LATIN AMERICA-SOCIETY ISSUES

General listing of links about Latin America society issues. For country specific links please visit the individual country page located at our main page.

Articles by Mark Falcoff   - From Latin America Outlook 

• An Update on the Mexican Crisis 96'

• Nicaragua: Opening a New Chapter96'

• Brazil: The Jury Is Still Out96'

• Argentina after Cavallo96'

• Missing in Action: Latin America and the U.S. Elections96'

• What's Next in U.S.-Cuban Relations?96'

• Argentina: Is There Life after Menem?96'

• Panama and the Canal: Moving to Closure96'

• Through the Mexican Looking Glass96'

• Latin America Now: The View from the South96'

• U.S.-Latin American Relations: A Year-End Roundup 97'

• Who's Afraid of Big Bad Brazil? 97'

• Argentina: Another Round at the Polls 97'

• FTAA: The Moment of Truth Is Fast Approaching 97'

• Mexico's Midterm Elections: A Major Turning Point? 97'

• Arms Sales: An Old Issue Revisited 97'

• Brazil: The Twisted Path to Reform 97'

• Time to End the Certification Circus 97'

• Latin America and the Second Clinton Administration 97'

• A Decisive Election in Brazil 98'

• Argentina: A New Struggle for Succession 98'

• Venezuela: Dancing on the Precipice 98'

• Paraguay: The Tail End of the Democratic Revolution 98'

• Latin America's Next Left 98'

• Is It Time to Rethink the Cuban Embargo? 98'

• Venezuela: Still Trying to Get It Right 98'

• Latin America Faces the Millennium 99'

• Mexico:  An Uncertain Moment 99'

• Argentina: An Electoral Turning Point 99'

• Mexico: Finding the Middle Ground 99'

• Does Colombia Have a Future? 99'

• Brazil: Is the True Crisis behind Us? 99'

• Democracy’s Growing Pains—Chile and Argentina 99'

• Dollarization for Argentina? For Latin America? 99'

• Where Will Chávez Take Venezuela? 99'

• The Prospect for U.S.-Latin American Relations 00'

• Venezuela: Chávez's Dead End 00'

• The Ecuadorian Disease 00'

• Brazil: The Limits of Promise 00'

• A New Mexican Revolution? 00'

• Venezuela's May Surprise 00'

• Chile Moves On 00'

• Colombia: The Problem That Will Not Go Away 00'

• Venezuela: Wave of the Future or Wave of the Past? 00'

• Venezuela: Storm Clouds Gathering 01'

• Argentina Votes—but for What? 01'

• Nicaragua on the Brink–of What? 01'

• Latin Democracy and Its (Increasing) Discontents 01'

• Mercosur: A Precursor to the FTAA—or an Alternative? 01'

• An Emerging Populist Threat? 01'

• Venezuela's Tinfoil "Revolution" 01'

• Peru: Yet Another Transition 01'

• A New Era in Mexico? 01'

• Colombia: A Questionable Choice of Objectives

• Are We Heading for Another "Lost Decade"? 02'

• Colombia: A Questionable Choice of Objectives 02'

• Peru: Old Problems Return 02'

• Venezuela: It's Not Over Yet 02'

• The Brazilian Presidential Stakes 02'

• South America: On the Edge of Disaster? 02'

• Cuba: A New Crisis Brewing? 02'

• Argentina Gropes for Answers 02'

Human Rights

• ABC del DIT Una Base de Conocimiento de Desarrollo Infantil Temprano

• Accounts of the Crimes of Augusto Pinochet

• ACNUR- Manual de Procedimientos y Criterios para Deteriminar la Condicion de Refugiado

• Amnesty International: Torture and Ill-treatment in Brazil

• Arns is a symbol of human rights in Latin America.(Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns)

• Casa de Esperanza

• Casa Del Nino

• Centro Para la Investigacion y la Promocion de los Derechose Civiles

• Central American Refugee Center 

• Centro de Derechos Humanos

• The Chilean Coup, the Church and the Human Rights Movement

• Children and Violence in Colombia

• Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada - Excellent site containing cases from Latin America.

• Latin American Alliance -- Human Rights - Extensive Links Listings

• Reform and religion in Latin America.(Religion in World Affairs)

• The new religious map of Latin America: causes and social effects

• South America Human Rights Links - Extensive Links Listings

• Street Children - The Project - Colombia and Ecuador

• Toxic Waste Dumping

Women's Issues

• First Female Governor of Puerto Rico

• Globalwomensrights.com 

• Mexican women in the industry of dress

• Report from Latin America, Trafficking of Women-Prostitution

• Sex Slavery in Latin America - Excellent article from Christian Science Monitor

• Violence Against Women Human Rights Report

• Women's Struggle in Brazil

• Women Leaders in Latin America