Full Coverage: South America
April 2008
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04/30/2008
The indigenous Ayoreo peoples of Bolivia and Paraguay are increasingly forced out of the wilderness by ecological destruction only to confront a new brand of isolation from their ancestral way of life.
Read moreFrom: Cultural Survival, Inc. Related: [Paraguay] [Bolivia] [Culture] [Indigenous Rights] [Forests] [Conservation] [Social Exclusion] |
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: [Brazil] [Forests] [Economy] [Transport] |
04/28/2008
Hundreds of Chileans have announced their intention to leave the Catholic Church following the Vatican's involvement in a local constitutional ruling to ban free contraception.
Read moreFrom: Feminist Majority Foundation Related: [Holy See] [Chile] |
04/28/2008
Kolumbian naisia, erityisesti maaseudulla asuvia, mustia tai intiaaneja, uhkaa jatkuvasti kova kohtalo maata repivän konfliktin uhreina. Ihmisoikeusloukkaukset ja köyhyys koettelevat erityisesti naisia.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld España Related: [Colombia] [Conflict] [Gender] [Human Rights] Image: - © Christian Aid
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04/23/2008
Small farmers from around the world celebrated last week the International Day of Peasant's Struggle and honored the communities and organizations in over 25 countries that are challenging escalating food costs.
Read moreFrom: Grassroots International Related: [Argentina] [Cameroon] [Germany] [Indonesia] Image: An Ethiopian farmer. © International Food Policy Research Institute
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04/23/2008
Kahdeksan tunnin työpäivä on Argentiinan muotiteollisuuden paperittomille ompelijoille kaukainen haave. Bolivialaiset työläiset perustivat hikipajojen orjatyötä paetakseen oman osuuskunnan.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Argentina] [Bolivia] [Migration] [Labor] |
04/22/2008
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 22 (OneWorld) - Paraguayans are celebrating the Sunday win of presidential opposition candidate and progressive former bishop Fernando Lugo.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Paraguay] Image: President Lugo. © Fernando Lugo APC
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04/22/2008
Paraguayn uudeksi presidentiksi valittu entinen piispa Fernando Lugo lupaa maalleen uusia asuntoja, peruspalveluja ja katulasten auttamista.
Read moreFrom: UnMundo América Latina Related: [Paraguay] [Politics] |
04/22/2008
Chileläisen sellutehtaan suunnitelma rakentaa kymmeniä kilometrejä pitkä jäteputki merelle on saanut rannikon kalastajat tappelemaan verisesti toisiaan vastaan.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Chile] [Indigenous Rights] [Pollution] Image: - © Centre for Science and Environment
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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 Related: [Brazil] Image: © WWF International
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04/21/2008
In 2006 a group of Bolivians who had escaped slave labor in the Argentine fashion industry founded their own clothing co-operative.
Read moreFrom: North American Congress on Latin America Related: [Argentina] [Bolivia] Image: A worker in the Alameda Workers Co-Op. © North American Congress on Latin America
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04/21/2008
Venezuelan presidentti Hugo Chavez on ottanut valtion hallintaan maan suurimman terästehtaan. Tehtaan työläiset olivat vaatineet kansallistamista kiisteltyään kuukausia työnantajan kanssa palkoista ja eläkkeistä.
Read moreFrom: Trade Union News from Finland Related: [Venezuela] [Corporations] [Labor] |
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] [Brazil] [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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04/18/2008
ASUNCION, Apr 17 (IPS) - An indigenous woman has an excellent chance of winning a seat in Congress for the first time in the history of Paraguay, in Sunday's general elections.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Paraguay] [Governance] [Democracy] [Politics] [Indigenous Rights] Image: Margarita Mbyvângi © Movimiento Popular Tekojoja
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04/16/2008
Paraguayn presidentinvaaleissa 20. huhtikuuta on ensi kertaa mukana naisehdokas. Blanca Ovelar edustaa maata 61 vuotta johtanutta oikeistolaista Colorado-puoluetta, mutta saattaa hävitä opposition ehdokkaana olevalle entiselle piispalle.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Paraguay] [Democracy] [Gender] Image: Blanca Ovelar pyrkii Paraguayn johtoon. © Blanca Ovelar official Web site
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04/15/2008
A "megaproject" to integrate infrastructure across South America will likely lead to "poverty, displacement, exposure to diseases, cultural erosion, physical threats, and violent conflicts" for indigenous people in the region, writes Zachary Hurwitz.
Read moreFrom: Cultural Survival, Inc. Image: An indigenous woman from the Peruvian Amazon. © Inter-American Development Bank
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04/14/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 14 (OneWorld) - Long-time critics of corporate-friendly free trade agreements are applauding House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for effectively putting the brakes on a deal with the South American nation of Colombia.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Colombia] [United States] [Geopolitics] [Trade] [Economy] [Labor] Image: Colombian farmers stood to lose a lot from the trade deal, said anti-poverty groups. Image © Lutheran World Relief
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04/11/2008
Perun kouluissa podetaan kovaa pulaa pätevistä opettajista. Opettajantutkinnon suorittaneille järjestettiin hiljattain kokeet yli 20 000 avoimen viran täyttämiseksi. Kokeen läpäisi kuitenkin vain 151 hakijaa.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Peru] [Education] Image: Bernhard Smid
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04/10/2008
ASUNCION, Apr 10 (IPS) - For the first time in Paraguayan history, a woman is running for president in the elections on Apr. 20, as the candidate of the Colorado Party, which has governed this country continuously for 61 years.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Paraguay] [Democracy] [Politics] [Gender] Image: Blanca Ovelar represents change for Paraguay, but how much? © Blanca Ovelar official Web site
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04/10/2008
"Show your support of trade agreements that assure job security and decent livelihoods, and take a stand against the NAFTA model that displaces millions from their homes and jobs and furthers environmental destruction," urges a group advocating fairer globalization.
Read moreFrom: Global Exchange Related: [Colombia] [Panama] [Peru] [South Korea] [United States] [Geopolitics] [Environmental Activism] [Trade] [Labor] [International Cooperation] [Agriculture] Image: © American Friends Service Committee
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