The COVID-19 pandemic has put informal settlements, and the policy failures that they represent, back in the spotlight. Immediate strategies to combat the ...
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Reimagining slums in Latin America: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Inés de Marcos | 
A case for caution on human rights
Robert Carlson | 
Advocates should embrace a two-pronged approach, pushing the envelope at the domestic level while reinforcing well-established rights through ...
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Applying the “D-Day” strategy to solve a substandard drug crisis
Ezequiel Carman | 
Through a joint effort, countries can increase the safe and efficient dissemination of medicine amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will require a new ...
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A Global Americans review of The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times
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DePalma focuses on a narrow slice of Havana and a number of its families. In doing so, he has created an excellent read about the lives of “ordinary” ...
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An interview with Agustín Porres, Latin American Regional Director for the Varkey Foundation
Agustín Porres & Global Americans | 
The Varkey Foundation has funded training for more than 46,000 teachers, and directly impacted the education of over 1.6 million students around the ...
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El Día Internacional de la Educación
Oscar Ghillione | 
El 24 de enero marca la importancia de la educación como respuesta a los obstáculos que deben enfrentar las comunidades alrededor del mundo y nos recuerda ...
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Mexico: Measuring Impunity through the 2020 Global Impunity Index
Juan Antonio Le Clercq | 
The Global Impunity Index measures the structure of countries' justice and security systems and the degree to which human rights are respected. Mexico ...
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Insights from system dynamics on the future of Latin America
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System dynamics involves the representation and analysis of chains of causal relationships between physical, political, social, and commercial ...
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The view of a new Bolivian president from El Alto
Nicole Harrison | 
Sitting from a position more among the clouds than the buildings of neighboring cities, El Alto conjures the image of a rising political underdog whose ...
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