The UN Climate Change talks are underway in Germany where, alongside the negotiations, myriad actors including many Latin Americans are demonstrating how they are implementing the Paris deal.
Latin America and the Caribbean steps up implementation of the Paris Agreement
By Amal-Lee Amin /
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
Investigative journalism: Latin America’s riskiest business
By Jimena Galindo and Victoria Gaytan /
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.
In the Media
Why Is Latin America the Most Dangerous Region in the World for Women?
By Jimena Galindo /
On the surface, Latin America may look like an exception to rising gender-based violence and femicide around the world, given the region’s ratification of international conventions to protect women. Yet too many Latin American states are
lagging behind in actually implementing these measures at home
Economics, Trade & Development
South Korea: The other Asian country interested in Latin America
By Christopher Sabatini / chrissabatini /
The potential U.S. leadership vacuum in economic and diplomatic matters may be filled by one-time Trans-Pacific Partnership members, like South Korea. Will it be enough?
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
From activists to politics
By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO /
Latin Americans’ activism is a driving force behind the LGBTQ+ community’s biggest milestones in the fight for equal rights. But political representation has fallen short.
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
A deep dive into the Trump cuts for Latin America
By Victoria Gaytan and William Naylor /
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Much of the Trump administration’s America First agenda is at risk thanks to the development assistance cuts it has proposed. Let’s hope Congress reverses them.
In the Media
Corbyn offers little hope for the left in Latin America
By Patricio Navia / patricionavia /
Labour leader’s surprisingly good showing in the UK election has more to do with public anger at the Conservatives than with his policies
Economics, Trade & Development
El eje de la política internacional está cambiando
By Nicolás Albertoni / N_Albertoni /
Ante un Estados Unidos cada vez mas retraído de América Latina, el liderazgo de China en el plano comercial es incuestionable. Pero ¿será suficiente para penetrar la arena política? Alemania tiene un as bajo la manga que ya empezó a hacerlo jugar.
In the Media
The Injustices of Zika
By Pía Riggirozzi /
Outbreaks of communicable diseases in the developing world are bad enough from a health perspective. But they also have serious implications for social justice, because they exacerbate longstanding human-rights crises, including by undermining already-weak public-services provision and deepening existing inequalities.
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