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Country / Region
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Tittle
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Resume
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Date
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Latin America |
Governments must promote midwifery |
Traditional midwives are helping to reduce maternal mortality rates in some of Latin America’s poorest countries. |
11/7/2017 |
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Latin America / The Caribbean |
In brief |
Latin America and the Caribbean, Argentina, Ecuador, Haiti and Venezuela. |
10/31/2017 |
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Brazil |
City embraces migrants and refugees |
Campinas wants to be recognized as a city that embraces the labour migration. |
10/31/2017 |
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Honduras |
President seeks reelection |
Incumbent president intends to continue in office thanks to a Supreme Court ruling that lifted constitutional ban on presidential reelection. |
10/17/2017 |
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Brazil |
Kill and die for the land |
More than half of the available lands are in the hands of 2.5 percent of landowners |
10/9/2017 |
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Costa Rica |
Plan to eradicate violence against children |
Initiative addresses early exposure to violence and develops strategies to prevent risk factors. |
10/2/2017 |
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Latin America |
In brief |
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay |
9/26/2017 |
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Brazil |
Rights of indigenous populations under serious threat |
Government reduces budget to the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) and open protected area to the mining investment. |
9/26/2017 |
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Nicaragua |
Women mobilize in defense of their lives |
Reversals in public policies for the protection of women victims of violence promote femicides. |
9/13/2017 |
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Costa Rica |
For respect and recognition of transgender persons |
Bill guarantees the right of trans persons to gender identity and to have a name they identify with. |
9/5/2017 |
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Peru |
It is a priority to articulate indigenous and ordinary justice |
In Amazonian regions there are coordination, definition of roles and functions to exercise justice, according to the case and the place. |
8/28/2017 |
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Latin America |
In brief |
Agentina, Bolivia, Chile, Guatemala, Venezuela |
8/28/2017 |
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Belize |
Maya indigenous groups implement land registry |
Government does not comply with court order to identify and protect indigenous ancestral lands. |
8/19/2017 |
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Peru |
Kuczynski completes a disappointing first year of his term |
Technocratic government shows weak political management to face a confrontational opposition. |
8/15/2017 |
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El Salvador |
Women criminalized for abortions |
El Salvador is one of the seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean where abortion is strictly prohibited. |
7/26/2017 |
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Peru |
Government does not recognize social conflicts |
A weakening of the environmental authority and the criminalization of social protest characterized the first half of the year. |
7/26/2017 |
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Latin America |
In brief |
Latin America, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela |
7/19/2017 |
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Ecuador |
First rapprochement between the government and indigenous populations |
Meeting between President Lenín Moreno and indigenous leaders bears the first fruits despite ambiguities. |
7/19/2017 |
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Colombia |
Social leaders unprotected |
Attacks and murders committed against human rights defenders in areas previously controlled by the FARC increased after the signing of the Peace Agreement. |
7/13/2017 |
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Honduras |
Red alert issued over femicide |
Two women are murdered each day while 96 percent of the cases go unsolved. |
7/13/2017 |
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