Full Coverage: South America
January 2008
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31.01.2008
PUCALLPA, Peru, Jan 30 (IPS) - Residents of the Amazon jungle town of Orellana in Peru have filed a complaint against a logging company for using their identity documents to commit tax fraud in illegal timber sales worth more than $200,000.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Labour] [Business] [Corporations] [Forests] |
30.01.2008
Trooppinen metsäkato Amazonin sademetsissä on kiihtynyt pahimmaksi neljään vuoteen: syys–joulukuussa 2007 Amazonista tuhottiin 5 950 neliökilometriä sademetsää.
more...From: WWF Suomi Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Forests] Image: © Environment News Service (ENS)
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29.01.2008
Uruguayssa toimintansa aloittanut Metsä-Botnian sellutehdas on synnyttänyt maan eri puolille tuhansia metsäalan työpaikkoja, joiden laadun työntekijöiden selvä enemmistö arvostaa varsin korkealle. Puunhankinnan työoloja selvittäneet tutkijat huomauttavat kuitenkin, että työn katkonaisuus ja urakkapalkkaus jättävät osan työntekijöistä varsin niukoille ansioille.
more...From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related topics/regions: [Uruguay] [Finland] [Labour] [Business] |
28.01.2008
Lepratapauksia rekisteröitiin uusimmissa tilastoissa maailmassa 260 000. Yli sadassa maassa esiintyvä, periaatteessa helppohoitoinen tauti vaivaa erityisesti Etelä-Aasiaa, Afrikkaa ja Latinalaisen Amerikan maista Brasiliaa.
more...From: OneWorld Spain Related topics/regions: [Africa] [South Asia] [Brazil] [Disease] Image: Lepra- ja tuberkuloosijuliste, Kenia. © Peter Armstrong
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24.01.2008
The destruction of the Brazil's Amazon rain forest increased drastically in recent months after a two-year "breather," the government reported yesterday.
more...From Earth Times Related topics/regions: [Brazil] Image: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon basin © Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)/CGIAR
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23.01.2008
Approximately 2,000 Colombians, including members of indigenous groups, fled their villages over the past two weeks as militias are intensifying their armed campaigns in the rural areas, writes the UN.
more...From: United Nations Related topics/regions: [Colombia] Image: A young Colombian refugee. © Refugees International
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21.01.2008
Brasiliassa murhattiin viime vuonna vähintään 76 alkuperäiskansojen jäsentä, mikä on 58 prosenttia enemmän kuin vuonna 2006, ilmenee katolisen kirkon alustavista tiedoista.
more...From: Suomen IPS Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Indigenous rights] |
18.01.2008
"La morte di un giovane, le azioni violente contro persone innocenti e le misure di forza adottate, costituiscono un sintomo allarmante di un conflitto che non abbiamo affrontato fino in fondo mirando alle sue cause principali". Lo afferma il Presidente della Conferenza Episcopale Cilena, Mons. Alejnadro Goic Karmelic, manifestando l’invito della Chiesa cattolica a cercare una soluzione nel "conflitto Mapuche". L'Associazione per i Popoli Minacciati (APM) esprime tutta la sua solidarietà e appoggio alle rivendicazioni del popolo Mapuche: dopo la morte del 22enne Mapuche Matías Valentín Catrileo Quezada, ucciso dalla polizia durante una manifestazione di Mapuche, si aggrava ulteriormente la situazione di Patricia Troncoso Robles, prigioniera politica Mapuche in sciopero della fame da ormai 100 giorni. Insieme a Patricia Troncoso sono ormai circa 40 i prigionieri politici Mapuche in carcere.
more...Related topics/regions: [Chile] [Indigenous rights] [Activism] [Democracy] Image: Manifestazione a Santiago per i prigionieri Mapuche - da APM
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16.01.2008
"In 2007, [South American] social movements confronted two new fronts: the consolidation of a second and new wave of neoliberalism...and a correlation of forces, on a regional level, in which "progressive" governments play the dominant role," comments researcher Raúl Zibechi.
more...From: North American Congress on Latin America |
15.01.2008
Peru will receive its first batch of XO laptops from the One Laptop per Child initiative in mid-February, despite pressure from rival company Intel to drop the order.
more...From: SciDev.Net Related topics/regions: [Peru] |
15.01.2008
Puolisotilaallisten yksityisarmeijoiden, sissien ja huumeverkostojen ote Kolumbiasta ei hellitä. Konflikti on jättänyt jälkeensä kymmeniä tuhansia kuolleita ja kadonneita.
more...From: UnMundo América Latina Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [Conflict] |
11.01.2008
Are think-tanks staffed by scientists a luxury that only rich nations can afford? Ehsan Masood meets the founders of four institutes that set out to help developing countries to think for themselves.
more...From Nature News Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Kenya] [Colombia] [Bangladesh] |
08.01.2008
At year's end, Bolivia found itself in the midst of a divisive political crisis that threatened to dismantle the state. Meanwhile, the course of events for 2008 remains unpredictable.
more...From: North American Congress on Latin America Related topics/regions: [Bolivia] Image: Gas and water protests in La Paz, Bolivia. © Alana Libow / Cultural Survival, Inc.
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07.01.2008
Etelä-Amerikan Andien alueella valtaan nousseet vasemmistohallitukset pyrkivät muutoksiin uudistamalla maittensa perustuslakia. Venezuelan tuore esimerkki osoittaa, ettei tämä aina onnistu.
more...From: Suomen IPS Related topics/regions: [Politics] [Law] Image: Evo Morales © openDemocracy
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04.01.2008
Ecuadorilaisessa intiaaninaisten johtajuuskoulussa kasvatetaan johtajia järjestöihin, politiikkaan ja kohta myös talouselämään.
more...From: global.finland Related topics/regions: [Ecuador] [Education] [Gender] |
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