Several months ago, former presidents Óscar Arias, Felipe Calderón, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Alejandro Toledo, and Ernesto Zedillo signed an open letter ...
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Letter to President Maduro from former presidents
Financial inclusion and education levels across the region
Predictably, the rates of financial inclusion are significantly higher across the region for those with a secondary education. But there is one country ...
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We’re not in Venezuela anymore
Francisco Toro |
Poverty without the violence and economic chaos of Venezuela? CaracasChronicles.com founder Francisco Toro reflects on the different meanings of poverty, ...
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Sobre la próxima elección de miembros de la CIDH y de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
Katya Salazar |
El próximo 15 y 16 de junio se llevará a cabo en Washington D.C. la 45ª Asamblea General (AG) de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA). En esta ...
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When will Latin America stop excluding its Indigenous and LGBT populations?
Carl Meacham and Robert Funk |
Structural violence is the social, political, and economic disempowerment of particular social groups—racial, sexual, religious, ethnic, etc. How Latin ...
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Secretary General Almagro: a cause for hope?
Christopher Sabatini |
The new OAS Secretary General's swearing-in speech should give us hope, not just because he talked about the OAS's role in defending human rights and ...
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The impact of the Nisman case on Argentina’s Jewish community
Natasha Zaretsky |
Nisman's death has also had a profound effect on Argentina's Jewish community that once again faces age-old accusations of double loyalties, raising ...
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Gender-neutral family leave: Smart economics for Latin America
Barbara Kotschwar |
Given the advances women have already made, a legal change to increase fathers' roles in the home and thereby free up women to return to their careers ...
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How do Latin American universities stack up globally?
With only one university in the top 100, what does this say about the ability of Latin America to produce an educated workforce that can complete in ...
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Undocumented LGBT immigrants in the U.S.
Kirsten Cowal |
Undocumented LGBT immigrants are doubly discriminated against in the United States, often facing job insecurity, low wages, and lack of access to ...
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