El Salvador

Abortion criminalized under all circumstances

Court stopped woman from terminating her pregnancy despite the risk to her life.

6/14/2013

Honduras

Electoral campaigns underway

Nine parties to participate in the November elections

6/14/2013

Chile

Indigenous peoples view government with deep distrust

Indigenous leaders denounce lack of political will of authorities to implement rights guaranteed by international conventions.

6/14/2013

Bolivia

Indigenous peoples recede into the background

Government seeks to speed up exploration in indigenous territories and protected areas.

6/7/2013

Brazil

The Pantanal, a jewel under siege

largest wetlands in the world.

6/6/2013

The Caribbean

Climate change nearing point of no return

Scientists warn of irreversible climate catastrophe

6/6/2013

Guatemala

Politicization and underfunding have dogged indigenous institutions

Political participation of indigenous people sabotaged by Guatemalan bureaucracy

5/29/2013

Colombia

Government and FARC reach first agreement

Significant progress in negotiations towards ending over 50 years of armed conflict

5/29/2013

Peru

Setback in the implementation of the Prior Consultation law

Government refuses to publish database on indigenous peoples and excludes coastal and mountain communities, where mining activity is concentrated, from consultation processes.

5/24/2013

Guatemala

Constitutional Court annuls Ríos Montt’s genocide conviction

Guatemala’s highest court overturned the genocide conviction against the former dictator and ordered all the proceedings to be voided going back to April 19.

5/23/2013

Latin America / The Caribbean

In Brief

Latin America and the Caribbean, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay

5/23/2013