Colombia, FIFA, the World Cup and the Materiality of White Supremacy in the Age of Globalization

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley

26 Jun 2026

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Ajamu Baraka is a Black Agenda Report contributing editor and Director of the North-South Project for People(s)-Centered Human Rights. He joins us from Colombia to discuss the presidential election there, and the implications of the outcome for the region and for the world. The North-South Project is among the organizations calling for a boycott of the World Cup and a boycott of the U.S.
Editor's Note: Abelardo de la Espriella was declared the winner of the Colombian presidential election on June 24.

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