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Why are young people sympathizing with the far right? 🤔 📲Rebelliousness, precariousness, and social media are equal parts of a cocktail that is more prone to Milei or Bukele than to the traditional left.  More here 👇🏼

Has the Right Captivated Latin American Youth?

In a subcontinent with structural inequality and weakened democracies, young people in several countries have become more conservative. This turn to the right puts a dent in Latin America’s progressive tradition, and paves the way for extremes.

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In Ecuador 🇪🇨, disappearances of children and teenagers skyrocketed in 2024, after the first year of militarization of the country. Forced recruitment and trafficking for sexual exploitation are among the reasons. #LostChildren 👦🏽👧🏽 Delve into the investigation here www.connectas.org/missing-chil...

Missing Children Missing in Ecuador's Internal War

In the first year of the armed conflict, disappearances of minors in Ecuador increased by 88%

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Migration due to the impact of #climatechange is not a myth! According to the World Bank's 2018 and 2021 Groundswell reports, Latin America could see 17 million internal climate migrants by 2050! This story is another #OCRI exclusive led by @connectas.org Read⤵️ www.connectas.org/especiales/m...

Migrantes del mar, el sol y la lluvia

Habitantes de pequeñas comunidades del norte de Centroamérica están migrando dentro y fuera de sus países tras la pérdida de sus viviendas, negocios y cosechas.

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La Chama and El Pana, two AI avatars with slight Venezuelan accents, are the faces of Operación Retuit, an initiative launched last summer after the controversial victory of Nicolas Maduro in the Venezuelan presidential elections.

📢A LATAM cross-border collaboration led by @connectas.org as part of our Open Climate Reporting Initiative #OCRI ! A spike in dengue-related cases led to 826 preventable deaths in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras due to the effects of #climatechange in 2024! Read⤵️ www.connectas.org/especiales/d...

El dengue explota las bajas defensas de los gobiernos

En 2024 los casos y muertes por dengue aumentaron en América Latina, entre otras causas, por el cambio climático.

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