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Report on indigenous political representation: Introduction and summary

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.

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

Investigative journalism: Latin America’s riskiest business

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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.

Humor
Venezuela
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations

What does defeat at OAS meeting portend for U.S. influence in the Americas?

By Michael J. Camilleri  /  

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.

LGBT Rights
LGBT Rights
In the Media
In the Media

Tarek, también es tu hijo

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Hola, Tarek. Poeta, estos versos no te deben ser desconocidos: “Cuando se tiene un hijo, se tiene al hijo de la casa y al de la calle entera (…) Cuando se tiene un hijo, se tienen tantos niños (…) y es nuestro cualquier niño cuando cruza la calle”. La voz de Andrés Eloy Blanco, que al igual que tu se desdobló entre la poesía y el fragor de la lucha política, tiene una vigencia sin par en la Venezuela de estos días.

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