Americas Program – Real Lives, Real Change

Nov. 15, 2010
Workshops Aim to Bring Peace, Stability Through Better Journalism in Bolivia
For veteran journalist Raúl Novillo Alarcón, navigating the streets of La Paz, Bolivia, is easier than keeping pace with the country's political roadmap. "This is a difficult time for journalism in Bolivia," he said.

Dec. 8, 2009
Meet Jordan Bracho:  Venezuelan Journalist Calls Center's Training 'Instrument of Democratization'
For Jordan Bracho, editor-in-chief at Telesur TV in Venezuela, attending The Carter Center "Journalism Beyond Print" workshop in August 2009 led to an immediate improvement in his work and allowed him to develop relationships with colleagues that he wouldn't have otherwise been able to in Venezuela's current media environment.

Dec. 2, 2009
Dispatch From Bolivia:  The Carter Center Blogs From the 2009 Presidential and Legislative Elections
Join the Carter Center's Deborah Hakes, assistant director of public information, on the ground in Bolivia, as she blogs daily through Dec. 7 about the presidential and legislative elections, their importance for the Latin American country, and the Carter Center's role in the process.

Oct. 21, 2009
Ecuador and Colombia: We Can Achieve Much Together
South American neighbors Ecuador and Colombia have a contentious recent history because of strains along their shared border, but seeing the other's point of view has become easier for key citizens participating in the Carter Center's dialogue process between both countries.

Oct. 1, 2009
Jennifer McCoy: Latin America Is Her Classroom
They say that those who can't do, teach. But apparently no one told Dr. Jennifer McCoy, director of the Carter Center's Americas Program. She's been teaching and doing for more than two decades.

Aug. 17, 2009
Carter Center-Trained Mediator Helps Bolivian Families, Individuals Resolve Conflicts
A family of four waits outside Rita Jimenez Huancollo's wood-paneled office at the Integrated Justice Center (CIJ) in La Paz, Bolivia, husband and wife with eyes cast down, he folding and unfolding papers and she glancing sideways every so often to quietly encourage their children to sit patiently.

Aug. 1, 2008
Ecuador's Border with Colombia (slideshow)
The Carter Center conducted a conflict-related development analysis in two towns along the Ecuador northern border. The analysis focuses on development in the border zone, including access to justice and human rights, citizen security, and youth and social inclusion, and will serve as input for the creation of public policies for development in the northern border zone by Ecuador's government.

March 25, 2008
Life on the Edge:  Carter Center Project Examines Development Challenges on Ecuador-Colombia Border
Buenaventura Morales has a kind face worn weary from life, and friendly eyes that hide the depression plaguing him since he fled his native Colombia after massacres to his village in 2004. His wife died along the way, and he said he feels unable to support his four children by himself; he can't find a job in this poor border region of Ecuador.