This article is provided by conciliation resourced. The creators of the laws found in this article discuss topics on the agreement on identity and rights of indigenous people. They include identity of indegenous people, struggle against discrimination, and cultural, civil, political, social and economic rights. It is interesting to see these laws and wonder how often they are followed (not very often at all).

This article focus's on Guatemala's need for the vote to end violence against women. Around 70% of women and girls are physically or sexually abused by men in their life time. This article highlights the importance of this issue and its prevalence in Guatemala.

The reason I have tagged this website is not particularly to highlight Africans immigration to Latin America, but to bring attention to some of the topics we have discussed in class. Identity plays a huge roll in the context of this article: we are so focused on our identity being what we see and where we came from, but how does the identity of these people change when they immigrate to Latin America?

This article details the controversy of crime and violence in Venezuela. It gives the example of kids playing video games. There is a possible new law in Venezuela that outlaws violent video games. Read for more info!

This article explores the full range of religious changes in Latin America while it experienced a profound pluralization of faith. This article gives an overview of the religious economies theory and the subcultural identity theory to use them and reanalyze the process of pluralization in Latin America.

This site contains an article based on the contemporary perspectives of men and masculinity in Latin American Countries. Detailing numerous countries like Brazil and Mexico, you can see the similarities and differences of what masculine identity is to each individual country or culture. "The materials analyzed are organized around the principal themes within which studies of masculinity in Latin America have been framed, namely the construction of masculine identity, fatherhood, practices and representations, homosocial spaces of masculinity, reproductive health, and masculine sexuality."

This article focus's on war and nation states in Latin America. Some of the main concepts are on making war, the state, the nation, and on making the citizens. This article fully outlines the types of war Latin America is involved with, who precisely is involved, and what those people think about themselves and their actions. It also portrays the effects war has on Latin American countries-its advantages and disadvantages.

This article depicts women in Latin America who are involved with the current day social movements. It provides us with information regarding the leading participants in the social movements and exactly what the social movements are. Some of them focus on human rights and collective consumption like the cost of living.

This article presents the approximate levels of induced abortion in six Latin American countries- Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Peru. Through calculated data on the hospitalization of women's abortion complications, an estimated 550,000 women are hospitalized a year. To read more about the complications and calculations go here!

This article identifies the analytic and public opinion perspectives of corruption and victimization in Latin American countries. As these countries seek to reform themselves, corruption keeps a haunting eye on all peoples of authority.

This web source highlights the psychological impact of being a gay man or lesbian in a Latin American country. As we primarily study the anthropological views of Latin American men, this source details the importance of psychology in both men and women. It is a very interesting and different take than what I think we will learn in class.

This web source aims to educate the public about the ongoing gay and lesbian themes found in Latin American writing. Through writing, Latin Americans have been able to express the political corruption and oppression gay communities face. Also, there are many sources on this website that lead to further evaluation!