Sutton, B., & Norgaard, K. (2013). Cultures of Denial: Avoiding Knowledge of...
The article “Cultures of Denial: Avoiding Knowledge of State Violations of Human Rights in Argentina and the United States” discusses the sociological tendencies that cause citizens to ignore human...
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Richard E. Feinberg. “Nicaragua: Revolution and Restoration.” Brookings.edu....
This paper, written by Richard E. Feinberg, explains the current political crisis in Nicaragua as they face civil conflict and political violence through the presidency of Daniel Ortega. It argues how...
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Shipley, Tyler. “The New Canadian Imperialism and the Military Coup in...
This article explores the human rights problems in Honduras, through the lens of Canadian imperialism. It covers the problems being faced in Honduras, from natural resource competition to violation of...
View ArticleMalta, M. and Beyrer, C. “The HIV epidemic and human rights violations in...
In the 1990s, the nation took a more accepting approach to handling the health crisis, which has resulted in lowered mortality rates and less intense stigmatization of marginalized groups such as the...
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Cristóbal Kay, “The Agrarian Question and the Neoliberal Rural Transformation...
In the article, Kay sets out to analyze the questions that have surfaced as agrarian policies have shifted across Latin America. Latin America has largely experienced an agricultural revolution due...
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Luengo, 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...
View ArticleThompson, Amy, Rebecca Maria Torres, Kate Swanson, Sarah A. Blue, Óscar...
It is a fact that children migrate from their countries of origin to the United States unaccompanied—their age, however, places yet another barrier to overcome. In the United States there is the idea...
View ArticlePadilla, Pingel, Renda, Reyes, and Fiereck. “Gender, Sexuality, Health and...
Padilla, et al. in the article Gender, Sexuality, Health and Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, as the title suggests, discusses various problems concerning these contemporary public...
View ArticleShumow, Moses. “A Foot in Both Worlds: Transnationalism and Media Use Among...
The research study, A Foot in Both Worlds: Transnationalism and Media Use Among Venezuelan Immigrants in South Florida, by Moses Shumow addresses issues concerning the Venezuelan immigrant community...
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Cardenas, Sonia. Human Rights in Latin America : A Politics of Terror and...
[This picture is on the cover of Sonia Cardenas’s book “Human Rights in Latin America: A Politics of Terror and hope.” The hand placed on the wall looks to be names of deceased or individuals who...
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Varela Huerta, Amarela. 2017. “La Trinidad Perversa de La Que Huyen Las...
Alexandre Meneghini/ReutersI believe that this photograph encapsulates what the Migrant Caravan looks like – thousands of people coming together from all walks of life in Central America march up...
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A Country Split in Half: Abortion as a Human Rights Issue in Argentina
by Lauren Junco, Jasmin Sanchez, Jennifer Mendoza, and Daniella Reyes This cartoon from Twitter (whose account was suspended) is of a Catholic priest saying “No legal abortion, no separation between...
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The New Regime of President Bolsonaro: Escalating LGBT Aimed Violence in Brazil
By Hannah Ross, Lina Mantanona, and Brooke Richards Brazil is one of the most progressive country in Latin America in terms of institutionalized LGBT rights, yet it is the most dangerous country in...
View ArticleCentral American Migrant Experiences Through Mexico
Anastasie Lenoir, Katrina Manrique, Sarah Mayorga, & Nicole Rapista In 2017-2018, the caravana migrante, or migrant caravan, composed of Central American migrants fleeing violence, political...
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The Effects of Oil Drilling on the Human Rights of the Ecuadorian Peoples —...
Alicia Cahuilla, a member of the Waorani tribe in Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park, stands upon one of the many oil drilling sites in the Amazon. These oil production sites are putting Ecuador’s...
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The Suppression of Freedom of Speech, Press, and Media: The Case of Mexican...
By Angel Cardoza, Mysee Xiong, Krista Keplinger, Shaylene Fischmann Members of the press holding images of murdered comrades in Mexico during a protest against the disappearance of journalists. …“we...
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Guatemala and Honduras: Who Defends the Land Defenders?
Dossier by Group 2: Francisco Ferreyra, Lucero Morales, Laura Roser, Christian Scott Berta Cáceres. Goldman Environmental Foundation On March 2, 2016, several heavily armed men broke into Berta...
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Chavismo, Control & The Deterioration of Human Rights In Venezuela
(Rights: CNN 2018) By Colin Heurlin, Susana Sanchez, Georgia Sherman, Johnathon Skinner By 17 November 2018, the Venezuelan currency had reached an inflation level exceeding more than 1,300,000% in...
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The Constant Escalation of Drug Related Violence in Mexico
By Daniel Farinha and Edgar Alvarez-Rosa On December 11th of 2006 the Mexican president Felipe Calderon announced that he would begin a war against drugs by aiming to disband the world’s most powerful...
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El Salvador: From Civil War to Migrant Caravans, A Look at Human Rights...
By Elsy Mora, Sabrina Faucette, Cristian Maldonado, Rory Crowly and Dave Ivan Cruz Salvadorean migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S. cross the Suchiate River to Mexico as seen from Ciudad Tecun...
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