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13.05.2008
British shoppers have been warned that some products on sale may contain palm oil grown in Colombia after paramilitaries murdered or forced poor people off their land amid mounting demand to use the fruit of palm oil trees.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Colombia] [Conflict] [Land] [Agriculture] |
12.05.2008
Fatima Ahmed from Sudan, Yanar Mohammed from Iraq, and Robitalia Moreno Díaz and María del Rosario Moreno Díaz from Colombia all link their experience of motherhood to their drive to work for social justice.
more...From: MADRE Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [Iraq] [Sudan] [Peace] [Conflict] [Activism] [Gender] [Refugees] [Agriculture] Image: A Sudanese woman and her daughter. © Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
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08.05.2008
The global food crisis is unraveling economic advances made in recent years by large sections of the poor working classes of Latin America, reports a U.S.-based ethnic media organization.
more...From: New America Media Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Mexico] [Governance] [Trade] [Consumption] [Poverty] [Food] Image: Protesting the rising cost of tortillas (made from corn) in Mexico. © Prometeo Lucero [aka Prom] (flickr)
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01.05.2008
At least 30 million people's water supply would be affected by the anticipated loss of Andean glaciers which are dwindling ever faster.
more...From: Living in Peru Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Climate change] [Water/sanitation] Image: Jacabamba Glacier, Peru, in 1980 (left) and 2002 (right) © Lynas
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