ABSTRACT
The problem of the catastrophic humanitarian consequences and the threat of annihilation of the use of nuclear weapons is one that was not created by the entire world, but by a few people. The lack of progress in nuclear disarmament for so many decades has generated much frustration in the international community. The task, was left solely to the nuclear armed states, the ones with the least desire to disarm, leading to decades of broken promises and sterile meetings, conferences and debates. Latin America has been instrumental in achieving the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Historically, as a region, it has been very proactive regarding disarmament and non-proliferation. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, through grassroots movements and lobbying efforts with diplomats, was instrumental in achieving the TPNW. The TPNW itself is a result of humanitarian disarmament, of evidence-based policy-making that has placed the humanitarian issue at the forefront of the discussions regarding nuclear weapons.
