As part of the Worldfocus series "Beyond the Headlines," Daljit Dhaliwal interviews Brazilian scholar Felipe Bruno Martins Fernandes about the status of gays and lesbians in Latin America.
All Posts Tagged With: "Latin America"
Interview
October 27, 2009
Gays make major strides in Latin American nations
Interview (video)
June 2, 2009
Clinton outlines conditions for Cuba entry to OAS
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Honduras on Tuesday, attending a meeting of the Organization of American States. One issue on the table was Cuba, which was kicked out of the OAS in 1962. Shannon O'Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations discusses what it would take for Cuba to be re-admitted into the organization.
Interview (video)
May 26, 2009
Obama nominates first Hispanic Supreme Court justice
President Barack Obama announced his choice for the Supreme Court on Tuesday -- Sonia Sotomayor, a federal appeals court judge from New York whose parents came from Puerto Rico. Christopher Sabatini of the Council of the Americas discusses how the story is playing in Latin America.
Perspectives
April 24, 2009
Latin Americans keep politics out of the economy
The Latin American economy is expected to contract this year as countries face losses from declining exports, tourism and remittances. But while some world leaders have become political casualties of the economic crisis, blogger Thiago de Aragão writes that in most Latin American countries, people seem to sift apart economic and political issues.
Worldfocus Radio
February 24, 2009
Tune in: Online radio show exploring Hugo Chávez
Worldfocus.org's weekly radio show explores anti-American Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez and goes behind the rise of the Latin American left. Listen now.
Signature Video / Audio
February 11, 2009
Indigenous languages revive and thrive in Mexico
About half the estimated 7,000 languages spoken in the world today may disappear by the end of this century, many of them from indigenous cultures. Mexico is attempting to preserve the past by speaking ancient languages in the present tense.
Perspectives
February 11, 2009
Gender equality varies wildly in Latin America
A Worldfocus contributing blogger explores how different electoral systems have resulted in varying levels of power for Latin American women.
Video
December 19, 2008
Russian warships visit Cold War ally Cuba
Christopher Sabatini of the Council of the Americas discusses Russian warships docking in Havana and potential changes to Cuba-U.S. relations under Barack Obama.
Blogwatch
December 19, 2008
Castro proposes prisoner swap with U.S.
Cuban President Raul Castro has proposed a prisoner swap with the U.S., suggesting a trade of the "Cuban Five" for dissidents imprisoned in Cuba.
Signature Video
December 2, 2008
Birth is deadly for Guatemalan women
Every minute, a woman dies of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, and Guatemala has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in Latin America.
