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A group of people marching down the street while a woman holds a sign with the Palestinian flag and the word “Peace”.
Culture of Peace

All eyes on the start of peace between Israel and Hamas

Days after the release of activists who reached the shores of the conflict zone, President Donald Trump announced the kickoff of the diplomatic breakt…

A little girl in an orange dress sitting on a mud-covered swing in the rain at a refugee camp.
Human Rights

More than 400 million children live on less than 3 dollars a day

According to recent statistics from organizations such as UNICEF and the World Bank, one in five children in the world lives in poverty and exclusion.…

Promotional image for the survey 'La democracia quiere saber tu opinión' (Democracy wants to know your opinion).
Democracy

Democracy wants to know your opinion

Do you think memory is important for democracy? Do you think democracy is important? And who do you think should be responsible for sustaining it? Pol…

Cover of the audiobook 'Ernesto, ¡Sí existe!' next to an open page of the book with illustrations of animals.
Human Rights

New version of the audiobook Ernesto, ¡Sí existe!

We present a new version of the audiobook "Ernesto ¡sí, existe!" (Ernesto, Yes, He Exists!), with effects that enrich this story, which we carry forwa…

Demonstration in Nicaragua with a crowd waving flags and a blue banner reading 'No Matarás' (Thou Shalt Not Kill).
Human Rights

Nicaragua: He chose to bear witness and refused exile

Today, November 10, marks nine months since the dictatorial regime led by Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua sentenced Bishop Rolando Álvarez to 26 years in p…

Illustration of a smiling pink elephant sitting on the grass, representing Ernesto.
Human Rights

Ernesto sí, existe!

"Ernesto sí, existe!" (Ernesto, Yes, He Exists!) is a collaborative book we carry forward to combat bullying, school harassment and other forms of dis…

Protesters in Chile hold a banner reading 'SI MATA' calling for a ban on the use of rubber pellets against demonstrators.
Human Rights

Chile: Four years after the social uprising

Through an Open Letter issued by our sister organization Casa Memoria José Domingo Cañas in Chile, we learned of the suicide of our comrade Nadia Rome…

Illustration celebrating 40 years of democracy with images of sowing, memory and building.
Democracy

#FelizCumpleDemocracia

On the birthday of the entire Argentine people, we wish democracy a happy 40th! This is an initiative of Fundación Encontrarse en la Diversidad, Funda…

Eleanor Roosevelt holding a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

It is yours. It belongs to everyone. Get to know it. Defend it. DECLARACION UNIVERSAL DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS.pdf The Declaration, proclaimed by the U…

Drawing of children holding hands around the world, representing the Global Platform against Child Labour
Institutional

The Foundation joins the Global Platform against child labor

We are pleased to announce that our Foundation is part of the Global Platform against child labor. Worldwide, 152 million children are in child labor,…

Press conference with representatives denouncing attacks on the rule of law in Guatemala.
Human Rights

We denounce new attacks on the rule of law in Guatemala

We strongly condemn the actions of the members of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala who, in a nontransparent manner and without exhausting leg…

Protesters in Chile hold a banner reading 'SI MATA' calling for a ban on the use of rubber pellets against demonstrators.
Human Rights

Presentation of the report on the Solidarity and Denunciation Mission carried out in Chile

[16:54, 17/1/2020] Lu Prensa Gobern: The report, prepared as part of the mission led by Rigoberta Menchú Tum and Guillermo Whpei, details the current …