🌍 We’re not “the Global South” — we are the rising world 🌍

To the so-called countries of the "North":

Stop calling us “the South” like we’re your backyard, your charity case, or a forgotten footnote in your narrative. We are not a direction on your map — we are a force shaping the present and the future.

While you face identity crises, social fragmentation, and collapsing systems, here — in the so-called “South” — we’re building something new:

🔬 We innovate with less: We do science with limited resources but unlimited creativity. From vaccines to clean tech, from open-source software to resilient education models — we do more with less.

🌱 We protect what’s left of the planet: Our forests are your lungs. Our social movements inspire your youth. The Amazon, Pachamama, Buen Vivir — none of that was born in Brussels or Washington.

🧠 We think differently: We don’t aim to replicate your system — we aim to surpass it. We invest in community, solidarity economies, ancestral wisdom, and reconnecting with what truly matters. That’s real progress.

📈 We are the majority and the future: Over 80% of the world’s population growth is here. Talent is here. Youth is here. Change is here.

So stop calling us “the South.”

Call us the ones holding the future in our hands.

We’re not asking for permission — just for respect.