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On November 25, 1960, three sisters were killed because they opposed the Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican’s Republic. The sisters grew up in a rural area and watched their family lose their house and all their money during the “Era of Trujillo”. Las Mariposas, as they were known, founded an opposition group to the […]

Another week and another important day to be marked! Today we celebrate the Blog Action Day. Since 2007, every year there is a different theme that bloggers around the world post about. Previous themes included Human Rights, Climate Change and Environment. This year’s theme is inequality and today blogs across over 110 countries will write […]

While there has been much debate around LGB&T rights (a.k. lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights) in Brazil because of the coming elections and the different position of the Presidential candidates regarding this topic, a historic achievement was secured at the UN Human Rights Council. Brazil and other Latin American countries were in the forefront […]