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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Brazil
Protesting the rising cost of tortillas (made from corn) in Mexico.
05/08/2008 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.
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From: New America Media
Related: [Mexico] [Governance] [Trade] [Consumption] [Poverty] [Food]
Image: Protesting the rising cost of tortillas (made from corn) in Mexico. © Prometeo Lucero [aka Prom] (flickr)
04/30/2008 Brasilian viranomaiset ovat päättäneet kunnostaa Amazonin sademetsän sydämessä kulkevan valtatie BR-319:n. Ympäristöjärjestöt vastustavat hanketta, koska pelkäävät sen kiihdyttävän sademetsän hakkuita.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Forests] [Economy] [Transport]
04/21/2008 Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest may be increasing suggest high-resolution satellite images released by the Brazilian government.
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From: Worldwatch Institute
Brazil, one of the countries under review, has "serious violations of women’s sexual and reproductive rights."
04/18/2008 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.
From: Center for Reproductive Rights
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Related: [Argentina] [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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03/18/2008 Brasilian suurin kaupunki, 11 miljoonan asukkaan São Paulo, päätti poistaa ulkomainokset koko kaupungista. Mainostemppu on ainutlaatuinen koko maailmassa.
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From: Voima Kustannus Oy
Related: [Cities] [Trade]
Image: http://www.fotosedm.hpg.ig.com.br/
02/27/2008 Tuhannet Brasilian intiaanit elävät tilapäisleireissä, eikä heidän ajoittain väkivaltaiseksi äityvälle kamppailulleen maasta näy loppua. Ongelma on erityisen kärjistynyt Mato Grosso do Sulin osavaltiossa, jossa sekä guaranít että terenat ovat vallanneet esi-isiensä maita.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Land] [Indigenous Rights]
02/21/2008 In an effort to halt species extinction in the Brazilian Amazon, the state of Para is launching a Zero Extinction Program.
From: Conservation International
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Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
02/14/2008 Developing countries are increasingly seeking to maintain social class divisions and 'order' in urban slums by using heavy-handed military tactics, writes Raúl Zibechi.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Image: Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. © Peter Armstrong
01/30/2008 Trooppinen metsäkato Amazonin sademetsissä on kiihtynyt pahimmaksi neljään vuoteen: syys–joulukuussa 2007 Amazonista tuhottiin 5 950 neliökilometriä sademetsää.
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From: WWF Suomi
Related: [Forests]
Lepra- ja tuberkuloosijuliste, Kenia.
01/28/2008 Lepratapauksia rekisteröitiin uusimmissa tilastoissa maailmassa 260 000. Yli sadassa maassa esiintyvä, periaatteessa helppohoitoinen tauti vaivaa erityisesti Etelä-Aasiaa, Afrikkaa ja Latinalaisen Amerikan maista Brasiliaa.
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From: OneWorld España
Related: [Africa] [South Asia] [Disease/treatment]
Image: Lepra- ja tuberkuloosijuliste, Kenia. © Peter Armstrong
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon basin © Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)/CGIAR
01/24/2008 The destruction of the Brazil's Amazon rain forest increased drastically in recent months after a two-year "breather," the government reported yesterday.
From Earth Times
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Image: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon basin © Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)/CGIAR
01/21/2008 Brasiliassa murhattiin viime vuonna vähintään 76 alkuperäiskansojen jäsentä, mikä on 58 prosenttia enemmän kuin vuonna 2006, ilmenee katolisen kirkon alustavista tiedoista.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Indigenous Rights]
The Jatropha curcas plant, a source of renewable energy.
12/13/2007 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.
From: SciDevNet
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Image: The Jatropha curcas plant, a source of renewable energy. © R. K. Henning / Worldwatch Institute
An indigenous Guarani child from Brazil.
11/27/2007 Two Brazilian indigenous communities have successfully reclaimed their lands after a 40-year occupation by a powerful cellulose company. Their victory exemplifies the increasing unity, militancy, and efficacy of rural and indigenous factions in Brazil.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Image: An indigenous Guarani child from Brazil. © Centro de Medios Independientes de Colombia Indymedia
HIV/AIDS information materials being distributed to truck drivers by a local NGO and the local truck drivers union.(Credit: UNAIDS/A.Vasconcelos)
11/27/2007 Brazil's ability to negotiate price reductions with pharmaceutical companies for patented HIV/AIDS drugs saved the country $1 billion between 2001 and 2005, according to a study.
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From: SciDev.Net
Image: HIV/AIDS information materials being distributed to truck drivers by a local NGO and the local truck drivers union.(Credit: UNAIDS/A.Vasconcelos)
11/21/2007 Guanabaranlahti Rio de Janeiron edustalla Brasiliassa on osa lumoavan kaunista maisemaa. Todellisuus saasteineen on kuitenkin paljon kuvajaista karumpi: yritykset vesien puhdistamiseksi ovat toistaiseksi kuin pisara valtameressä.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Water/Sanitation] [Health]
11/20/2007 Brazilian bloggers are commemorating today the death of a runaway slave and national hero by debating how far their vastly multicultural society has come towards ending racism.
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From: Global Voices Online
11/14/2007 "On surkuhupaisaa, että niin monet Stora Enson työntekijät menettävät Suomessa työnsä. Stora Ensosta ei ole nimittäin meille Brasiliassa mitään hyötyä", sanoo Brasilian maattomien maatyöläisten liikkeen MST:n johtaja.
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From: Maailman Sivu ry
Related: [Economy] [Corporations]
11/07/2007 Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay will co-host a UN event to gather support for a proposed charter that would counter worldwide human rights abuses against gay people.
From: Human Rights Watch
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Related: [Argentina] [Uruguay]
Via Campesina first occupied the corporation's site in 2006, after it discovered that the agribusiness was illegally cultivating genetically manipulated soybeans and corn.
10/31/2007 An activist protesting the illegal development of genetically modified seeds was shot and killed at point blank range by armed gunmen allegedly linked to the multinational corporation Syngenta.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Image: Via Campesina first occupied the corporation's site in 2006, after it discovered that the agribusiness was illegally cultivating genetically manipulated soybeans and corn. © Greenpeace International
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