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January 2008

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01/31/2008 PUCALLPA, Peru, Jan 30 (IPS) - Residents of the Amazon jungle town of Orellana in Peru have filed a complaint against a logging company for using their identity documents to commit tax fraud in illegal timber sales worth more than $200,000.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [Peru] [Labor] [Corporations] [Business] [Forests]
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: [Brazil] [Forests]
01/30/2008 Vuoden 2007 alusta lähtien Meksikon hallitus on kiihdyttänyt toimiaan Chiapasin maakunnan itsehallintoa tavoittelevia zapatistiyhteisöjä kohtaan. Hyökkäykset, uhkaukset ja maiden ryöstö kuuluvat hallituksen tukemien puolisotilaallisten joukkojen keinovalikoimaan.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Mexico] [Indigenous Rights] [Conflict]
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: [Uruguay] [Finland] [Labor] [Business]
Zapatista activists, 2006.
01/28/2008 Since early 2007, dozens of the autonomous, indigenous Zapatista communities in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas have endured near-daily attacks, land invasions, and death threats, primarily from government-endorsed paramilitary groups.
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From: In These Times
Related: [Mexico]
Image: Zapatista activists, 2006. © Independent Media Center
Cadbury Cocoa Partnership
01/28/2008 An initiative "to secure the economic, social and environmental sustainability of around a million cocoa farmers and their communities in Ghana, India, Indonesia and the Caribbean" was unveiled by chocolate manufacturer Cadbury and the UN Development Programme today.
From Cadbury Schweppes
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Related: [Indonesia] [India] [Ghana] [Caribbean]
Image: Cadbury Cocoa Partnership
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] [Brazil] [Disease/treatment]
Image: Lepra- ja tuberkuloosijuliste, Kenia. © Peter Armstrong
  	  Right-led riots engulfing Bolivia, 2008.
01/25/2008 The Latin American right has struggled in recent years, but is now using various means to effectively counter the policies of governments elected by the working classes, comments regional news editor Pablo Morales.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Image: Right-led riots engulfing Bolivia, 2008. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
01/24/2008 The future for corals does not look bright, according to the first in-depth analysis of recent widespread coral bleaching in the Caribbean.
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From: The World Conservation Union
Related: [Caribbean]
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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Related: [Brazil]
Image: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon basin © Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)/CGIAR
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
01/23/2008 As the U.S. presidential primaries continue, candidates are making sure to address the oft-overshadowed foreign policy affair that is Latin America. Here is what they have to say.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Related: [United States]
Image: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. © North American Congress on Latin America
A young Colombian refugee.
01/23/2008 Approximately 2,000 Colombians, including members of indigenous groups, fled their villages over the past two weeks as militias are intensifying their armed campaigns in the rural areas, writes the UN.
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From: United Nations
Related: [Colombia]
Image: A young Colombian refugee. © Refugees International
Comandante Ramona
01/23/2008 Chiapasin kansannousun myötä intiaaninaiset ovat löytäneet äänensä ja paikkansa liikkeessä ja intiaaniyhteisössä.
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From: OneWorld España
Related: [Mexico] [Gender] [Indigenous Rights]
Image: Comandante Ramona
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: [Brazil] [Indigenous Rights]
01/21/2008 Sosiaalifoorumin agendalla ovat vahvasti Väli- ja Etelä-Amerikan maiden solmimat vapaakauppasopimukset. Foorumiin liittyen järjestetään 26. tammikuuta maailmanlaajuinen toimintapäivä.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related: [Mexico] [Civil Society] [Globalization]
01/21/2008 Kun Kuuba pääsee läntisten tiedotusvälineiden otsikoihin, aiheena on usein presidentti Fidel Castron terveys. Uutisten ulkopuolelle jää esimerkiksi se, että Kuuban rokotusohjelma on maailman laajin ja lapsikuolleisuus alhaisempi kuin Yhdysvaltojen.
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From: Maailman Sivu ry
Related: [Cuba] [Development]
Image: © Radio Netherlands
Manifestazione a Santiago per i prigionieri Mapuche - da APM
01/18/2008 "La morte di un giovane, le azioni violente contro persone innocenti e le misure di forza adottate, costituiscono un sintomo allarmante di un conflitto che non abbiamo affrontato fino in fondo mirando alle sue cause principali". Lo afferma il Presidente della Conferenza Episcopale Cilena, Mons. Alejnadro Goic Karmelic, manifestando l’invito della Chiesa cattolica a cercare una soluzione nel "conflitto Mapuche". L'Associazione per i Popoli Minacciati (APM) esprime tutta la sua solidarietà e appoggio alle rivendicazioni del popolo Mapuche: dopo la morte del 22enne Mapuche Matías Valentín Catrileo Quezada, ucciso dalla polizia durante una manifestazione di Mapuche, si aggrava ulteriormente la situazione di Patricia Troncoso Robles, prigioniera politica Mapuche in sciopero della fame da ormai 100 giorni. Insieme a Patricia Troncoso sono ormai circa 40 i prigionieri politici Mapuche in carcere.
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Related: [Chile] [Indigenous Rights] [Activism] [Democracy]
Image: Manifestazione a Santiago per i prigionieri Mapuche - da APM
01/16/2008 "In 2007, [South American] social movements confronted two new fronts: the consolidation of a second and new wave of neoliberalism...and a correlation of forces, on a regional level, in which "progressive" governments play the dominant role," comments researcher Raúl Zibechi.

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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Related: [South America]
01/16/2008 This March, Mexico will introduce immigration cards digitally embedded with migrants' information, a 'characteristically progressive' move that will allow hundreds of thousands of temporary workers and visitors to come and go at their will, writes Louis E. V. Nevaer.
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From: New America Media
Related: [Mexico]
01/15/2008 Peru will receive its first batch of XO laptops from the One Laptop per Child initiative in mid-February, despite pressure from rival company Intel to drop the order.
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From: SciDev.Net
Related: [Peru]
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