Undocumented LGBT immigrants are doubly discriminated against in the United States, often facing job insecurity, low wages, and lack of access to healthcare. Immigration procedures and processes for asylum also remain unfair and unclear.
Conspiracy theories are a standard way for populists to distract citizens and stoke up their base. But the governments in Argentina, Ecuador and—particularly—Venezuela have turned it into a real art form.
Huffington Post interviewed LatinAmericaGoesGlobal editor Chris Sabatini on the economic situation in Venezuela. We read a lot in the press about Venezuela’s unusual currency system,
If there is another crisis of unaccompanied minors crossing the border in 2015, will some policymakers insist again that it’s an invasion? Jon Stewart’s take on the crisis in 2014.
Why are Latin American leaders so resistant to speaking out about the deterioration of human rights in Venezuela?
Venezuela’s recently announced legislative elections (in November or December this year) represent one of the last opportunities for the country (and the region) to find an exit to its political and economic deterioration.
Given Latin America’s woefully inadequate infrastructure, China’s plans to invest in roads and rails is a welcome opportunity. The question becomes, though, under what conditions for bidding and procurement and the protections for community land rights.
The story of dashed hopes and sudden halts is a painful yet familiar one for all of us. As we lick our wounds and take stock of yet another lost opportunity, we ask ourselves yet again: can the continent ever escape the boom-bust cycles that have left our economies trapped in middle income status?
Even if you don’t agree with the Venezuelan opposition’s call for “la salida” of President Maduro, leaders like Leopoldo Lopez, now in prison almost 15 months, still have the right to demand the resignation of a president–a right Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff rightly supported in her country. Here’s his parents’ story.
Should Scott Walker win the U.S. presidency in 2016 and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro remain in power until Walker is sworn in (2017), we face the prospect of two formerly mullet-ed presidents in opposing countries. Who’s mullet was better in the 1980s?
