Policy Briefs: Shrinking Civic Space in Latin America and The Caribbean

Our Regional Secretariat La Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (CRIES) in Latin America and The Caribbean conducted research together with the Stanley Canter on the shrinking civil space in Latin America and The Caribbean. The mainly female authors present their findings in 8 policy briefs: 

• Closure of Civic Spaces in Colombia 
• Closure of Civic Spaces in Nicaragua 
• Federative Republic of Brazil 
• The Risk Involved When Claiming Rights in Venezuela
• Reduction of Civic Spaces in Latin America: Brief on the Republic of Peru 
• Marked Setback in the Already Weak Democratic Institutions of El Salvador: Strongmen and Autocracy
• The Closure of Civic Space in Ecuador and the Need to Build a Favorable Environment for the Development of a Democratic Society
• Reduction of Civic Spaces in Latin America and the Caribbean: The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Risk Accelerator