La democracia tiene un solo camino: el compromiso con los derechos garantizados a todos los ciudadanos del país. Su esencia es proteger los derechos y las ... Read More
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 ... Read More
Despite legal setbacks in Peru and El Salvador and retrograde rhetoric from the newly-elected President of Guatemala and the Catholic cardinal of the ... Read More
This week's stats shot measures equal protection of laws and lack of discrimination across the region. Equal treatment does not improve with increasing ... Read More
A week before the Donors’ Summit in San Salvador I was able to catch up with Kathy Hall of the Summit Foundation. In a wide-ranging interview she ... Read More
Ecuador and Venezuela on the UN Human Rights Council? The UN General Assembly just voted Ecuador to the organization’s human rights body and renewed ... Read More
Last week, Human Rights Watch, along with 36 other human rights organizations, issued a statement that Venezuela did not deserve to be re-elected to the ... Read More
En los últimos años, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos se ha encontrado bajo constantes ataques diplomáticos destinados a debilitar el ... Read More
The longest running internal armed conflict in the Americas could soon be over. The Colombian government and FARC have announced a date to sign a peace ... Read More
In a press release, Representative Eliot Engel applauded the Inter American Development Bank Board members for its recent discussion on LGBT rights, and ... Read More