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Latin America and the Caribbean

Independent media
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why brown envelopes are harmful

Quality media must strive for the truth – and that requires independence and professional standards

Community building
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

If it works in Zimbabwe, it’ll work anywhere

Innovative online publishers are paving the way to new business models – for instance in Mexico and Zimbabwe

Mass protests
Katie Cashman

The people want to live in peace and dignity

In Chile and Bolivia, protests are driven by social exclusion and excessive inequality

Political deadlock
Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón

The long walk to serious talks

Venezuela needs a restart with government and opposition engaging in serious negotiations

Political influence
Carlos Albuquerque

Playing with religious identity

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro won the election thanks to the votes of conservative Christians

Rainforest
Carmen Josse

Amazon region in danger

The fires in the Amazon region have drawn global attention to this endangered ecosystem

Elections
Jorge Saborido

New president, old problems

Argentina has to reform its political system and economic model

Natural resources
Roli Mahajan

Protecting ancestral land

Indigenous people of Ecuador fight to keep oil companies off their ancestral land

Civil strife
Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón

Fragile peace

Under President Duque, Colombia seems to seesaw between civil war and peace

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why cross-border social protection would be useful

Argentina and Zimbabwe currently need a kind of international support that the multilateral system does not provide

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
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Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa