groundbreaking study on Guinea-Bissau, <i>Voices of the People</i>, without any justification. Since then, we have been engaged in a long struggle to restore publication rights and ensure other EU-funded scholars in Africa do not suffer the same fate.
 Please support </span></span><span></span><a href="https://vozesdopovo.org/en/" target="_blank"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#467886">our
 call for academic freedom</span></span><span></span></a><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.  </span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Voices of the People initiative was designed to advance science
 and democracy in Guinea-Bissau. It crafted an innovative way to assess public sentiments in this West African nation. Our study interviewed hundreds of citizens from all walks of life. It involved dozens of researchers and three and a-half years of labor.
 Moreover, it drew on various scientific methods  – a national survey, data mining, focus groups, a comparative review of public opinion in Africa, along with a multi-disciplinary analysis of key findings – to generate a unique and ambitious inquiry.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">All this led to the preparation of an edited volume,
<i>Voices of the People: Society, Politics and Public Opinion in Guinea-Bissau</i>, in collaboration with ten scholars from Africa, Europe and the Americas. The book was written in Portuguese and translated into English. For all we know, no other country in
 Africa has carried out a public opinion study of this scope and originality.</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">In November 2021, just before the Portuguese edition was to go to
 print, EU officials resolved to embargo the volume’s publication, despite a contractual obligation to publish and disseminate the research findings. The EU never explained this abrupt turnabout or requested any alterations of the work produced. In a perverse
 turn of events, a project paid for by EU citizens to advance knowledge and human rights in West Africa led to the opposite outcome.  
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">A year later, in response to our efforts, EU officials in Brussels
 approved the study’s publication. But then prohibited any sale of our book. This constraint effectively barred the volume’s publication in English with an academic press, to which the EU originally agreed. No publisher of scholarly texts that we know of would
 consent to bear the costs of production and distribution of a book it could not sell.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Our volume is now available, but only in Portuguese, in digital format
 and limited copies. By blocking sales of the book, the EU has impaired access to knowledge and restricted market opportunities in Africa that it would not hesitate to offer to its own citizens.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Why did the EU censor the
<i>Voices of the People</i>? Many have asked this question. Our inquiries into this matter give us strong reasons to believe that the EU ambassador to Guinea-Bissau suppressed the volume to ingratiate herself to the country’s autocratic ruler and receive a
 presidential award at the end of her diplomatic mission. We believe the ambassador’s actions would have required consultation with her director in Brussels, both of whom are Portuguese nationals. These circumstances may explain why the EU has been so reluctant
 to account for this affair.</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">We have recently filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman, in an
 effort to restore publication rights and safeguard academic freedom in EU-funded research. Your support is particularly important to us now.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Please sign our petition, either online or by responding to this email.
 Our website (</span></span><span></span><a href="https://vozesdopovo.org/" target="_blank"><span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#467886">vozesdopovo.org</span></b></span><span></span></a><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">)
 also includes: (1) an open letter to EU authorities, which describes our saga, (2) an overview of our project, and (3) a digital copy of the
<i>Voices of the People</i> volume in Portuguese. </span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kindly help us
</span></span><span></span><a href="https://vozesdopovo.org/en/" target="_blank"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#467886">publicize the petition</span></span><span></span></a><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Thank you for your solidarity, Miguel</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Supporters of the
<i>Voices of the People</i> Petition</span></b></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Over 400 scholars, journalists, artists and civic leaders from 40 countries have signed the
<i>Voices of the People</i> petition to European Union authorities. </span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">We urge EU authorities to:</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span></span><span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">       
</span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Lift all restrictions imposed on the publication of the
<i>Voices of the People</i> book and facilitate broad access to this innovative study in Africa.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span></span><span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">       
</span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Review the facts of the case and establish measures to prevent infringements of academic freedom in EU-funded projects.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span></span><span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">       
</span></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Support initiatives that strive to listen to the voices of the people and generate knowledge and ideas designed to strengthen democracy’s
<i>demos</i> and enhance civic capabilities.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><i><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">AFRICA                  
</span></i></b></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Iva Maria Cabral</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Rector, Mindelo University / Daughter of Amílcar Cabral (Cabo Verde)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Fantu Cheru</span></b></span><span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Bahirdar University (Ethiopia)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">George M. Bob-Milliar</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Aristides Gomes</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Former Prime Minister (Guinea-Bissau)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Nelvina Barreto</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Author, Civic leader (Guinea-Bissau)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dautarin da Costa</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Former Minister of Education (Guinea-Bissau)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Reginald M. J. Odour</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Nairobi (Kenya)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Chapane Mutiua</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Center for African Studies, Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Demba Moussa Dembele</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 ARCADE (Senegal)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Eltayeb Dawelbait</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 painter (Sudan / Kenya)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Issa G. Shivji</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">EUROPE                          
</span></i></b></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Pedro Oliveira</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Michel Cahen</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Sciences Po Bordeaux / Emeritus Research Director CNRS (France)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">William Fisher</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 The American University of Paris (France)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Vincent Foucher</span></b></span><span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Science Po Bordeaux / CNRS (France)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Donatella Della Porta</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore (Italy)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Olle Törnquist</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Oslo (Norway)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Olga Pombo</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Lisbon (Portugal)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Orlando Rodrigues</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Polytechnic Institute of Braganca (Portugal)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Clara Carvalho</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 ISCTE, University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Andrés Malamud</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (Portugal / Argentina)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Lars Rudebeck</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Uppsala (Sweden)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Bo Rothstein</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Gothenburg (Sweden)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Anders Sjögren</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Uppsala (Sweden)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Naïma Maggetti</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Geneva (Switzerland)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Gianluca Miscione</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 ZHAW - University in Winterthur (Switzerland)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Elísio Macamo</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Basel (Switzerland / Mozambique)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Karel J. Van der Lelij</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 The Hague University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dzodzi Tsikata</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (United Kingdom / Ghana)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Toby Green</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 King’s College London (United Kingdom)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kathryn Hoschtetler</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 London School of Economics (United Kingdom)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Andrew Nickson</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Fiona Macaulay</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Bradford (United Kingdom)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Leslie Bethell</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Oxford / Brazilian Academy of Letters (United Kingdom / Brazil)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">LATIN AMERICA                          
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Mario Pecheny</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Buenos Aires / Director, CONICET (Argentina)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Isidoro Cheresky</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Buenos Aires / CONICET (Argentina)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Ignacio Telesca</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
 , National University of Formosa / CONICET (Argentina)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Leonardo Boff</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 State University of Rio de Janeiro, UERJ (Brazil)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">João Pedro Stedile</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Landless Rural Workers' Movement, MST (Brazil)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Leonilde Sérvolo de Medeiros</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRRJ (Brazil)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Bernardo Mançano Fernandes</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 State University of São Paulo, UNESP (Brazil)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Jurandir Malerba</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS (Brazil)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Fábio Kerche</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, UNiRIO (Brazil)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Mara Telles</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Federal University of Minas Gerais, UFMG (Brazil)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Aldo Dinucci</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Federal University of Espírito Santo, UFES (Brazil)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Peter Rosset</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 ECOSUR (Mexico)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Ricardo Timm de Souza</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS (Brazil)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">David Velázquez</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 National University of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, UNVES (Paraguay)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Rosa María Ortiz</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Former Rapporteur, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, IACHR (Paraguay)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Benjamín Fernández</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Journalist and author, Radio Libre, 5Días (Paraguay)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Alfredo Boccia</span></b></span><span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Author and journalist, Última Hora (Paraguay)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">UNITED STATES & CANADA                      
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">José Carlos Curto</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 York University / Former President of Lusophone Studies Association (Canada)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Mahmood Mamdani</span></b></span><span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 Columbia University (USA / Uganda)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Anne Pitcher</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 President of the African Studies Association / University of Michigan (USA)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kenneth Paul Erickson</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 City University of New York, CUNY (USA)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Sidney Greenfield</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (USA)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Maxine L. Margolis</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Florida (USA)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Ralph Della Cava</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 City University of New York, CUNY (USA)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Joshua B. Forrest</span></b></span><span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 La Roche University (USA)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Marcela Gaviria</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 PBS Frontline (USA)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">James M. Jasper</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 City University of New York, CUNY (USA)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Shepard Forman</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 New York University, Former Adviser to Head of UNIOGBIS in Guinea-Bissau (USA)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Aníbal Pérez-Liñán</span></b></span><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
 University of Notre Dame, (USA / Argentina)</span></span><span><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">** Institutional affiliation for identification purposes only.</span></i></span><span></span><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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