Latin America
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About Latin America
Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Romance languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, and French are predominantly spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem on 'lethal' desire to control wombs
... " As women s access to reproductive rights has become more limited in the US, some women in Latin America have successfully campaigned for the right to legal abortion and Steinem, who has been at the front line of countless street demonstrations in her life, admires their determined activism...
Child marriage: 'I was sold into marriage for £7 at the age of 12'
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America Ferrera: We are still just fighting to be visible
... But the truth is, in Latin America the name America is much more common, " says the actress, who is named after her mother...
COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals
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Argentina election: Javier Milei's radical proposals face test of reality
...By Pascal FletcherBBC Monitoring, Latin America specialistJavier Milei, the anti-establishment politician who cruised to victory in the Argentine presidential election last week, has courted intense controversy with radical, provocative policy proposals and statements...
Mexico: Murder suspected in non-binary magistrate Jesús Ociel Baena's death
... The 38-year-old became a magistrate for the Aguascalientes state electoral court in October 2022 and was thought to be the first non-binary person in Latin America to take up a judicial position...
Suspects held over alleged Hezbollah plot in Brazil
... Brazil is home to Latin America s second largest Jewish community...
Argentina votes in election rocked by radical candidate
...By Pascal FletcherBBC Monitoring, Latin America specialistArgentines are choosing a new president in an election rocked by the emergence as front-runner of anti-establishment populist and self-styled " libertarian" Javier Milei...
