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May 2007

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05/31/2007 Perussa kuolee vuosittain satoja köyhien ja marginalisoitujen yhteisöjen naisia ja lapsia terveydenhuollossa esiintyvän syrjinnän takia. Köyhyys ja etninen tausta estävät naisia saamasta hoitoa.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related: [Peru] [Health] [Human Rights] [Gender]
05/31/2007 None of the 48 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries linked through an aid agreement to the European Union have selected HIV as a key area in their funding priorities, an analysis shows.
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From: International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Related: [Caribbean] [Europe] [Asia and the Pacific] [Africa]
05/31/2007 Yhdellä Buenos Airesin vilkkaimmista juna-asemista puhkesi toukokuussa mellakka, kun matkustajat hikeentyivät junien jatkuvaan myöhästelyyn ja vuorojen peruuntumiseen. Lippukojuja poltettiin, ja 25 ihmistä loukkaantui.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Argentina] [Transport]
Image: © Ian Britton
05/30/2007 In what a leading rights group[ has called "a politically motivated decision," the Venezuela government has decided not to renew a license for the only commercial television station in the country that has remained strongly critical of the government.
From: Human Rights Watch
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Related: [Venezuela]
05/29/2007 Huumekauppa ja väkivaltainen rikollisuus jarruttavat merkittävästi Keski-Amerikan valtioiden taloudellista ja sosiaalista kehitystä. Näin varoittaa YK:n huumeiden ja rikollisuuden torjunnasta vastaava järjestö UNODC tuoreessa raportissaan.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [Central America] [Development]
05/26/2007 ASUNCION, May 25 (IPS) - Esperanza Santos Aranda, who lives in a poor neighbourhood in the Paraguayan capital, used to sell vegetables at a precarious market stall. But thanks to a 60-dollar loan, she was able to open up her own small clothes-selling business.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [South America] [Paraguay] [Development] [Capacity Building] [Microcredit]
05/25/2007 Yhdysvaltoihin pyrkivät siirtolaisnaiset joutuvat usein väkivallan kohteiksi Chiapasissa Etelä-Meksikossa. Eräs nuori nainen oli raiskattu matkallaan seitsemän kertaa, pappi Heyman Vázquez Medina kertoo. Väkivallan tekoihin syyllistyvät kadunmiesten ohella myös poliisit.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related: [Mexico] [Migration] [Human Rights]
05/25/2007 Dramatizing the harsh realities of life in Bolivia, Teatro Trono is trying to "reclaim democracy through art" while sponsoring outreach programs to help keep Bolivia's youth from living on the streets.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Related: [Bolivia]
05/24/2007 Nicaraguan hallituksen vastikään hyväksymä laki rajoittaa julkista tiedonsaantia, muttei vaadi kansanedustajia kertomaan muun muassa vaalirahoituksestaan. Uusi laki vaikeuttaa myös toimittajien työtä.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related: [Nicaragua] [Information & Media]
05/23/2007 Christian Aid partners have launched a petition supporting the Brazilian government’s decision to bypass the patent on an AIDS drug produced by the US pharmaceutical giant, Merck.
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From: Christian Aid
Related: [Brazil] [United States]
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: [Uruguay] [Poverty] [Consumption] [Climate Change] [Civil Society]
Image: Costa Rica's golden toad - already extinct © R Malenki / WWF International
05/17/2007 Peru’s oil chief has provoked a storm of controversy with plans to contact some of the world’s last uncontacted Indian tribes to "consult" them about potential oil exploration on their land.
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From: Survival International Italia
Related: [Peru]
05/16/2007 La Cámara Salvadoreña de Artesanos (CASART) presentó su segunda colección de productos y entregó premios a la creatividad artesanal.
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From: Fundación CLIC
Related: [El Salvador] [Culture] [Knowledge]
05/16/2007 El Partido Acción Ciudadana denunció que el Gobierno inició compra de votos a favor del TLC en el próximo referéndum, luego que un dirigente de los taxistas porteadores declaró que al gremio se le ofreció la legalización de su actividad a cambio de su respaldo al Tratado.
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From: Informa-tico
Related: [Costa Rica] [Trade] [Politics] [Corruption & Transparency]
05/16/2007 Un informe presentado la mañana del jueves 3 de mayo por l Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado señala a la Policía Nacional Civil como responsable de ocho asesinatos en el 2006 al estilo “escuadrones de la muerte” que operaron durante la pasada guerra civil.
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From: Raíces
Related: [El Salvador] [Civil Rights] [War and Peace] [Arms & Military]
Image: © Mapquest
05/16/2007 La Coordinadora de Sindicatos Bananeros y Agroindustriales de Honduras (COSIBAH) abrió una oficina en la Ciudad de Choluteca con el objetivo de apoyar a los y las trabajadoras que tienen sindicatos así como a que los compañeros /as que no tienen sindicato.
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From: Coordinadora de Sindicatos Bananeros y Agroindustriales de Honduras
Related: [Honduras] [Labor] [Human Rights]
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05/16/2007 Después de un importante proceso de búsqueda, se ha conformado el Primer Consejo Internacional de Rimisp. Está compuesto por seis integrantes de diferentes nacionalidades y diversas especialidades como economía agraria, sociología, microfinanzas para poblaciones pobres rurales, ecología, medioambiente, y biodiversidad, entre otros.
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From: Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural RIMISP
Related: [Development] [Agriculture]
Image: www.el-mundo.es
05/16/2007 La presidenta “socialista” Michelle Bachelet, la presidenta de todos los chilenos, la que empapeló el país con el slogan “Estoy contigo” brilló por su ausencia, durante cuatro días ante los hechos acaecidos el jueves 3 de mayo...
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From: AlterInfos
Related: [Chile] [Civil Rights] [Governance] [Justice and Crime]
05/16/2007 El sufragio electoral no es un fin en sí mismo. Es un derecho ciudadano que se ejerce como instrumento para viabilizar la participación popular en la escogencia de un proyecto de gobierno.
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From: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Related: [Social Exclusion] [Civil Rights] [Democracy]
05/15/2007 Las tortillas de maíz son el alimento principal de los hondureños y hondureñas. Las tortillas son una herencia histórica y cultural de los pueblos mayas. Sin embargo, en este año 2007, estamos viviendo una escasez grande de maíz.
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From: Red de Comercialización (Red COMAL)
Related: [Honduras] [Development] [Agriculture]
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