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August 2007

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30.08.2007 Ruotsin uuden kehityspolitiikan linjaukset näkyvät Latinalaisessa Amerikassa. Nicaraguassa, jonka kanssa Ruotsi on tehnyt yhteistyötä lähes 30 vuotta putoaa pois kumppanimaiden listalta. Vastaavasti yhteistyötä laajennetaan Boliviassa ja guatemalassa.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Bolivia] [Guatemala] [Nicaragua] [International cooperation]
Chavez supporters cross a newly built bridge.
29.08.2007 Steve Ellner looks at the successes and failures of some of the key policies advanced by the pioneer of "21st century socialism," looking particularly at Hugo Chavez's state-endorsed workers cooperatives and his initiative to eliminate illiteracy.
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From: In These Times
Related topics/regions: [Venezuela]
Image: Chavez supporters cross a newly built bridge. © In These Times
The young Ashaninka leader Benki Piyãko actively uses the latest Internet tools to reach out to the world.
28.08.2007 An Amazonian indigenous group is using blogs and an online video to shine a light on a Peruvian company's illegal logging activities, which are degrading their environment.
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From: Global Voices Online
Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Peru]
Image: The young Ashaninka leader Benki Piyãko actively uses the latest Internet tools to reach out to the world. © Global Voices Online
27.08.2007 Suomen World Vision tukee 390 000 eurolla Perun maanjäristyksen tuhojen jälleenrakennusta. Tuki kohdistuu maanjäristyksen tuhoamaan San Martinin koulukeskukseen Ican alueella.
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From: Suomen World Vision
Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Emergency relief]
27.08.2007 Liki puolet perulaisista oli ennestäänkin köyhiä, ja elokuun maanjäristys vain pahensi tilannetta. Presidentti Alan Garcían hankkeet tilanteen helpottamiseksi eivät vakuuta kaikkia.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Poverty]
Image: © André Bärtschi / WWF
Enrique Arancibia.
23.08.2007 BUENOS AIRES, Aug 23 (IPS) - Shocked by the release on parole of former Chilean secret police agent Enrique Arancibia, who was sentenced to life in prison for the 1974 murders of Chilean General Carlos Prats and his wife, the attorney representing the Chilean state in that trial told IPS he was considering legal action to get the measure overturned.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Argentina] [Chile] [Justice and crime] [Law] [Human rights] [Codes of conduct] [Geopolitics] [Governance]
Image: Enrique Arancibia. © Memoriaviva.com
23.08.2007 After an Argentine hotel went under in the 2001 financial crisis workers occupied the premises, successfully reopened the hotel, and created over 150 jobs. Now the democratically run hotel faces eviction and must struggle to defend their jobs and livelihoods once again.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Related topics/regions: [Argentina]
23.08.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (OneWorld) - Despite intense relief efforts from around the world, thousands of people in Peru who survived last week's deadly earthquake are still living without food, shelter, and life-saving medicines.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Emergency relief] [Poverty] [Social exclusion] [Indigenous rights] [Social exclusion]
Image: © pchauca (flickr)
Livingstone: "London and Venezuela will be exchanging those things in which they are rich to the mutual benefit of both."
21.08.2007 Following a deal between London Mayor Ken Livingstone and the Venezuelan oil company PetrÓleos de Venezuela Europa, a scheme was launched yesterday which will give half-priced bus travel to up to 250,000 low-income Londoners.
From: Mayor of London
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Venezuela]
Image: Livingstone: "London and Venezuela will be exchanging those things in which they are rich to the mutual benefit of both."
17.08.2007 Many U.S. organizations are already mobilizing assistance to the thousands left homeless or injured by Wednesday's massive earthquake in Peru. Stay up to date with the latest developments and find out how you can pitch in.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Peru]
Image: © pchauca (flickr)
17.08.2007 Perun maanjäristyksessä on kuollut ainakin 450 ihmistä, loukkaantuneita on yli 1500 ja kymmeniätuhansia ihmisiä on jäänyt kodittomiksi. Punainen Risti aloitti torstaina avustustarvikkeiden kuljetukset. Järistysalueelle on toimitetu kahdella lentokoneella huopia, telttoja, sadesuojia ja vesiastioita 2000 perheelle.
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From: Punainen Risti
Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Emergency relief]
17.08.2007 Brasilian hallituksen ilmoituksen mukaan Amazonin metsäkato on pienentynyt neljänneksellä elokuusta 2005 heinäkuuhun 2006. Hallituksen mukaan vähennys johtuu kansallisistaa toimista metsäkadon pysäyttämiseksi.
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From: WWF Suomi
Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Environment] [Forests]
Many Lima residents chose to bed down outside after the quake shook their homes. (Photo credit unknown)
17.08.2007 The Peruvian communities of Chincha Alta and Canete are now homeless, hungry, and without protection from the weather, said the human rights group MADRE Thursday, launching an urgent call for emergency aid for the victims of this week's massive earthquake.
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From: MADRE
Related topics/regions: [Peru]
Image: Many Lima residents chose to bed down outside after the quake shook their homes. (Photo credit unknown)
15.08.2007 Latinalaisen Amerikan maissa on viime vuosina kasvanut kysyntä konsulttifirmoille, jotka ovat hankkineet mainetta likaisilla tempuilla Yhdysvaltain ja Meksikon vaaleissa.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Central America] [Democracy]
Rosalinda Sántiz Díaz, an activist from Chiapas.
14.08.2007 Women in Bolivia, Colombia, and Mexico are forcing the indigenous movements they work with to recognize that they can sometimes be as undemocratic and unjust as the societies they're challenging.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [Mexico] [Bolivia]
Image: Rosalinda Sántiz Díaz, an activist from Chiapas. © MADRE

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