It has been five years since the signing of the Peace Agreement in Colombia between the armed insurgents and the Colombian government. The balance could not be more negative and the hopes of reaching peace seem further away than ever.
Human Rights
Sexual violence against women and discriminatory laws
Rape laws across the Americas are insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced, leaving women at heightened risk of sexual violence. A new report by international human rights organization Equality Now reveals how rape laws across the Americas are insufficient, inconsistent, and not systematically enforced, and put women, adolescents, and girls […]
Violence in Guerrero… the people stood alone
Mexico … the displaced of Zihuatanejo do not feature in the sun-drenched landscapes peddled by the travel agencies, but they do exist. They exist, despite the silence of state governor Hctor Astudillo Flores and mayor Jorge Snchez Allec, for whom tourism is the be-all and end-all.
The need for an integrated Latin America
A United States of Latin America or a European Union in the region. Regional integration is a political question that depends on nationalist and progressive governments jointly seeking to take a united approach to the formation of a region of truly independent, prosperous and happy nations.
What you gonna do when the world’s on fire?
Spurred by the police killings of Black people in 2016, Roberto Minervini decides to make a film about Black America. By slowly absorbing their life in New Orleans, and by formally approaching the Black Panthers he builds a picture. As a film-maker, he calls himself a ‘politically charged citizen’. […]