US EditionWhile Trump Lashes Out at Spain, US Democrats Join a Progressive Rally in Barcelona
The summit brings about 3,000 participants as leaders discuss inequality, disinformation and strategies to counter far-right gains.
- On Saturday, April 18, 2026, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva convened the "Meeting in Defence of Democracy" in Barcelona, uniting leftist leaders against far-right political movements.
- Progressive leaders gathered to address a world drifting toward far-right extremism; the event, launched by Brazil, Spain, and Chile in 2024, aims to combat the "extremism, polarization and misinformation" that undermines participatory democracy.
- Some 3,000 elected officials, policy analysts, and researchers from more than 40 countries joined the inaugural "Global Progressive Mobilization," including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and European Council chief Antonio Costa.
- While organizers avoided explicit mentions of President Donald Trump, Lula stressed the gathering is "not going to be an anti-Trump meeting," emphasizing instead a venue to strengthen democratic processes globally.
- Sanchez hopes the summit "will provide the basis for all progressive forces in the world to unite," with discussions focusing on reforming the United Nations, regulating social media, and combating economic inequality.
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The Spanish president closes the summit of progressive leaders with a global call to the left to turn the page of the reactionary wave: "They have tried to make us ashamed of our ideas and our past, but that's over. Shame changes sides: that those who are silent about injustice and those who support war and violence are ashamed" Sanchez and Lula agree in Barcelona to defend multilateralism in the face of Trump's wars The global left is spurred a…
Sheinbaum, Lula and Petro Close Ranks in Barcelona to Reverse the Turn to the Right of Latin America
The main left-wing leaders of Latin America have seen their faces again this Saturday in Barcelona. Mexican Claudia Sheinbaum, Brazilian Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Colombian Gustavo Petro have come to the appeal of the Spanish government president, Pedro Sánchez, to participate in the Fourth Meeting in Defense of Democracy, focused on forming a common front and proposing an alternative to the world of Donald Trump. They have also done so at a…
Global South Leaders Discuss Anti-Fascist Strategies at Progressive Summit in Spain
The Global Progressive Mobilization (GPM), an international summit of progressives from around the world, was inaugurated on Friday, April 17, in Barcelona, Spain. The event brings together representatives of political movements from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America to establish a strategic alliance to confront the global rise of the far right. The summit, which will continue until Saturday, April 18, seeks to lay the found…
Leftist Leaders Gather In Barcelona to Plot Their Anti-Trump Agenda With ‘In Defense of Democracy’ Summit
Leftist leaders from Europe and Latin America are meeting in Barcelona this week for a series of conferences to coordinate opposition to right-wing political movements. Reuters reports that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are leading the gatherings, which bring together political parties, activists, and officials aligned with the progressive movement. The events, including a summit titled “I…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva are leading a meeting of left-wing leaders today in Barcelona, aiming to rally forces against the threat to democracy posed by far-right and nationalist movements.
Progressive leaders rally in Barcelona to defend the traditional liberal order - The Morning Sun
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Progressive and traditional democratic leaders gathered in Barcelona on Saturday to discuss how to restore faith in the liberal order threatened by a world drifting toward far-right extremism and torn by conflict. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, is hosting two overlapping events about democracy and progressive politics at a conventi…
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