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.
Victoria Gaytan
June 22, 2017
#ICYMI: The OAS General Assembly
The 47th annual OAS general assembly ended on June 21st and as predicted, all eyes were on Venezuela. While the meeting of Foreign Minister’s ended in a
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June 22, 2017
OAS elects three new members to the IACHR
Last month, we profiled and scored all seven nominees and interviewed the U.S. nominee, Doug Cassel. Yesterday, the OAS elected candidates from Brazil, Chile and Mexico.
William Naylor
June 22, 2017
Advances in marriage equality in unlikely places in the Americas
The last Spanish-speaking country to overturn anti-sodomy laws and one of the region’s most religious and socially conservative countries are both on the cusp of allowing same-sex marriage.
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June 21, 2017
OAS 47th General Assembly 2017: What to look for
Next week the hemisphere’s foreign ministers—including U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson—will gather in Cancun. They will vote on IACHR commissioners and the budget, but will there be real action on Venezuela?
Jimena Galindo
June 16, 2017
Climate change, housing and displacement in Guatemala: Third in our series
Sixty one percent of the homes in Guatemala have been determined to be inadequate, at risk to the effects extreme weather such as mudslides and flooding, potentially displacing more than 9 million Guatemalans.
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June 2, 2017
Muchas cláusulas, poco compromiso democrático
En la región hay cinco cláusulas democráticas en cinco diferentes organismos. Ahora queda por ver cuál será el papel de la Argentina a cargo de UNASUR
Gabriel Salvia
May 24, 2017
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.
Natasha Zaretsky
May 12, 2017
Two reform proposals for membership in the UN Human Rights Council
The UNHRC remains a platform for human rights abusing governments around the world. But that’s no reason to abandon it. Here are a set of proposals for its improvement.
Gabriel Salvia
May 4, 2017
A different kind of ‘May Day’ for a new administration
One hundred and thirty one years after it started, this year’s May Day will mark the shifting demographics of the U.S. workforce and its challenges under the Trump administration.
Karen Mustiga
April 28, 2017