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September 2007

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Blame it on Fidel
09/29/2007 Anna is a self-confident nine-year-old Parisian girl whose comfortable life is turned upside down in 1970 when her parents get politics – Chilean, pro-Allende politics.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [United Kingdom] [Spain] [Chile] [Media]
Image: Blame it on Fidel
09/28/2007 Boliviassa vieraileva Iranin presidentti Mahmud Ahmadineyad ja Bolivian presidentti Evo Morales solmivat liittosopimuksen, joka tähtää "maailman moninapaistamiseen" ja takaa Iranille Bolivian tuen, mikäli Yhdysvallat ryhtyy sotilaallisiin toimiin maata vastaan. Samassa yhteydessä Iran ja Bolivia solmivat laajamittaisen apu- ja kauppasopimuksen.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related: [Iran ] [Bolivia] [Trade] [Geopolitics]
09/27/2007 Major breakthroughs have recently been made in granting citizenship to roughly 3 million stateless people living in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, and to children born to expatriate Brazilians.
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From: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Related: [Sri Lanka] [Brazil] [Bangladesh] [Nepal]
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09/27/2007 Hirmumyrsky Felix tuhosi syyskuun alussa elinkeinon lähes
200 000 nicaragualaiselta. Hurrikaanin mukana menivät kalastus-, metsästys- ja viljelymahdollisuudet sekä hedelmä- ja viljasadot. Moni menetti myös kotieläimensä.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
Related: [Nicaragua] [Emergency Relief] [Food]
Image: - © International Federation of Red Cross / Environment News Service (ENS)
Fujimori extradited from Chile Sept. 2007
09/25/2007 Chile's Supreme Court ordered the extradition of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on charges of gross human rights abuses Friday, in a step that observers say marks a "huge step forward" for Chile, which has had a spotty human rights record itself.
From: Human Rights Watch
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Related: [Peru] [Chile]
Image: Fujimori extradited from Chile Sept. 2007 © North American Congress on Latin America
09/24/2007 YK:n alkuperäiskansojen oikeuksien julistus antaa Bolivian presidentti Evo Moralesille tämän kaipaamaa tukea kamppailussa intiaanien elinolojen ja aseman parantamiseksi. Bolivian oikeisto-oppositio haraa kuitenkin tiukasti vastaan.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Bolivia] [Indigenous Rights] [Politics]
Image: © Gonzalo Jallasi / www.abi.bo
What's behind your gold ring?
09/24/2007 BOGOTA, Sep 23 (OneWorld) - An environmental gold-mining initiative is set to double its production this year in an attempt to keep up with increasing national and global demand.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Colombia] [Labor] [Consumption] [Corporations] [Business] [Forests] [Biodiversity] [Civil Rights] [Indigenous Rights]
Image: What's behind your gold ring? © Oxfam America
Manifesto della campagna per l'estradizione di Fujimori
09/21/2007 La Corte suprema del Cile ha accolto in via definitiva la richiesta di estradizione dell'ex presidente peruviano Alberto Fujimori avanzata dalle autorità di Lima con l'accusa di "corruzione e atrocità". La Corte Suprema ha ribaltato una prima sentenza favorevole all'ex capo di Stato ed ha concesso l'estradizione per cinque casi di corruzione e due di violazione dei diritti umani. La decisione della Corte suprema cilena rappresenta per Amnesty International "un passo avanti fondamentale perché vi sia giustizia per le migliaia di vittime di tortura, uccisioni, sparizioni forzate e altre violazioni dei diritti umani commesse sotto il suo governo". Fujimori è in Cile dal novembre 2005 e nel giugno scorso era stato posto agli arresti domiciliari in seguito alla richiesta di estradizione da parte delle autorità peruviane.
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Related: [Chile] [Peru] [Human Rights] [Civil Society] [Justice and Crime]
Image: Manifesto della campagna per l'estradizione di Fujimori
Nicaragualaisnainen aborttioikeutta puolustavassa mielenosoituksessa.
09/20/2007 Nicaraguan kansalliskokous ratifioi kiistelyä herättäneen abortin kriminalisoinnin maan rikoslakiin viime viikolla. Useat ihmisoikeusjärjestöt protestoivat tiukasti kieltoa vastaan.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related: [Nicaragua] [Human Rights] [Gender]
Image: Nicaragualaisnainen aborttioikeutta puolustavassa mielenosoituksessa.
09/20/2007 Positive development in working conditions at Veracel pulp mill is partly due to cooperation between Brazilian and Finnish paper workers’ unions, Sinap and Paperiliitto. The goal of the project is to organize Veracel’s employees and to improve their chances of safeguarding their interests.
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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related: [Brazil] [Finland] [Labor]
09/19/2007 Ministero della Sanità brasiliano in un documento del 20 settembre riconosce che il calo del numero dei malati di lebbra in cura in Brasile negli ultimi anni "era un dato non corretto". Dietro pressioni internazionali, i responsabili del programma di eliminazione della lebbra avevano adottato diversi espedienti per far risultare dati più ottimistici rispetto alla realtà, al fine di ottenere il raggiungimento dell'obiettivo dell'eliminazione della malattia nei termini fissati dall'OMS. Tra l'altro, denuncia il documento, era stato deciso di basarsi sui numeri presenti nel sistema informatico sanitario nazionale al 15 gennaio dell'anno successivo invece che prendere i dati al 31 marzo. Con questo stratagemma il numero di nuovi casi di lebbra nel 2004 era sceso a 38.423 invece degli effettivi 51.000 - riporta l'Aifo.
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Related: [Brazil] [Health] [Disease/treatment] [Law]
Peruvian miner, community rejects mining project Sept 2007
09/19/2007 Worried about the environmental impacts of mining in their community, voters in northern Peru overwhelmingly rejected a foreign company’s mining bid in a non-binding referendum Sunday. The government hopes to work with both sides to reach an agreement.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [Peru]
Image: Peruvian miner, community rejects mining project Sept 2007 © International Development Research Centre
09/19/2007 Rio Verden kaupungissa biopolttoaineeksi jalostettavan sokeriruo'on viljely pidetään aisoissa. Alueella pelätään etanoliteollisuuden uhkaavan viljelyn monimuotoisuutta ja aiheuttavan sosiaalisia ja ympäristöongelmia.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Brazil] [Agriculture] [Renewable Energy]
Image: © Steve McNicholas / Worldwatch Institute
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09/18/2007 Tuoreen raportin mukaan viime vuonna 144 ihmistä menetti henkensä ammatiyhdistystoimintansa vuoksi. Vaarallisin maa ay-aktiiville on Kolumbia.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related: [Colombia] [Labor] [Human Rights]
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09/17/2007 Lähestyvät vaalit perustuslain uudistavan elimen kokoonpanosta innostivat Ecuadorin presidentin Rafael Correan perustamaan oman blogin. Blogi lanseerattiin, tietysti, näyttävällä YouTube-videolla. Correa on nyt latinalaisen Amerikan ensimmäinen bloggaava presidentti.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Ecuador] [Internet]
09/17/2007 Oil company plans to use megaphones to "communicate" with uncontacted tribes in Peruvian rainforest if crews are attacked have been dismissed as farcical.
From: Survival International
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Related: [Peru]
09/17/2007 Mexican President Felipe Calderón has vetoed a bioenergy law to establish biofuel production in the country, saying that it focuses too much on maize and sugarcane production.
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From: SciDev.Net
Related: [Mexico]
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09/17/2007 Latinalaisessa Amerikassa syntyy joka vuosi kaksi miljoonaa lasta ilman laillista identiteettiä ja siihen kuuluvia oikeuksia, totesi kansinvälisen Planin toimitusjohtaja Tom Miller syyskuun alussa Paraguayssa pidetyssä seminaarissa. Planin maailmanlaajuisen syntymärekisteröintikampanjan ansiosta identiteetin on tähän mennessä saanut yli 5,5 miljoonaa lasta.
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From: Plan Suomi Säätiö
Related: [South America] [Children] [Human Rights]
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Guatemala elections: more of the same
09/17/2007 Though election day was relatively peaceful and smooth for Guatemala's first round of presidential voting last week, the campaign season was far from peaceful and now voters must choose between candidates who offer little more than political rhetoric, explains editor and activist Cyril Mychalejko.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Related: [Guatemala]
Image: Guatemala elections: more of the same © Ivan Castro
Mexican farmers; activists want to protect forest
09/16/2007 A women's environmental organization in rural Mexico is defending their threatened backyard despite the dangers of activism in the region, and spotty support from the government.
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From: Americas Policy Program
Related: [Mexico]
Image: Mexican farmers; activists want to protect forest © freg
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