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Published in: 50.50: NewsPsychologists investigated for practising ‘conversion therapy’ in Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s professional association of psychologists is investigating two members accused of conducting anti-gay...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThe challenge of Chile: why I am optimistic
The election of Gabriel Boric, a left-wing president, has consequences far beyond the country’s borders
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Published in: 50.50: Feature5 inspiring acts of feminist resistance in 2021
Time to celebrate! Here’s how women have made a difference across the world this year
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationWinds of change blow through indigenous lands in La Guajira
The Caribbean coastal desert is ground zero for Colombia’s plan to lead the region’s shift to renewable energy, but...
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureHow did a journalist who knew she would be killed live?
Regina Martínez suffered threats and censorship. She revealed Mexico’s corruption, organised crime and human rights...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionIs there a ‘third way’ for Brazil?
As Bolsonaro and Lula square up for next year’s election, some Brazilians demand an alternative. But does it risk...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationEuropean and US Right groups backed El Salvador criminalising abortion – and lost
In a case at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, European groups supported criminalising women who had...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationUS ‘dark money’ groups behind Mississippi abortion case spend millions overseas
Groups behind a Supreme Court test case that threatens the constitutional right to abortion in the US are also...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionFrom mobilization to solidarity: The power of feminist struggles in Latin America
With a woman murdered every two hours in the region, women are determined to be agents of change and resistance –...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationA green paradox: Deforesting the Amazon for wind energy in the Global North
A shift to wind energy is leaving a trail of destruction in Ecuador, with a brutal impact on Indigenous communities...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHomosexuality is a ‘distortion caused by Satan’
A pastor in Costa Rica tells our undercover reporter that prayer, Bible study and Christian music can help to change...
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Published in: Home: OpinionBarbados has thrown off its colonial shackles. Now the real change must come
Barbados has removed the Queen as its head of state, as it begins a new national journey to remove any lingering...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationGive up sex, say priest and psychologist to young LGBTQ in Guatemala
Therapist linked to Catholic US group Courage International prescribes ‘chastity’ in anti-gay session, openDemocracy...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationTherapists backed by US groups tell LGBTQ Costa Ricans that homosexuality is ‘wrong’
Foreign affiliates of Focus on the Family and Exodus Global Alliance promote anti-gay ‘therapy’, openDemocracy...
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Published in: Home: OpinionCOP26 focused on long-term climate goals. But what does this decade hold?
Change must happen before 2030 to avoid disaster. Despite the disappointment around Glasgow, climate science and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisWhy the UK Left is wrong to be so dismissive of non-violent struggle
It’s become fashionable to dismiss peaceful forms of resistance to injustice – but the evidence suggests they should...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisWhat does the arrest of Otoniel, Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker, mean?
The head of the violent Colombian Gulf cartel, Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as ‘Otoniel’, was captured last...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisAcross Latin America, the fight for defenders’ justice intensifies
If we are serious about human rights, we should not stop demanding justice for Berta Cáceres and Marielle Franco
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionCOP26: Why many are sceptical of politicians’ $19bn pledge to save the Amazon
World leaders have committed to tackling deforestation by 2030, but Indigenous communities know such rhetoric rarely...