In the second episode of the series ‘Learning from Latin America: Building a Common Front’ Margarita Percovich, a founder, long standing activist and politician, shares her decades-long career in politics, feminism, and social activism. She reviews the origins of the Frente Amplio and its consolidation, as well as the challenges of building sustainable alliances in a context of fragmentation.

On 10 December, we spoke with Florencia Abbondanza and Mauro Conti from Uruguay’s Frente Amplio, one of the longest-running progressive coalitions in the world. Together, we reflected on how the FA manages to engage intergenerationally, preserve its collective, democratic character and grassroots nature, and remain true to its core values while adapting to changing times.

Para continuar con nuestra línea de aprendizajes sobre el Frente Amplio, el 29 de Enero, hablamos con Romina Redesca y Eduardo Alonso, activistas en dos de sus comités de Base. Juntos, reflexionamos sobre cómo el FA logra involucrar a todas las generaciones, preserva su carácter colectivo y democrático y su naturaleza popular, y se mantiene fiel a sus valores fundamentales con profundo compromiso y pasión por la militancia. Mientras se adapta a los nuevos tiempos, desde su posición a día de hoy en el gobierno.

A wide-ranging conversation with mediator and facilitator Paul, exploring why conflict shows up so often in social movements, how inherited punitive patterns shape the way we respond, and what it takes to handle conflict in ways that strengthen rather than fracture collective power. We discuss early intervention, building supportive structures, the balance between individual responsibility and collective culture, and the possibilities that open when groups learn to transform conflict instead of avoiding it.