Latin America

OpenArchive has two active partnerships in the Latin America region.

In Spring 2023, OpenArchive partnered with ALDEA Foundation, an Ecuadorian organization that aims to collectively design strategies with people, communities, and territories to advance development in human rights, gender equity, and interculturality. OpenArchive’s partnership with ALDEA will advance this project by helping integrate reliable workflow tools, develop compatible storage systems, and strengthen information management strategies.

In 2023, OpenArchive also partnered with Cubalex – a Cuban NGO that defends and promotes human rights as a form of social transformation through legal aid and other resources. Cubalex is one of the primary organizations documenting abuse against protesters and other human rights defenders and one of the organization’s top priorities is documenting and preserving evidence. OpenArchive’s partnership with Cubalex aims to expand the organization’s capacity to document and store evidence safely and securely.

Below you’ll find use cases, press releases, and updates from our co-research with our Ecuadorian and Cuban community partners.

Regional Updates

Read more about our Latin America work in these posts:

12/07/23

Blogs

Memo desde Ciudad de México: Examinando las necesidades de las comunidades de documentalistas trabajando en México

Quienes defienden los derechos humanos en México enfrentan amenazas crecientes al documentar abusos a los derechos humanos en el país. Nuestra reciente evaluación de necesidades con Data Cívica brinda información sobre las realidades, desafíos y oportunidades que enfrentan defensora de derechos humanos, periodistas y testigos en México al documentar y archivar evidencia de violencia e injusticia.

11/29/23

Blogs

Memo from Mexico City: Examining the needs of documenter communities working in Mexico

Mexican human rights defenders face increasing threats for documenting human rights abuses in the country. Our recent needs assessment with Data Cívica offers insight into the realities, challenges, and opportunities faced by human rights defenders, journalists, and eyewitnesses in Mexico while documenting and archiving evidence of violence and injustice.

11/27/23

Blogs

Memo desde Havana: Examinando las necesidades de las comunidades de documentalistas trabajando en Cuba

Quienes defienden los derechos humanos en Cuba enfrentan amenazas crecientes por documentar la represión y violencia del gobierno. Nuestra reciente evaluación de necesidades con Cubalex ofrece una perspectiva de las realidades, desafíos y oportunidades que las personas defensoras de derechos humanos enfrentan en el contexto cubano al documentar y archivar evidencias de injusticias.

11/27/23

Blogs

Memo from Havana: Examining the needs of documenter communities working in Cuba

Cuban human rights defenders face increasing threats for documenting government repression and violence. Our recent needs assessment with Cubalex offers insight into the realities, challenges, and opportunities that human rights defenders in the Cuban context face while documenting and archiving evidence of injustice.

08/22/23

Blogs

Memo desde Quito: Entendiendo las necesidades de las comunidades documentadoras de Ecuador

Las personas defensoras de los derechos humanos en Ecuador enfrentan crecientes amenazas por su trabajo en la lucha contra los abusos de las operaciones mineras. Nuestra reciente evaluación de necesidades con la Asociación Latinoamericana para el Desarrollo Alternativo (ALDEA) ofrece información sobre las realidades, desafíos y oportunidades que enfrentan estos defensores de derechos humanos en Ecuador mientras documentan y archivan evidencia de injusticia.

08/22/23

Blogs

Memo from Quito: Understanding the Needs of Ecuador’s Documenter Communities

Ecuadorian human rights defenders face increasing threats for their work combatting abuses by mining operations. Our recent needs assessment with the Latin American Association for Alternative Development (ALDEA) offers insight into the realities, challenges, and opportunities that these human rights defenders in Ecuador face while documenting and archiving evidence of injustice.

05/18/23

Press Releases