 2021 has seen a wave of people's struggles washed through Latin America. Many of these movements were closely linked to electoral processes and in some cases, they triumphed at the ballot boxes. Other struggles were against repression, authoritarianism and imperialism. Of particular significance were the mass movements and protests that swept through Haiti and Columbia. In both these cases, people's movements were at the forefront of highlighting the long pending grievances of people. Columbia is set to see an important election in 2022. Another country that would see a similar process is Brazil. Zoe Alexandra analyzes these protests and movements and their impact. At the same time, there were also two very important process of struggles that I'll mention. One would be in Haiti against the illegal extension of the term of Jovenel Mois. The Haitian people have been on the streets the past several years mobilizing against corruption, mobilizing against militarization, mobilizing against the government's alliance with many of the armed gangs in the country. Specifically, what brought them onto the streets in 2018 was the corruption scheme with the funds from Petrocaribe from this regional cooperation with Venezuela. They continued their mobilizations against the government into this year because Jovenel Mois attempted to inconstitutionally extend his term in office. There were massive mobilizations, especially on February 7th when his term was set to expire. These mobilizations continued especially on Constitution Day. People continued to be on the streets and then in July, Jovenel Mois was assassinated. This case is still under investigation, but it was carried out by a group of over 20 Colombian mercenaries. It's unclear to this day who exactly ordered this assassination. It is, of course, not something that the people's movements wanted, nor is it demand, nor did they want this to happen. The country has struggled to emerge from this crisis. There have been a series of natural disasters as well, an earthquake this summer as well, following the death of Jovenel Mois. Haiti continues to be a hotspot in terms of people's mobilizations, people's movements, demanding that imperial forces respect the will of the Haitian people and that they're able to create the proper process of transition to democracy. This will continue to be a primary concern for people's movements in the region, supporting the democratic transition in Haiti, supporting the strengthening of people's movements in order to further this establishment of true democracy in the country where there's no corruption, where the US doesn't get to dictate what happens in the country and where the people can live freely, have access to education, have access to health care, and so many other things that they denied. The other very key process that happened in this last year was the national strike in Colombia, which took place for about three months, beginning on April 28th against a proposed tax reform bill. These massive protests were met with severe repression from the armed forces, from the police in Colombia. During the three months of strike, over 80 people, protesters were killed, both by police and also by paramilitary forces. This was a turning point in Colombia because it brought the pressing issue of militarization of paramilitary violence to the cities and no longer remains a question the only people in the country said have to deal with. And this really galvanized the country. It gained international headlines. People were talking about the violence in Colombia, talking about the problems that they face in the country. And next year is an electoral year. There is an alliance being built among progressive movements, the historic pact being led by Gustavo Petro. And so many are wondering whether this alliance, whether the momentum from the streets will come, translate into an electoral victory of this progressive alliance. This remains to be seen, but either way it will be an important process to watch out for. And then the final process is taking place next year as well as the general elections in Brazil. This could potentially bring an end to four years of Jair Bolsonaro, who according to social movements is a fascist criminal who has overseen the unnecessary death of over 600,000 Brazilians due to COVID-19 and his irresponsibility in handling the pandemic. He is under investigation by his own parliament and has been, cases against him have been brought to the Hague, the International Criminal Court. And so this will be very crucial in terms of recovering stability in Brazil, recovering dignity to the people ending these four years of Bolsonaro government. And this will be taking place at the end of next year as well. So it was a very important year, this 2021 in terms of the masses of people, whether it be on the streets, whether it be at the polls, rejecting the model of neoliberalism, rejecting this model of exclusion, rejecting the conservative grip that the U.S. has helped support on the region, countries like, for countries like Honduras to end 12 years of national party rule that was imposed through a violent military coup, through continued assassinations, the repression of social movement activists is very important. Similarly, in Colombia to see so many thousands of people on the street will translate into electoral victory, that's remained to be seen, but the tide is shifting in the region. People are no longer accepting the status quo of exclusion, of misery, of poverty. And it was definitely a year that saw a shift in the correlation of forces on the continent, a shift in favor of these progressive alliances, alliances in favor of Latin America. And so this is what we're looking at for the next year. This is what we're seeing in the last year, and we will always be following it from people's dispatch.