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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Brazil
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.
Read moreFrom: 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)
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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.
Read moreFrom: 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.
Read moreFrom: Worldwatch Institute Image: © WWF International
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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.
Read moreFrom: Center for Reproductive Rights 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.
Read moreFrom: Voima Kustannus Oy Related: [Cities] [Trade] Image: http://www.fotosedm.hpg.ig.com.br/
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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.
Read moreFrom: 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.
Read moreFrom: Conservation International |
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.
Read moreFrom: North American Congress on Latin America Image: Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. © Peter Armstrong
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01/30/2008
Trooppinen metsäkato Amazonin sademetsissä on kiihtynyt pahimmaksi neljään vuoteen: syys–joulukuussa 2007 Amazonista tuhottiin 5 950 neliökilometriä sademetsää.
Read moreFrom: WWF Suomi Related: [Forests] Image: © Environment News Service (ENS)
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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.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld España Related: [Africa] [South Asia] [Disease/treatment] Image: Lepra- ja tuberkuloosijuliste, Kenia. © Peter Armstrong
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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.
Read moreFrom Earth Times Image: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon basin © Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)/CGIAR
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01/21/2008
Brasiliassa murhattiin viime vuonna vähintään 76 alkuperäiskansojen jäsentä, mikä on 58 prosenttia enemmän kuin vuonna 2006, ilmenee katolisen kirkon alustavista tiedoista.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Indigenous Rights] |
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.
Read moreFrom: SciDevNet Image: The Jatropha curcas plant, a source of renewable energy. © R. K. Henning / Worldwatch Institute
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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.
Read moreFrom: North American Congress on Latin America Image: An indigenous Guarani child from Brazil. © Centro de Medios Independientes de Colombia Indymedia
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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.
Read moreFrom: 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)
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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.
Read moreFrom: 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.
Read moreFrom: 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.
Read moreFrom: 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.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Argentina] [Uruguay] |
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.
Read moreFrom: 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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