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I Am 10-year Old from Paraguay, and I Am Expecting
View article here. A young girl holds a sign reading in Spanish, ‘You’ll forget it, me, I will remember it for the rest of my life,’ at a demonstration in front of the attorney general’s office in...
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Displacement of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil
Dossier There are few nations that treat a sport with as much reverence as Brazil treats soccer, or as it is known globally, football. To many, it is simply the greatest rallying point in society. And...
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Venezuela: Resistencia Contra el Gobierno
As residents of the United Sates, we often take certain services for granted. This includes access to basic shelter, food, and healthcare. In addition, we are believed to be protected under our...
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A Mother’s Right to Life: An Analysis of the Strict Ban on Abortion in El...
While it might be true that citizens of El Salvador no longer face the brutal atrocities of state-sanctioned violence in the form of death squads, the government is still waging a war against El...
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Buen Vivir: Future or Past?
Buen vivir is an ideology that finds it origins with the indigenous people of the Ecuadorian Andes. There are other areas in South America that share similar ideologies that are placed under the...
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Political Dissidents in Cuba and American Democracy
This picture resonates with our dossier topic because America’s rhetoric legitimizes human rights abuses and political persecutions in Cuba. America’s actions so far reveal that its quest for democracy...
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Ariadna, Estevez. “The politics of death in Mexico: dislocating human rights...
Estevez’s article focuses on the displacement of human rights in Mexico with the ongoing war on drugs declared by former president Felipe Calderon. Thousands and thousands of Mexicans have been caught...
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Laura Carlsen, Mexico’s False Dilemma: Human Rights or Security, 10 NW. J....
Carlsen’s article focuses on the execution of the war on drugs by the Mexican Government and the use of the army to fight it. There have been thousands of people that have died because of the war on...
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Muñoz, Perla Barbosa B., and Jerjes Izcoatl Aguirre I Ochoa. “Human Rights...
Image Caption: Alcides Padilla, from Honduras, wakes up at the Jesus Martinez stadium in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. (Abd, Rodrigo / Associated Press Photo) I chose the featured image...
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Hume, Mo. “The Myths of Violence: Gender, Conflict, and Community in El...
In “The Myths of Violence: Gender, Conflict, and Community in El Salvador”, Hume explores the establishment, normalization, and perpetuation of gender violence within families in El Salvador. Hume’s...
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Swanson, Kate and Torres, Rebecca (2016) “Child Migration and...
The article focuses on how the migration outbreak derives from transnational state policies and practices which pose negative effects on the lives of migrant children. The research highlights the...
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Rodríguez Díaz, Carlos. “Maria in Puerto Rico: Natural Disaster in a Colonial...
Activists calling for support for the island of Puerto Rico in Los Angeles, California, one year and three days after Hurricane Maria ravaged the United States territory.(Photo: Mario Tama/Getty...
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Alanis, M., & Echegaray, J. N. (2011). Fighting for Women’s Lives in...
Marta Alanis, President of Catholics for Choice wrote a thought-provoking article on women’s rights in Argentina. “Fighting for women’s lives in Argentina”, published in 2011 this article encapsulates...
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Coutin, Susan Bibler, 2011. “Falling Outside: Excavating the History of...
This image shows an El Salvador mother saying goodbye to her family as she seeks asylum in Canada. This is an important image because it humanizes the asylum seekers. Throughout history asylum...
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Hathazy, Paul, and Markus-Michael Müller. “The crisis of detention and the...
picture credit to Meridith Kohut The article evaluates the conduct of officials and the corruption involved violation human rights. The article uses many statistics in comparing the prison rates from...
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Bejarano, Cynthia L. “Memory of Struggle in Ciudad Juárez: Mothers’...
The Author, Cynthia Bejarano, recalls on the tragedy that was the Campo Algodonero case of 2001 where the bodies of eight girls were found and how this case played an important role in the justice for...
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Bartman, Jos Midas. “Murder in Mexico: Are Journalists Victims of General...
A protest in Mexico City after the murder of photojournalist Ruben Espinosa on August 31 of 2015. Journalists gathered at the Angel of Independence square to demand justice for the assassination of...
View ArticleSantamaria, Gema, and David Carey Jr. Violence and Crime in Latin America...
The book is divided into three sections, part I is about “Extralegal violence and its justifications,” Part II talks about “Constructing crime,” and lastly part III discusses “The politics of making...
View ArticleLuengo, María. “Gender violence: the media, civil society, and the struggle...
The #NiUnasMenos (Not One Less) movement emerged in Argentina in 2015 in response to recent and numerous acts of murder and violence against young women in Argentina. In this article, the author...
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Vranes, K, Czuchlewski K. “Integrating complexity of social systems in...
The image above shows the aftermath and destruction of an earthquake on a church in Venezuela. According to the authors, with the help of geologist and Columbia University New York Graduate School...
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