U.S. sanctions will be a challenge for Cuba’s economy

May 1, 2019
Provisions of a 1996 U.S. law cracking down on Cuba will be fully implemented on Thursday.
Cuba's embassy in Washington, D.C.
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Colombia's LGBT community may not be benefiting fully from reparations system

Feb 26, 2018
As victims of violent civil conflict come forward, some say members of the LGBT community are being left behind.
Quibdó, the capital of the rural department of Chocó, in Colombia, has the highest number of internally displaced people from the violence of the country's long civil war.
Sarah Barrett

The Uruguayan government is drafting a law to pay reparations to transgender people

Aug 14, 2017
The Uruguayan general assembly is currently reviewing a proposal aimed at assisting the transgender community.
Sandra Valin (right) celebrates a quarter century of fighting for LGBT rights in Uruguay.
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