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November 1, 2019

Colombia
Women This Week: First Female Mayor of Bogota

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering October 25 to November 1, was compiled by…

Claudia Lopez celebrates after winning local elections in Bogota, Colombia October 27, 2019.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

February 11, 2015

Guatemala
Glimpses of Optimism in Guatemala

The news and statistics from Guatemala are anything but reassuring. More than half the nation’s sixteen million citizens live in poverty. Worse, almost one in two children under five suffer from chro…

Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

July 13, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Ballot Breakthroughs in Mexico and Tunisia

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering July 5 to July 13, was compiled with supp…

Claudia Sheinbaum (L), candidate for Mexico City Mayor, and Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gesture during a closing campaign rally.
Blog Post by Rachel B. Vogelstein Women Around the World

June 29, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Saudi Women at the Wheel

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering June 24 to June 29, was compiled with sup…

A Saudi woman celebrates as she drives her car in her neighborhood, in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, June 24, 2018.
Blog Post by Rachel B. Vogelstein Women Around the World

July 25, 2017

Corruption
What Latin America Can Learn From Past Anticorruption Success

As Latin America reflects on its current wave of anticorruption successes—including the arrest of former Guatemalan president, Odebrecht prosecutions in Peru, and the ongoing Lava Jato cleanup in Bra…

President Roosevelt pointing at a map of South America towards the area explored during the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition in Brazil as another man looks on.
Blog Post by Matthew M. Taylor Development Channel