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Trailblazing Leaders on How to Make Latin American Politics More Inclusive

By Brendan O'Boyle

Three figures who broke their own glass ceilings discuss the panorama for political representation in Latin America.

What do a Zapotec woman from Mexico, an Afro-descendant advocate from Uruguay, and a gay rights activist from Chile have in common? Quite a lot, it turns out.

On March 27, Mexico’s Eufrosina Cruz Mendoza, Uruguay’s Edgardo Ortuño, and Chile’s Jaime Parada Hoyl – three Latin American politicians who have broken glass ceilings in their respective countries – were in New York for the launch of a new Americas Society report titled “A Seat at The Table: Five Steps to Making...

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