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ACLED Regional Overview – South America (24-30 April 2021)
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By Ana Gonzalez
Last week in South America, violent clashes broke out in Colombia between demonstrators and state forces amid a nationwide strike against the government’s proposed tax reform. Meanwhile, demonstrations against the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and concerns over the workload of health workers continued in Argentina. In Chile, citizens demand access to their pension funds amid the economic crisis. In Brazil, armed clashes slightly decreased compared to the previous week. Finally, in the border region of Colombia and Venezuela, clashes between the Venezuelan armed forces and dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) increased in Apure state.
Top American human rights court weighs religious freedom case christianpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from christianpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will soon adjudicate a religious liberty case that dates back to 2007 that will have implications in dozens of countries across the Americas.
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Pavez v. Chile, a Catholic diocese in San Bernardo, Chile discovered that Sandra Pavez, who taught religion classes at Cardenal Antonio Samoré Municipal School, had entered into a same-sex relationship.
While she was allowed to maintain employment with the school, even rising to leadership ranks, the school informed her in July 2007 that it could not certify her to teach those classes. Pavez took the school to court and claimed discrimination.
The Chilean Supreme Court sided with the school in 2008, holding that the church-based school has the right to certify its teachers as they see fit.
Pavez claimed a violation of the American Convention on Human Rights and took the case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The commission presented Pavez’s case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in 2019.