Full Coverage: Latin America & Caribbean
April 2008
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30.04.2008
The indigenous Ayoreo peoples of Bolivia and Paraguay are increasingly forced out of the wilderness by ecological destruction only to confront a new brand of isolation from their ancestral way of life.
more...From: Cultural Survival, Inc. Related topics/regions: [Paraguay] [Bolivia] |
30.04.2008
Brasilian viranomaiset ovat päättäneet kunnostaa Amazonin sademetsän sydämessä kulkevan valtatie BR-319:n. Ympäristöjärjestöt vastustavat hanketta, koska pelkäävät sen kiihdyttävän sademetsän hakkuita.
more...From: Suomen IPS Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Forests] [Economy] [Transport] |
29.04.2008
In the wake of World Malaria Day, an anti-pesticide advocacy organization discusses the danger of spraying DDT to kill mosquitoes carrying the disease and promotes malaria prevention alternatives.
more...From: Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) Related topics/regions: [Mexico] Image: Malaria sign, Kenya. © Peter Armstrong
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28.04.2008
Hundreds of Chileans have announced their intention to leave the Catholic Church following the Vatican's involvement in a local constitutional ruling to ban free contraception.
more...From: Feminist Majority Foundation Related topics/regions: [Vatican City State (Holy See)] [Chile] |
28.04.2008
For people living in underprivileged areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, surplus medical supplies from the United States, including vaccines and hospital beds, are saving lives -- and reducing the waste in North American landfills.
more...From: Global Links Related topics/regions: [United States] Image: The shipments include equipment and medicines like needles and vaccines. © Pan American Health Organization
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28.04.2008
Kolumbian naisia, erityisesti maaseudulla asuvia, mustia tai intiaaneja, uhkaa jatkuvasti kova kohtalo maata repivän konfliktin uhreina. Ihmisoikeusloukkaukset ja köyhyys koettelevat erityisesti naisia.
more...From: OneWorld Spain Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [Conflict] [Gender] [Human rights] Image: - © Christian Aid
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28.04.2008
Ilmastovaikutustensa nollaamiseen tähtäävät valtiot, kaupungit ja yritykset löytävät toisensa kasvavassa Climate Neutral Network -verkostossa. Valtioista mukana ovat Costa Rica, Norja, Islanti ja Uusi-Seelanti.
more...From: Suomen YK-liitto Related topics/regions: [Norway] [New Zealand] [Iceland] [Costa Rica] [Climate change] Image: - © Journeyman Pictures
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28.04.2008
An unreported war is being waged by the US to restore power to the privileged classes at the expense of the poor, argues John Pilger.
more...From New Statesman Related topics/regions: [United States] |
24.04.2008
This week's closed-door meeting of leaders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States is likely to produce changes that "will favor narrow corporate interests over the public good," write trade analysts Sarah Anderson and Manuel Pérez Rocha.
more...From: Institute of Policy Studies Related topics/regions: [United States] [Mexico] [Canada] Image: U.S. President Bush and Mexican President Calderon shake hands at an Aug. 2007 summit. © Eric Draper - White House
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23.04.2008
Small farmers from around the world celebrated last week the International Day of Peasant's Struggle and honored the communities and organizations in over 25 countries that are challenging escalating food costs.
more...From: Grassroots International Related topics/regions: [Argentina] [Cameroon] [Germany] [Indonesia] Image: An Ethiopian farmer. © International Food Policy Research Institute
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23.04.2008
Kahdeksan tunnin työpäivä on Argentiinan muotiteollisuuden paperittomille ompelijoille kaukainen haave. Bolivialaiset työläiset perustivat hikipajojen orjatyötä paetakseen oman osuuskunnan.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Argentina] [Bolivia] [Migration] [Labour] |
22.04.2008
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 22 (OneWorld) - Paraguayans are celebrating the Sunday win of presidential opposition candidate and progressive former bishop Fernando Lugo.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Paraguay] Image: President Lugo. © Fernando Lugo APC
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22.04.2008
Paraguayn uudeksi presidentiksi valittu entinen piispa Fernando Lugo lupaa maalleen uusia asuntoja, peruspalveluja ja katulasten auttamista.
more...From: UnMundo América Latina Related topics/regions: [Paraguay] [Politics] |
22.04.2008
Chileläisen sellutehtaan suunnitelma rakentaa kymmeniä kilometrejä pitkä jäteputki merelle on saanut rannikon kalastajat tappelemaan verisesti toisiaan vastaan.
more...From: Suomen IPS Related topics/regions: [Chile] [Indigenous rights] [Pollution] Image: - © Centre for Science and Environment
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21.04.2008
Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest may be increasing suggest high-resolution satellite images released by the Brazilian government.
more...From: Worldwatch Institute Related topics/regions: [Brazil] Image: © WWF International
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21.04.2008
In 2006 a group of Bolivians who had escaped slave labor in the Argentine fashion industry founded their own clothing co-operative.
more...From: North American Congress on Latin America Related topics/regions: [Argentina] [Bolivia] Image: A worker in the Alameda Workers Co-Op. © North American Congress on Latin America
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21.04.2008
Venezuelan presidentti Hugo Chavez on ottanut valtion hallintaan maan suurimman terästehtaan. Tehtaan työläiset olivat vaatineet kansallistamista kiisteltyään kuukausia työnantajan kanssa palkoista ja eläkkeistä.
more...From: Trade Union News from Finland Related topics/regions: [Venezuela] [Corporations] [Labour] |
18.04.2008
The UN needs to address women's reproductive rights as it conducts the first "peer reviews" of member countries' human rights records, says a coalition of 11 rights groups from around the world.
more...From: Center for Reproductive Rights Related topics/regions: [Argentina] [Brazil] [Ecuador] [India] [Philippines] [Poland] Image: Brazil, one of the countries under review, has "serious violations of women’s sexual and reproductive rights." © International Women's Health Coalition
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18.04.2008
Hondurasin syrjäisen rannikkoseudun hummerinsukeltajat vaarantavat työssään henkensä, mutta ravuista saatavia tuloja he eivät näe. Nyt Miskito-sukeltajat ovat alkaneet järjestäytyä ja vaatia oikeuksiaan.
more...From: global.finland Related topics/regions: [Honduras] [Poverty] [Labour] |
18.04.2008
ASUNCION, Apr 17 (IPS) - An indigenous woman has an excellent chance of winning a seat in Congress for the first time in the history of Paraguay, in Sunday's general elections.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [Paraguay] [Governance] [Democracy] [Politics] [Indigenous rights] Image: Margarita Mbyvângi © Movimiento Popular Tekojoja
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