Laritza Diversent is a Cuban human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist. In 2010, Diversent founded Cubalex in Havana, a non-profit organization specializing in providing legal assistance to victims of human rights violations.
América latina está en el sexto lugar de las prioridades: el control de la migración, el tráfico de drogas y las dictaduras, escribe Manuel Orozco para Confidencial.
In May 2023, the Prosperity and Progress in Intermediate Cities project, implemented by the Inter-American Dialogue with the support of the Cities Alliance and funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), began operations with the goal of providing economic and educational opportunities to vulnerable populations at risk of migration in the department of San Marcos.
Tamara Dávila is a Nicaraguan psychologist, feminist activist, and human rights defender. She is the 2023-2024 Human Rights Fellow at the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College, Michigan, and is part of the Monteverde movement of exiled political leaders.
Marta Costanzo Youth joined the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) as deputy assistant secretary in November 2020. Marta assumed the role of principal deputy assistant secretary in April 2022 and has responsibility for overseeing the Office of the Executive Director, the Office of International Migration, and the Office of Assistance for Western Hemisphere.
Gustav Brauckmeyer is executive director at Equilibrium CenDe, an organization that seeks to stimulate research related to socioeconomic development in Latin America through the generation of regional projects, the articulation of endeavors, and the creation of platforms and tools that allow researchers in the region to enhance their work.
Christa Walters is a Guatemalan political scientist and is currently coordinator of institutional outreach and strategic communication for the Movimiento Cívico Nacional (MCN) a civil society group that promotes the consolidation of a democratic republic in Guatemala.
Pablo Hurtado is a Guatemalan lawyer, consultant, and executive secretary of the Asociación de Investigación y Estudios Sociales (ASIES).
Ana Quirós Víquez is a Costa Rican and Nicaraguan feminist, human rights defender, and director of the Centro de Información y Servicios de Asesoría en Salud (CISAS).
Eliseo Núñez is executive secretary and member of the Directorio Político de la Concertación Democrática Nicaragüense, also known as Monteverde. Nuñez is a lawyer with 29 years of professional experience and 34 years of political experience.
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