With three visits by high-ranking officials from the U.S. government, February was the busiest month for Latin America in the Trump administration.
The month of the Americas: What was all the attention about?
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The 2015 Top 10 Events in LGBT Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Despite legal setbacks in Peru and El Salvador and retrograde rhetoric from the newly-elected President of Guatemala and the Catholic cardinal of the Dominican Republic, overall LGBT civil, human and political rights continued to make gains across the region.
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The other history making moment at the Summit: LGBT rights
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While all attention at the Summit of the Americas—where the President was en route—was understandably, if somewhat predictably, drawn to Cuba’s historic presence at the Summit and the anticipated conduct of Venezuela’s President Maduro when he met President Obama, the attention given to LGBT rights was historic as well.
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