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  • This house regrets the centrality of colonial determinism in third world academia

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    Determinism is the view where all events/situations at a given point in time are determined completely by previously existing causes. Colonial determinism refers to the notion that conditions within postcolonial countries are entirely determined by their colonial past.

    LUMS Asians 2024 · U-19 Finals · 2024-10-12

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints.

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    Folk Saints are dead people recognized by the general population as saints who were not officially acknowledged as saints by the Catholic church. Unlike regular saints, they lived lives that the church considers sinful. They are popular in many regions, especially in Latin America. Examples include Sarita Colonia that answers the prayers of sex workers & LGBT people; and Juan Soldado that answers the prayers of people who commit low-level crimes out of financial desperation. saints who were not officially acknowledged as saints by the Catholic church. Unlike regular saints, they lived lives that the church considers sinful. They are popular in many regions, especially in Latin America. Examples include Sarita Colonia that answers the prayers of sex workers & LGBT people; and Juan Soldado that answers the prayers of people who commit low-level crimes out of financial desperation.d people recognized by the general population as saints who were not officially acknowledged as saints by the Catholic church. Unlike regular saints, they lived lives that the church considers sinful. They are popular in many regions, especially in Latin America. Examples include Sarita Colonia that answers the prayers of sex workers & LGBT people; and Juan Soldado that answers the prayers of people who commit low-level crimes out of financial desperation.

    AUD Equinox Pre-ABP 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-08-31

  • This house supports Milei's dollarization plan

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    Argentina's current president, Javier Milei, is proposing a policy of full dollarization as a response to a depreciating local currency. This means that the country will fully adopt the U.S. dollar in place of the Argentine peso, and citizens would be required to use U.S. dollars for all transactions instead of pesos.

    National Asians High School Debate Championship 2024 · Round 6 · 2024-08-27

  • The EU supports China's growing influence over Panama.

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    Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2017, China has intensified its presence in Panama, among other things, through funding infrastructure projects, strengthening free trade zones, and increasing financial capital from banks such as the Bank of China.

    Mundial Escolar de Debate 2024 · Semifinales · 2024-08-10

  • This house, as the Pope, W condemn and excommunicate authoritarian leaders in majority Catholic Latin America and Southeast Asian countries

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    Excommunication in the Roman Catholic Church is the most severe punishment it can bestow on members of the church. People who are excommunicated are considered exiled from the church and are illegible to receive the Eucharist, which could impact their ability to get into Heaven.

    EDS Fall High School Tournament 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-08-10

  • This house believes that Latin American countries should adopt the breaking of industrial patents as a strategy for technological development.

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    Industrial patents are forms of intellectual property protection, such as registered trademarks, industrial designs, and production models. These rights grant the holder exclusive control over the use and commercialization of their creations, ensuring that only with the holder's permission can third parties use, produce, or commercialize protected inventions.

    X Torneio Temático de Debates · Rodada 2 · 2024-07-14

  • This house as the European Commission regrets the signing of the Colombian peace agreement.

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    In 2016, the Colombian government and the guerrilla group FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) signed a peace agreement to end more than five decades of armed conflict. This agreement included, among other things, the demobilization of the guerrilla forces and their transition to legal political life. To that end, the new political party was guaranteed a minimum of 10 seats in the Colombian Congress (five in the Senate and five in the House of Representatives, corresponding to 5% and 3% of the total, respectively) for two legislative terms (eight years), regardless of the number of votes they received in the elections. The party advocates for social and economic causes that were part of its agenda during the years of armed conflict, such as land reform and social inclusion.

    X Torneio Temático de Debates · Rodada 5 · 2024-07-14

  • This house, like Salvador Allende, would not remain in the Chilean Presidential Palace during the coup.

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    Salvador Allende, a socialist who was democratically elected president of Chile, began to face strong opposition from economic elites following the implementation of reforms such as the nationalization of industries and agrarian reform. In addition to the inflationary crisis, intense political polarization divided society, while the United States actively supported destabilizing actions, such as trucker strikes that caused shortages and paralyzed the country. On September 11, 1973, the Chilean Armed Forces initiated a coup d'état. Salvador Allende decided to remain in the presidential palace and deliver a final address to the nation via radio. Despite having received offers of asylum, he declared that he would not resign and would face the coup head-on. Shortly afterwards, military forces began bombing La Moneda Palace with airplanes and tanks, and the then-president committed suicide. After his death, a brutal military dictatorship began in Chile, lasting until 1990.

    X Torneio Temático de Debates · Rodada 1 · 2024-07-14

  • This house supports the widespread adoption of neoliberal policies in Latin America

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    The adoption of neoliberal policies in Latin America was influenced by strong external pressures, especially stemming from the Washington Consensus, promoted by the IMF, the World Bank, and the United States Department of the Treasury in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Among the propagated economic guidelines were: fiscal discipline, reduction of public spending, tax reform, market-determined interest rates, competitive exchange rates, trade and foreign direct investment liberalization, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and protection of property rights.

    X Torneio Temático de Debates · Rodada 3 · 2024-07-14

  • This house, as the Catholic Church, would actively fund liberation theology in Latin America

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    Liberation theology is a Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed. Depending on the context, this has been focused on groups such as the poor, the politically disenfranchised, or persons subject to other forms of inequality, like race or caste.

    Hart House Summer Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-07-13

  • This house as, Evo Morales, would abandon his affiliation with the Movement for Socialism (MAS) to create a new party in Bolivia.

    PreCMUDE PUCP 2024 · Semifinales · 2024-07-07

  • This house believes that It is in the best interests of Fuerza Popular to launch Alberto Fujimori as a candidate for significant public office in the 2026 Peruvian elections.

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    Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was released from prison in December 2023 after serving 25 years. The Fujimorist party, Popular Force, recently announced that Alberto Fujimori has rejoined the party and is considering running for public office to "once again serve the people of Peru."

    PreCMUDE PUCP 2024 · Ronda 4 · 2024-07-07

  • This house believes that the Bukele Plan is in the best interests of El Salvador

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    Nayid Bukele is the current president of El Salvador. The Bukele Plan involves clasifying crime sindicates as terrorist groups, which allows law enforcement to pursue tactics such as targeted extra-judicial killings, reducing barriers to law enforcement gathering evidence, using military forces, criminalizing membership, etc

    Pakistan Pre-WSDC 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-06-07

  • This house, as the IMF, would require stricter conditionality on its loans to Argentina that aims to reduce government budget deficit and liberalize the market.

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    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a global organization that aims to achieve sustainable growth for its member states by supporting economic policies that promote financial stability and monetary cooperation. Argentina is facing a debt crisis due to complex factors such as chronically high inflation, vast state expenditure and economic protectionism. It has borrowed and defaulted on its debts numerous times that most creditors have stopped lending, except for the IMF which continues to provide loans with few conditionality attached.

    Chingshin Debate Open 2024 · Open Semifinals · 2024-04-20

  • This house regrets the rise of Nayib Bukele.

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    President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador is both highly abusive and highly popular. Since assuming office in 2019, he has drastically reduced crime rates and gang violence by declaring a state of emergency, permitting tactics like arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture and violations of due process. With 80,000 imprisoned, the murder rate, has plummeted from 53 per 100,000 people in 2018 to 2.4 per 100,000 in 2023. Bukele appointed new judges to the constitutional court, which led to a constitutional change that allows him to serve a second term. In the latest 2024 general election, he won 84% of the votes.

    Chingshin Debate Open 2024 · Open Grand Final · 2024-04-20