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Life Behind Bars: Latin America Must Address the Over-Incarceration of Women

April 14, 2022 Shivani Shah 0 Comments Central America, Covid19, drugs, Government accountability, Human Rights, ICCPR, Incarceration, Justice System, Latin America, UNCAT, Women

By Stephanie Petingi As women around the world continue to fight for their political, social, and economic rights, the high

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Latinx Representation in US Foreign Policy

April 7, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Latin America, Latina, Latino, Latinx, Representation, US Foreign Policy

Image Credit: J. Emilio Flores By Alondra Camargo Latinos make up a large population in the United States and are

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Indigenous Peoples in Brazil and the Right to their Sustainability: A Territory, Authority, and Rights Approach

March 16, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Brazil, First Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Latin America, Protests, South America

Image: Fernando Bizerra | EPA by Priscila Ribeiro Prado Barros In her article for the Diversity issue, Barros illustrates how

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The Coming Tide: Protection of the Rights of Refugees in the Commonwealth Caribbean in Absence of Legislation

March 14, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Borders, Caribbean, Commonwealth, Editors' Picks, immigration, International Law, Latin America, Refugees, UNHRC

Image: Caribbean DevTrends by Westmin R. A. James In the latest Journal of Diplomacy Issue on the theme of diversity

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Costa Rica Bids for the United Nations Human Rights Council

October 11, 2019 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Brazil, Carlos Alvarado, Costa Rica, environment, Epsy Campbell, Human Rights, Human Rights Council, Latin America, UNHRC, United Nations, Venezuela

By Sushant Naidu Costa Rica announced its bid for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this week, two years

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The Brazilian Presidential Election: When Will Corruption End?

September 21, 2018September 23, 2018 Meagan Torello 8 Comments Brazil, Corruption, Democracy, Elections, Latin America, opinion

by Patricia Zanini-Graca The Brazilian presidential election of 2018 will have the largest number of candidates since the 1989 cycle

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Three Foreign Perspectives on Cuba

March 30, 2017April 19, 2018 journalstaff 0 Comments Brazil, Cuba, El Paquete, Embargo, Immigrants, Latin America, US

By Diana Kraiser, Joel Martinez, Marisela Rivera The Republic of Cuba, located in the Caribbean and with a population around

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Why did so many Colombians not see peace in the “peace deal?”

October 7, 2016April 19, 2018 journalstaff 0 Comments civil war, Colombia, FARC, Latin America, peace deal

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos received the Nobel Peace Prize today, Friday, in the name of his people for his

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The WHO and Zika: Not Making the Same Mistakes

February 3, 2016February 20, 2016 journalstaff 0 Comments Health, Infectious diseases, Latin America, South America, WHO, Zika Virus

Since 2014, more than 11,000 people have died from Ebola. Over the course of about 21 months, it spread quickly