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Tag: Indigenous Rights

2019: A year in civil rights Featured

2019: A year in civil rights

Sophie Foggin
December 18, 2019

This year has been unpredictable when it comes to the rights of marginalized groups in Latin America…

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What could a Morales-free Bolivia mean for its indigenous people? Bolivia

What could a Morales-free Bolivia mean for its indigenous people?

Frances Jenner
December 05, 2019

Five years ago, Jeanine Áñez, then-conservative senator of Bolivia, tweeted that she dreamt of a Bolivia…

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Brazil’s indigenous people are best positioned to protect the Amazon Brazil

Brazil’s indigenous people are best positioned to protect the Amazon

Frances Jenner
September 06, 2019

“In no way is Bolsonaro correct when he says the Amazon belongs to Brazil,” Jorge Acero, a lawyer…

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Indigenous activists killed in Guerrero, Mexico Countries

Indigenous activists killed in Guerrero, Mexico

Tamara Davison
May 07, 2019

The Attorney General’s Guerrero Office is investigating a double homicide after the bodies of…

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Paraguay’s Guaraní language is flourishing but its indigenous people are not Analysis

Paraguay’s Guaraní language is flourishing but its indigenous people are not

Frances Jenner
May 06, 2019

The difference between Paraguayan Guaraní and 43% of the world’s languages is that it is far from…

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Indigenous group wins historic land battle against the Ecuadorian government Countries

Indigenous group wins historic land battle against the Ecuadorian government

Frances Jenner
April 30, 2019

On Friday, April 26, the Waorani indigenous group won a historic case against the Ecuadorian government…

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The Mapuche take human rights grievances to the International Criminal Court Argentina

The Mapuche take human rights grievances to the International Criminal Court

Frances Jenner
April 16, 2019

The indigenous Mapuche people are accusing the Chilean and Argentine governments of genocide and crimes…

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Women in STEM in Latin America
by LatinAmericaReports

Marcela Torres is the former CEO of Hola Code, a Mexican social enterprise that provides software development training for refugees and migrants who have returned to Mexico after having lived in the U.S. She was recently named winner of the ‘Entrepreneur’ category in the list of Latin America’s top innovators under the age of 35 published by MIT Technology Review. In honour of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science earlier this month, we interviewed Torres about being a female CEO of a tech company in Latin America, a region lacking support and funding for women working in STEM.

Women in STEM in Latin America
Women in STEM in Latin America
February 28, 2020
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Meet the teenage indigenous activist fighting climate change
January 24, 2020
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Audio Article: Uber’s departure from Colombia sparks debate over app regulation
January 21, 2020
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Audio Article: Uber’s departure from Colombia sparks debate over app regulation
January 21, 2020
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Special: Protests in Colombia
November 27, 2019
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Illegally trafficking night monkeys in the Amazon
November 19, 2019
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Social unrest in Latin America
October 30, 2019
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Social unrest in Latin America
October 30, 2019
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