•In observation of World AIDS Day, this research brief seeks to bring light to the oft-ignored plight of indigenous peoples and HIV/AIDS •Little data exists on HIV/AIDS in indigenous communities, and what is available illustrates a veritable crisis •NGO’s and …
Category Archive: Human Rights
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Made in Brazil: Confronting Child Labor
“To force a child to work is to steal the future of that child” – Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva1 While Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has made significant efforts to reduce child labor, at the …
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The Mapuche Hunger Strike: Chile’s Lesser Told Story
Most of the news out of Chile recently has been coming from a dark hole 2200 feet below ground in Copiapó, where 33 trapped miners became an international media sensation. This week, the news from Copiapó is particularly joyful, as …
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Inhumane, Ineffective, Intolerable: Brazil’s Prison System
Since its transition from dictatorship to democracy in the mid 1980s, Brazil has undergone an extraordinary transformation, becoming the political and economic leader of Latin America.But despite Brazil’s rise as a world power, willing on occasion to challenge the hegemony …
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Pacific Rim vs. El Salvador: los riesgos del libre comercio en las Américas
En el 2005, el entonces Senador Barack Obama, publicó un artículo de opinión en el Chicago Tribune titulado ¨Por qué me opongo al CAFTA¨. En ese artículo, publicado el mismo día que el Senado americano votó sobre el Tratado de …
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