The Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is the latest example of a U.S. retreat from international leadership.
Despite progress in institution building and affirmative action, political parties have failed to recruit indigenous leaders, indigenous congressional initiatives remained stalled, and Mexico still lacks laws to implement ILO 169.
Despite legal advances, indigenous communities remain woefully underrepresented in the judicial system, in guarantees of consultation and in the Congress.
In the coming weeks, Global Americans will release a serialized report on indigenous rights and political integration in the Americas, focusing on the comparative cases of Mexico and Guatemala. First up, an introduction to the project and a primer on the state of political integration across the hemisphere.
President Donald Trump has fulfilled one of his campaign promises, phase out DACA.
The recent targeting of rural community leaders is not a repeat of the bloodletting against the UP. The motives, causes and actors are different.
In the past decade, journalism has become a deadly profession in Latin America. Attacks on freedom of expression aren’t restricted to journalists; human rights and environmental activists have been targets as well.
In honor of Malala Day, here are 5 girls in the hemisphere that have become courageous and active voices for rights.
The defeat of U.S. candidate to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a troubling sign of declining U.S. leverage and moral authority in the hemisphere, and not just on matters of human rights.
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.
