Divide at the OAS

With countries divided at the 47th OAS General Assembly, will anything ever get done regarding the Venezuelan Crisis?

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Five young Latin Americans leading the LGBTQ+ fight

As a way to honor LGBT Pride Month, which takes place every year in June in remembrance of 1969’s Stonewall riots in Manhattan, NYC, Global Americans compiled a list of five young Latin Americans that are leading the LGBTQ+ cause on the political frontline.

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From activists to politics

Latin Americans’ activism is a driving force behind the LGBTQ+ community’s biggest milestones in the fight for equal rights. But political representation has fallen short.

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The Injustices of Zika

Outbreaks of communicable diseases in the developing world are bad enough from a health perspective. But they also have serious implications for social justice, because they exacerbate longstanding human-rights crises, including by undermining already-weak public-services provision and deepening existing inequalities.

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Tarek, también es tu hijo

Hola, Tarek. Poeta, estos versos no te deben ser desconocidos: “Cuando se tiene un hijo, se tiene al hijo de la casa y al de la calle entera (…) Cuando se tiene un hijo, se tienen tantos niños (…) y es nuestro cualquier niño cuando cruza la calle”. La voz de Andrés Eloy Blanco, que al igual que tu se desdobló entre la poesía y el fragor de la lucha política, tiene una vigencia sin par en la Venezuela de estos días.

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In Argentina, A call for “Never Again,” again

President Macri signed a decree prohibiting the application of the 2×1 law to repressors from the Dirty War, following the public outcry that would have placed these crimes on an equivalent level as common crimes and not crimes against humanity.

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