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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.
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From: 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.
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From: 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.
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From: Feminist Majority Foundation
Related: [Holy See] [Chile]
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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.
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From: OneWorld España
Related: [Colombia] [Conflict] [Gender] [Human Rights]
Image: - © Christian Aid
An Ethiopian farmer.
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.
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From: Grassroots International
Related: [Argentina] [Cameroon] [Germany] [Indonesia]
Image: An Ethiopian farmer. © International Food Policy Research Institute
04/23/2008 Kahdeksan tunnin työpäivä on Argentiinan muotiteollisuuden paperittomille ompelijoille kaukainen haave. Bolivialaiset työläiset perustivat hikipajojen orjatyötä paetakseen oman osuuskunnan.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Argentina] [Bolivia] [Migration] [Labor]
President Lugo.
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.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Paraguay]
Image: President Lugo. © Fernando Lugo APC
04/22/2008 Paraguayn uudeksi presidentiksi valittu entinen piispa Fernando Lugo lupaa maalleen uusia asuntoja, peruspalveluja ja katulasten auttamista.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related: [Paraguay] [Politics]
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04/22/2008 Chileläisen sellutehtaan suunnitelma rakentaa kymmeniä kilometrejä pitkä jäteputki merelle on saanut rannikon kalastajat tappelemaan verisesti toisiaan vastaan.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Chile] [Indigenous Rights] [Pollution]
04/21/2008 Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest may be increasing suggest high-resolution satellite images released by the Brazilian government.
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From: Worldwatch Institute
Related: [Brazil]
A worker in the Alameda Workers Co-Op.
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.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Related: [Argentina] [Bolivia]
Image: A worker in the Alameda Workers Co-Op. © North American Congress on Latin America
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.
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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related: [Venezuela] [Corporations] [Labor]
Brazil, one of the countries under review, has "serious violations of women’s sexual and reproductive rights."
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.
From: Center for Reproductive Rights
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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
Margarita Mbyvângi
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.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [Paraguay] [Governance] [Democracy] [Politics] [Indigenous Rights]
Image: Margarita Mbyvângi © Movimiento Popular Tekojoja
Blanca Ovelar pyrkii Paraguayn johtoon.
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.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Paraguay] [Democracy] [Gender]
Image: Blanca Ovelar pyrkii Paraguayn johtoon. © Blanca Ovelar official Web site
An indigenous woman from the Peruvian Amazon.
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.
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From: Cultural Survival, Inc.
Image: An indigenous woman from the Peruvian Amazon. © Inter-American Development Bank
Colombian farmers stood to lose a lot from the trade deal, said anti-poverty groups. Image
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.
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From: 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
Bernhard Smid
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.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [Peru] [Education]
Image: Bernhard Smid
Blanca Ovelar represents change for Paraguay, but how much?
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.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [Paraguay] [Democracy] [Politics] [Gender]
Image: Blanca Ovelar represents change for Paraguay, but how much? © Blanca Ovelar official Web site
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.
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From: Global Exchange
Related: [Colombia] [Panama] [Peru] [South Korea] [United States] [Geopolitics] [Environmental Activism] [Trade] [Labor] [International Cooperation] [Agriculture]

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