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English Summary: “Desafíos Del Sistema Interamericano De Derechos Humanos Nuevos Tiempos, Viejos Retos”

Mishella Romo | April 22, 2016

A recent Spanish report by DeJusticia details the modern challenges of the inter-American system of human rights: political consensus; countries refusing ...
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The new kids on the bloc: UNASUR and CELAC

Chris Sabatini & Amy Williams | April 15, 2016

The net effect of these new bodies has been to create parallel forums more favorable to the interests of autocrats. That may be OK for Venezuela and ...
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The healthy roots of corruption anger in Latin America

Kevin Casas-Zamora and Miguel Carter | April 6, 2016

With corruption scandals, popular protests and the revelations in the Panama Papers, it’s easy to think that corruption in Latin America has suddenly ...
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Latin America and the Caribbean in the global context: why care?

Betty Horwitz and Bruce M. Bagley | March 31, 2016

In the past decade, Latin America and the Caribbean’s importance in the international system has changed dramatically. A new book examines the constraints ...
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Social inclusion and indigenous Latin America: The World Bank weighs in

Mishella Romo and Amy Williams | March 11, 2016

The “golden decade” of Latin American economic growth and social mobility was not shared equally by indigenous groups. Unfortunately, all the World Bank ...
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Liberated Haiti: thirty years after Duvalier

Robert Maguire | February 3, 2016

Thirty years after the Jean-Claude Duvalier fled Haiti, the Caribbean island country has been plagued by political upheaval, autocracy, and corruption. ...
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Going Down the Rabbit Hole of the UNHRC’s Universal Review Process

Chris Sabatini & Amy Williams | January 7, 2016

Even in Latin America, a region often thought to share the same democratic orientation and values of the U.S. and Europe, there are some striking ...
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The 2015 Top 10 Events in LGBT Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean

Javier Corrales | January 2, 2016

Despite legal setbacks in Peru and El Salvador and retrograde rhetoric from the newly-elected President of Guatemala and the Catholic cardinal of the ...
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