Regions / Latin America & Caribbean

  • Responding to the Honduran Coup

    Commentary / Youth & Activism Department

    By Rosie Wong, March 16, 2010

    Protesters fasting in Honduras. Credit: Rosie Wong.

    Activists, both in and out of Honduras, continue to work for justice.

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  • Sweatshops Won't Save Haiti

    Op-Ed

    By Tope Folarin, March 15, 2010

    The UN donors' conference is an opportunity to help Haitians rebuild in a manner that respects their humanity and enables them to become more productive.

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  • Philip Morris vs. Uruguay

    Commentary

    By Juan Antonio Montecino and Rebecca Dreyfus, March 4, 2010

    The tobacco giant Philip Morris is going up against a new anti-smoking law, this time over intellectual property rights.

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  • CIA Accountability Hits New Lows

    Commentary

    By John Prados, February 19, 2010

    CIA flag

    The CIA's involvement in targeting drug traffickers in Peru and terrorists in Pakistan shares a similar lack of accountability.

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  • Latin America: C-

    Commentary

    By Manuel Pérez-Rocha, February 12, 2010

    The Obama administration has made a few steps in the right direction. But U.S.-Latin American relations are far from mended, and skepticism is growing.

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  • Guiding Haiti's Roadmap to Recovery with Human Rights

    Commentary

    By Monika Kalra Varma and Kerry Kennedy, February 1, 2010

    Respecting human dignity is a principle no government can ignore, and one that needs to be applied when sending aid to the earthquake-ravaged nation.

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  • Fujimori Faces Justice

    Commentary

    By Jo-Marie Burt and Coletta Youngers, January 29, 2010

    University students and professor who were killed by the "Colina Group," under the Fujimori regime. Flickr photo under a CC license by The Advocacy

    Peru's Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of former president Alberto Fujimori for crimes against humanity.

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