Stories by region: Latin America and the Caribbean

my name is María José Rodríguez Escobar and I’m from El Salvador. Together with my colleague Natalia Romero Mora from Costa Rica, I coordinate and advise a transnational team of 15 GIZ communicators.

Focus on forest conservation: GIZ supports Brazil in protecting the Amazon region in many ways.

2024 all three regional human rights courts were led by women, namely Nancy Hernández López in the Americas, Síofra O’Leary in Europe and Imani Daud Aboud in Africa. This was a first and sent a strong signal for legal systems and equal participation worldwide. GIZ supports the dialogue forum of the three human rights courts. 

The women presidents of the three regional human rights courts in an interview: Imani Daud Aboud from Africa, Nancy Hernández López from the Americas and Síofra O’Leary from Europe on women in the judiciary, role models and cooperation across continents

An interview with Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot, Vice President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights – on climate change, human rights, nature and a common understanding across continents.

We visit the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Human Rights Institute in San José, where human rights, nature and the environment are viewed in a new light.

Costa Rica is Germany’s ally on climate issues. Ahead of the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference, we talk to Andreas Villar, coordinator of the GIZ Climate and Biodiversity Cluster in Costa Rica.

A novel approach to protecting the climate and the environment in Costa Rica – join us on a finca that produces more than just climate-friendly coffee.

Three questions for Costa Rican Guillermo Pereira, founder and managing director of Fortech

Grenada is promoting sustainable tourism, in line with SDG 12. Dessima Williams has already made a number of changes at her hotel, and she still has big plans.

Three questions for entrepreneur María Fernanda Ávila about her company and her motivation to do something to counter violence against women in Ecuador

The German Federal Foreign Office has introduced a new feminist foreign policy. Brazilian Renata Giannini from the Unidas Women’s Network is an expert on the topic; in akzente, she gives insights into her work and explains what this means and how it could or should influence German-Latin American relations.