August242010
Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Adoptions By Same-Sex Couples »
“Mexico’s high court voted 9-2 to guarantee adoption for these couples. Last week it decided in favor of the right to same-sex marriage and made clear that other states in the country have to recognize the same-sex marriages that take place in Mexico City.”
Tags: /lgbt /latin america
February142010
Haiti's Grassroots Movements Respond to the Earthquake »
“Some grassroots Haitian organizations here are showing how humanitarian aid programs can do just that, provide help without humiliation.
One of these is in the extremely economically depressed neighborhood of Carrefour-Feuilles. There, the Association for the Promotion of Integral Family Healthcare has contracted with twenty timachann, small food vendors with roots in the community, and will soon contract with thirty more….By the time the project has fully scaled up, it will formally provide food for approximately 5,400 people each day….The food served is all domestically grown”
Tags: /Latin America
February62010
Peru Farmers Drop Cocaine in Favor of Cocoa »
“Key reasons for the turnaround – listening to local needs, creating synergy among a diverse array of actors, and sticking to market fundamentals – could carry lessons for other ‘narcostates’ such as Afghanistan and Colombia….’The Organization of American States came here for 10 days and said: ‘We have a model,” says Solano.”
Tags: /Latin America /economic progress
December122009
Democracy Matures in Latin America »
“Support for democracy is at its highest level since the late 1990s, up 11 points from its trough in 2001. A clear majority across the region are now committed democrats….Even more strikingly, satisfaction with the working of democracy has increased sharply, to its highest level since the polls began. Trust in democracy’s basic institutions is also growing steadily.”
Tags: /latin america /democracy
