Notes by María Eugenia Ludueña
LGBT hate crimes: when it's the police who kill
At the 39th Plurinational Meeting, four paradigmatic cases of police and prison service violence against LGBT people were presented.
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Romina Villafañe: Being a teacher, Mapuche, and a woman between the classrooms of Patagonia and the United Nations
The history teacher participated in the UN scholarship program for representatives of Indigenous peoples. The exchange with other cultures and cultural diversity in…
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Five pieces of good news about HIV from the Rio Conference
Never before has there been so much scientific innovation in the treatment and prevention of HIV. However, "innovation without access is injustice" was one of the recurring phrases…
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HIV: Protests over cuts and patents at the International AIDS Conference in Rio
While scientific advances coexist with healthcare cuts driven by right-wing governments, Brazil and its universal healthcare model offer a counterpoint…
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"We are not dangerous, we are in danger": 10 years since the march "Stop transvesticide, transfemicide and transhomicide"
The tenth Plurinational Anti-Racist March, "Stop Transvesticide, Transfemicide, and Transhomicide," brought together transvestite, trans, and non-binary activists on International Pride Day and also called for…
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Georgina Orellano released: she was arrested after a meeting about the suspicious death of a trans colleague
Georgina Orellano, a sex worker and general secretary of AMMAR, was arrested early this morning along with two colleagues, Estrella Sanmapiña and Victoria Arriondo. The story behind it: a suspicious death…
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Not One Less: Feminist movements took to the streets en masse against gender violence
Eleven years after the first Ni Una Menos (Not One Less) march, the fight against gender violence and the pain of the femicides of Agostina, Dulce, and Noelia mobilized massively…
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Antifascist pride at the largest LGBTQIA+ gathering in Latin America and the Caribbean
The antifascist Pride movement convened the largest regional conference on sexual diversity in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro. Against a backdrop of escalating anti-rights offensives, more…
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Soledad Cayunao: tried for defending water, she was acquitted and her case uncovered the plot of dispossession
Soledad Cayunao went to trial for defending the headwaters of the Chubut River. Despite being acquitted, she cannot return to Mapuche territory. During the trial, the…
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Glaciers Law: The largest class-action lawsuit in history is being called to stop the reform
"The struggle continues," reads the document that was read at the vigil while Congress approved the controversial reform to the Glaciers Law. Three organizations are calling for…
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