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The aim of this OneWorld Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Uruguay
02/18/2008 Botnia's new timber supply network means more or less permanent employment for many Uruguayans. At the mill itself there are only about 300 jobs, but over ten times more people work in the timber supply network. The majority are employed by some 160 subcontractors.
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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related: [Finland] [Labor] [Economy]
01/29/2008 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.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related: [Finland] [Labor] [Business]
11/13/2007 Kehitysmaiden lapsille suunnattu tietokone löytää tiensä vielä tämän vuoden puolella myös Peruun, Meksikoon, Etiopiaan, Ruandaan, Haitiin ja Intiaan. Käyttöönoton lähestyessä alkuperäinen sadan dollarin kannettava on hinnaltaan jo lähes kaksinkertainen.
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From: Digital Opportunity Channel
Related: [Peru] [Mexico] [India] [Haiti] [Education] [Intermediate Technology] [International Cooperation] [ICT]
11/07/2007 Uruguay is the first country to place an official order for child-friendly laptops from the One Laptop Per Child initiative, and Peru looks set to follow.
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From: SciDev.Net
Related: [Peru]
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] [Brazil]
Costa Rica's golden toad - already extinct
05/21/2007 The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) - one of the largest anti-poverty movements - has added climate change to its core agenda after a lengthy and a heated debate.
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related: [Poverty] [Consumption] [Climate Change] [Civil Society]
Image: Costa Rica's golden toad - already extinct © R Malenki / WWF International
04/20/2007 A poco más de dos años de haber llegado al gobierno e instalar a Tabaré Vázquez como primer presidente progresista de Uruguay el 1 de marzo del 2005, el Frente Amplio (FA) está sumido en un profundo debate
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From: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press
Related: [Politics] [Democracy] [Governance]
12/19/2006 GUALEGUAYCHU, Argentina, Dec 18 (IPS) - With a nativity scene and a big Christmas tree set up on the highway to the nearby bridge leading to Uruguay, residents of the Argentine town of Gualeguaychu plan to continue blocking traffic between the two countries until a pulp plant being built on the other side of the river moves elsewhere.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [South America] [Argentina] [Labor] [Environment] [Environmental Activism] [Pollution] [Rivers] [Health] [Civil Society]
11/20/2006 El PIAI se creó en 1999 con un capital de US$110 millones aportado por el Estado (30%) y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (70%), con el objetivo de hacer habitables las viviendas de los asentamientos irregulares. Sin embargo, el gobierno del ex presidente Jorge Batlle (2000-2005) no aplicó esos recursos.
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From: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press
Related: [Development] [Cities] [Governance]
11/18/2006 MONTEVIDEO, Nov 18 (IPS) - Juan Maria Bordaberry, who staged the 1973 coup that ushered in a 12-year military dictatorship in Uruguay, is now in prison in connection with the 1976 assassination of two legislators who were living in exile in Argentina. His foreign minister, Juan Carlos Blanco, is also under arrest.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [South America] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Democracy] [Justice and Crime]
10/16/2006 El cursillo busca formar "promotores ciudadanos frente a la globalización". Por lo tanto el objetivo es brindar informaciones básicas sobre los procesos globales actuales y sus impactos en América Latina. Del 20 al 22 de Noviembre 2006, Montevideo, Uruguay
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From: Latin American Center Social Ecology (CLAES)
Related: [Activism] [Civil Society] [Globalization]
Image: © UNESCO
10/10/2006 Kansainvälinen ympäristöjärjestö Maan ystävät vaatii suomalaisia metsäyhtiöitä vetäytymään Uruguaysta ja Brasiliasta, minne ne ovat viime vuosina keskittäneet toimintaansa. Metsä-Botnia rakentaa parhaillaan tehdasta Uruguay-joen rannalle Fray Bentosin kaupunkiin, mikä on synnyttänyt runsaasti vastustusta lähialueilla paitsi Uruguayssa, myös Argentiinassa.
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From: Maan ystävät
Related: [Brazil] [Corporations] [Environment]
10/07/2006 Despite the difficulties of the U.S. Congress to pass Free Trade Agreements (FTA) due to the November congressional elections, the Bush administration remains firm in its strategy to push them in Latin America.
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From: International Relations Center
Related: [Trade] [Politics] [Globalization]
09/25/2006 Tieto satojen eurooppalaisten hitsaajien ja asentajien tulosta Botnian sellutehtaan työmaalle Uruguayssa on johtanut vakavaan paikalliseen kiistaan. Sadat hankkeen uruguaylaiset rakennustyöläiset menivät tiistaina lakkoon protestina suunnitelmalle käyttää huomattavaa määrää ulkomaista työvoimaa. Toisen uutisen mukaan Greenpeace ennustaa Uruguayhin ja Argentiinaan runsaasti uusia selluhankkeita.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related: [Labor] [Business] [Environment] [Human Rights] [Globalization]
09/15/2006 In the near future thousand welders and fitters will travel from Finland and other European countries to Uruguay to work at the construction site of Botnia’s pulp mill. The supply of Uruguayan labour needed for the high quality welding and fitting work demanded by a pulp process, is far too small, Marko Janhonen, the project’s communication and PR vice president, argues.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related: [Labor] [Economy] [Business]
09/13/2006 Botnian sellutehtaan työmaalle matkustaa lähikuukausina tuhatkunta hitsaajaa ja asentajaa Suomesta ja muualta Euroopasta. Tehdashankkeen tiedotuksen varajohtaja Marko Janhunen perustelee ratkaisua sillä, että selluprosessin hitsaus- ja asennustöiden korkeat laatuvaatimukset täyttävää uruguaylaista työvoimaa on tarjolla aivan riittämättömästi.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related: [Labor] [Economy]
08/14/2006 Esta semana los uruguayos nos enteramos que ya son cinco las fábricas de celulosa que se instalarían en el país. Peor aún, el presidente Tabaré Vázquez dio luz verde al comienzo de las tratativas para firmar un TLC entre Uruguay y Estados Unidos.
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From: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información
Related: [Politics] [Democracy] [Governance]
07/14/2006 La advertencia de al menos dos ministros uruguayos que anunciaron su decisión de renunciar si no se opera un giro a la izquierda en la política económica, dejó al desnudo la profunda crisis que se vive en el interior del gobierno del presidente Tabaré Vázquez.
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From: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press
Related: [Politics] [Democracy]
06/22/2006 Journalists, media entrepreneurs, government and civil society representatives, academics, and students met last week in UNESCO’s Montevideo Office to analyze and evaluate the situation of media, development and poverty reduction in Uruguay and the region, and to make recommendations for UNESCO’s action in this context.
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From: UNESCO - Communication, Information and Informatics Sector
Related: [Capacity Building] [Communication] [ICT] [Civil Society]
05/22/2006 ¿Sabía Usted que esta iniciativa económica es iniciada por el gobierno conservador de Jorge Batlle? Todos conocemos el innegable amor de Batlle por todo lo "Made in USA", incluidos el english, ciertos bloqueos a Cuba, invasiones a Iraq, torturitas por allí, Guantánamos, Abu Graibs, intervención en Colombia, golpes de estado en Haití, Venezuela, etc., etc., etc
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From: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información
Related: [Development] [Governance]
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