  Contemporary Latin American feminism surged during politically somber times, especially under the presence of military regimes or nominal democracies that repressed civil liberties often in the name of national security (Saporta Sternbach et al. 1992: 397). Hence, as a social movement, Latin American feminism was born with an intrinsically oppositional and occasionally clandestine character (Saporta Sternbach et al. 1992: 397). As international organizations attempted to influence national health and population policies and governments to control women’s bodies, the foci of Latin American feminisms grew more complex (Saporta Sternbach et al. 1992: 403).