Americas

Flavia Zalwango, programs director at HRAPF
Uganda NGOs denounce impact of USAID cuts on human rights
Bouquet at the door of the USAID foreign aid agency, which the Trump administration is shutting down. (Photo courtesy of AP)
Judge orders resumption of U.S. foreign aid
Man displays a PrEP pill (Photo courtesy of Johns Hopkins)
U.S. halts anti-HIV drugs for LGBTQ people abroad, risking deadly AIDS rebound
Trans rights protest IN Washington, D.C., in 2023. (Photo courtesy of the ACLU)
Transphobia in the U.S.: ‘What used to be whispered is now said out loud.’
Dancers in Virginia take part in CWS's 2023 celebration of refugees' contributions. (Daniel Lin photo courtesy of the Daily News-Record)
Refugee aid groups sue to unfreeze Trump’s pause on refugee admissions
Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Anita Among was a forceful advocate of the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023. She “single-handedly turned the lives of LGBTQ Ugandans into living hell when she facilitated the ‘Kll the Gays Law of 2023", said activist Sarah Mutiga. (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of Reuters/WSJ) (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of Reuters/WSJ)
Uganda’s homophobic speaker predicts Trump will end U.S. sanctions
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures as he delivers his 2025 State of the Nation Address in Cape Town, South Africa, February 6, 2025. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
South Africa president boosts LGBTQI+ rights; Trump cuts off aid to South Africa
USAID food delivery in South Sudan (Jim Huylebroek photo courtesy of the New York Times)
U.S. diplomats: Don’t recall USAID workers; they’re needed to avoid waste and abuse
Donald Trump and Elon Musk (Chris Unger photo courtesy of Zuffa / Rolling Stone)
‘The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children’
U.S. Senator Cory Booker addresses protest in Washington, D.C., against President Trump's cuts in foreign aid and destruction of USAID. (Photo courtesy of Devex)
Beyond rallies and rhetoric, what can be done to block deadly foreign aid cuts?
Anti-HIV program in Malawi teaches patients how to protect themselves with antiretroviral medications. (Robbie Flick photo courtesy of Creative Commons license.)
American-made catastrophe: Growing toll of losses and deaths from USAID demolition
Protesters outside the USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C., demand a reversal of Trump administration moves to eliminate foreign aid and the agency that oversees it. (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
A catastrophe made in the U.S.A. — the deadly foreign aid cutoff
Pepfar-supported health counseling in Kenya.
Health programs shutter around the world because Trump has paused foreign aid
Peter Marocco in 2019.. (Gabriel Aponte/Getty)
Here’s the Trump ally who’s destroying USAID
Woman in South Africa walks past a wall covered with ads supporting the fight against HIV/ AIDS. (Denis Farrell photo courtesy of AP / Cruxnow.com)
Fight against HIV in Africa put in jeopardy by suspension of U.S. funding
USAID used this photo of Pride celebrations in El Salvador to highlight the agency's Rights and Dignity project, which aimed to strengthen human rights and create "a more tolerant, just, and equitable El Salvador, where Salvadorans believe they can have a better life without migrating."
As Trump blocks funds for LGBTQ rights abroad, fear and confusion spread