Human rights in Latin America

1. Human rights: South
America
Daniela Tejada - Mª Paula Toro

2. Argentina
• Indigenous people are discriminated
• Women and abortion
• FAMOUS CASE: Marita Verón; kidnapped in
2002

3. Brazil
• 285 people being killed by police (Claudia Silva Ferreira)
• Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender
identity
• Two women died following clandestine abortions in
clinics.

4. Chile

5. Colombia• 220,000 people were forcibly
displaced in 2013.
• Extrajudicial executions by the
security forces.
• Kidnappings cases continued to be
reported.

6. Peru

7. Venezuela