Full Coverage: Latin America & Caribbean
December 2007
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23.12.2007
The US has lost ground in Latin America over the past decade, since the project to develop the Free Trade Area of the Americas flopped and since leftwing governments took power and used it with imagination and vigour, says Janette Habel.
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19.12.2007
Gabriel Hetland explains that the recent referendum raises more questions than answers about Venezuelan public opinion and the future of President Hugo Chavez.
more...From: North American Congress on Latin America Related topics/regions: [Venezuela] |
19.12.2007
Bolivian presidentti Evo Morales sai haluamansa, kun perustuslakia säätävä kokous hyväksyi uuden perustuslain. Neljä päätökseen pettynyttä Bolivian maakuntaa kuitenkin uhkaa julistautua autonomisiksi.
more...From: UnMundo América Latina Related topics/regions: [Bolivia] [Politics] [Law] Image: Presidentti Evo Morales © Gonzalo Jallasi / www.abi.bo
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18.12.2007
Two years after Bolivia's first indigenous President, Evo Morales, set out to transform the nation, Benjamin Dangl examines public opinion as the nation's political parties feud over its future.
more...From: North American Congress on Latin America Related topics/regions: [Bolivia] Image: Bolivian 'New Left' President Evo Morales. © Americas Policy Program
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18.12.2007
Chilessä lokakuusta asti nälkälakossa olleet mapucheaktivistit ovat jo hengenvaarallisen heikkoina. Intiaaniaktivistit vaativat poliittisten vankien vapauttamista ja Chilen mapuchealueiden demilitarisointia.
more...From: UnMundo América Latina Related topics/regions: [Chile] [Indigenous rights] [Conflict] Image: Mapuchealueet Chilessä.
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17.12.2007
A free trade agreement launched last week between Peru and the U.S. "fails to deliver on its development potential and could further deepen poverty for Peru's poorest," writes an international humanitarian group.
more...From: Oxfam America Related topics/regions: [Peru] [United States] [Development] [Trade] Image: Peruvians in the Independencia district. © Oxfam America
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14.12.2007
Kiristynyt tilanne Nicaraguassa on saanut kansalaisliikkeet kaduille. Liikkeet vaativat hallitukselta ratkaisua maata koettelevaan perustuslailliseen kriisiin sekä veden ja energian hinnankorotusten perumista, abortin laillistamista ja demokratian vakauttamista.
more...From: UnMundo América Latina Related topics/regions: [Nicaragua] [Human rights] [Democracy] Image: © José Pablo Molina
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13.12.2007
The development and adoption of biofuels should be done carefully and with exhaustive research onto its effects on food security and the environment, comments Science and Development Network director David Dickson.
more...From: SciDevNet Related topics/regions: [Brazil] Image: The Jatropha curcas plant, a source of renewable energy. © R. K. Henning / Worldwatch Institute
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11.12.2007
Peruvian President Alan García is planning to introduce a new law that promotes foreign investment by diminishing rural indigenous communities' control over communally owned lands.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [Peru] |
10.12.2007
Joulun alla kuubalaiset venyttävät pesoa yrittäessään säästää loppuvuoden juhliin. Suuret toiveet kohdistuvat tulevaan vuoteen, jolta odotetaan uudistuksia varsinkin maatalouteen. Ministeriön on määrä antaa asiasta raportti joulukuun jälkipuoliskolla.
more...From: Suomen IPS Related topics/regions: [Cuba] [Agriculture] Image: © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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10.12.2007
César Navarro, political ally of Bolivian President Evo Morales, discusses the struggle to drive through change in the South American country.
more...From: New Statesman Related topics/regions: [Bolivia] |
06.12.2007
The governments of Ecuador and Peru recently approved three new major oil projects threatening biodiversity and isolated indigenous groups in the Upper Amazon Basin.
more...From: Environment News Service Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Ecuador] Image: Amazon Rain Forest
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05.12.2007
After a hard fought battle filled with intimidation and retaliation from management, Mexican workers at a factory that produces name brand garments for the U.S. market have won legitimate union representation.
more...From: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Related topics/regions: [Mexico] |
04.12.2007
Venezuelan presidentti Hugo Chávez tunnusti tappionsa perustuslain uudistamisesta järjestetyssä kansanäänestyksessä, mutta sanoi uudistusohjelmansa olevan edelleen elossa. Presidentin valtaa kasvattava ja sosiaalisia uudistuksia sisältävä esitys hävisi äänestyksessä niukasti.
more...From: UnMundo América Latina Related topics/regions: [Venezuela] [Politics] Image: Hugo Chávez äänestämässä kansanäänestyksessä © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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04.12.2007
Bolivian President Evo Morales' attempt at achieving comprehensive social reform is challenged by a militant opposition movement led by the wealthy in this highly divided and mostly poor country, comments scholar Roger Burbach.
more...Related topics/regions: [Bolivia] Image: Bolivian president Evo Morales. © Gonzalo Jallasi / www.abi.bo
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