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June 2006

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'The civil population should not be a target in the armed conflict'
06/28/2006 Hace más de 16 meses que Luis Eduardo, Bellanira, Deiner, Alfonso, Santiago, Alejandro, Natalia y Sandra Milena fueron asesinados en forma bestial por parte del ejército. Después de dicha masacre el Estado, principalmente el gobierno, ha utilizado todos los medios para encubrir este crimen de lesa humanidad.
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From: Independent Media Center
Related: [Colombia] [Human Rights] [Justice and Crime] [War and Peace]
Image: 'The civil population should not be a target in the armed conflict' © James Hawkins
06/28/2006 Ya son 16 años. Puede sonar extraño que todo un país pueda estar secuestrado, pero no es raro si lo analizamos a la luz de verdadera capacidad de autodeterminación que posee Chile.
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From: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información
Related: [Chile] [Politics] [Democracy]
06/27/2006 Las principales centrales sindicales del país CUT, CGT y CTC y sus sindicatos filiales están convocando, para el 10 y 11 de Octubre de 2006, en Bogotá, la IV Asamblea de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras por la Paz.
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From: Asamblea Permanente de la Sociedad Civil por la Paz
Related: [Colombia] [Labor] [Human Rights] [Civil Society]
06/27/2006 BOGOTA, Jun 26 (IPS) - Legend has it that Ciudad Bolivar, a poor neighbourhood strung along the hills on the south side of the Colombian capital, is so called because independence hero Simon Bolivar briefly took refuge in the area after narrowly escaping an assassination attempt in 1828. Today, it is riddled with the concrete failure of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's push for paramilitary demobilisation.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related: [Colombia]
06/26/2006 Evo Morales, presidente de Bolivia desde enero de este año, está confrontado a resolver a corto plazo un proceso jurídico que heredó de los gobernantes anteriores. La solidaridad boliviana y la internacional se multiplican hacia los procesados.
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From: La Minga Informativa
Related: [Bolivia] [Civil Rights] [Governance] [Law]
06/26/2006 La Fundación Natura Colombia, la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y la Unión Mundial para la Naturaleza (UICN) invitan a participar en el Segundo Seminario Internacional "Mujeres indígenas, territorialidad y biodiversidad", que se realizará en Bogotá, Colombia, del 6 al 8 de septiembre de 2006.
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From: Género y Ambiente - UICN
Related: [Colombia] [Gender] [Indigenous Rights] [Justice and Crime]
06/23/2006 O casal de indígenas mapuches Atilio Curiñanco e Rosa Rúa Nahuelquir perdeu para a multinacional Benetton a batalha judicial por ocupação de terras. Um juiz da província de Chubut julgou, na segunda-feira à noite, contra os mapuches.
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From: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina
Related: [Argentina] [Land] [Indigenous Rights]
06/22/2006 28 líderes de once estados venezolanos participaron el pasado mes de Mayo en el taller “Capacitación de Líderes comunitarios en participación ciudadana”.
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From: Comunicación Positiva
Related: [Venezuela] [HIV/AIDS] [Human Rights] [Civil Society]
Transport pollution
06/22/2006 Cada día, al clarear la mañana, es fácil darse cuenta a simple vista la nube de humo, polvo y materiales nocivos que envuelven la ciudad como Monóxido de Carbono, Dióxido de nitrógeno, Dióxido de Azufre...
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From: Red Nacional de Acción Ecológica
Related: [Chile] [Cities] [Environment]
Image: Transport pollution © Centre for Science and Environment
06/22/2006 Journalists, media entrepreneurs, government and civil society representatives, academics, and students met last week in UNESCO’s Montevideo Office to analyze and evaluate the situation of media, development and poverty reduction in Uruguay and the region, and to make recommendations for UNESCO’s action in this context.
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From: UNESCO - Communication, Information and Informatics Sector
Related: [Uruguay] [Capacity Building] [Communication] [ICT] [Civil Society]
Vankila Brasiliassa
06/22/2006 Brasilian voitot jalkapallon MM-kisoissa tulivat maan hallitukselle kuin pelastuksena, peittämään São Paulossa käynnissä olevat väkivaltaisuudet, kirjoittaa reportteri Sue Branford. Brasilian suurimman kaupungin poliisivoimat ovat taistelleet monisyistä rikollisuutta vastaan kyseenalaisin keinoin, surmaten paitsi rikollisia, myös rikosrekisteriä vailla olevia ihmisiä.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [Brazil] [Human Rights]
Image: Vankila Brasiliassa
06/22/2006 The Brazilian authorities have every reason to be grateful that the soccer world cup in Germany arrived just in time to divert people's attention from the crisis of violence and confrontation in the country's largest city, says Sue Branford.
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From: openDemocracy
Related: [Brazil]
06/21/2006 El Estado de Paraguay realizó hoy un acto público para reconocer su responsabilidad internacional por el reclutamiento ilegal de dos menores de 18 años, que murieron por los abusos cometidos cuando realizaban el servicio militar obligatorio.
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From: Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional
Related: [Paraguay] [Human Rights] [Justice and Crime]
06/21/2006 La iniciativa legal, originada en moción de diputados, regula el etiquetado de los alimentos que hayan utilizado ingredientes o aditivos genéticamente modificados, en una proporción superior al 1%.
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From: Diario de la Sociedad Civil de Chile
Related: [Chile] [Agriculture] [Food]
06/21/2006 As four Mapuche activists imprisoned under draconian anti-terrorist laws spend over two months on hunger-strike, journalist Justin Vogler looks at the troubled relationship between the Chilean state and "the oldest of Chileans".
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From: openDemocracy
Related: [Chile]
murales Chavez es America - da itaca.coopsoc.it
06/19/2006 Journal writers are masters of half-truths and distortion that goes along the the paper's policy of being hostile to any government not in line with the neoliberal Washington Consensus (wreaking havoc wherever it spreads) and not fully subservient to US wishes.
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From: Independent Media Center
Related: [Venezuela] [Information & Media] [Politics]
Image: murales Chavez es America - da itaca.coopsoc.it
www.roadjunky.com
06/19/2006 Já se cumpletaram mais de uma semana do acampamento dos indígenas frente à Casa de Governo, com o objetivo de que o governador Roy Nikisch receba os delegados das comunidades.
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From: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina
Related: [Argentina] [Indigenous Rights] [Social Exclusion]
Image: www.roadjunky.com
06/19/2006 San Isidro Recicla, llegó al millón de envases para su reciclado, hecho que demuestra la el éxito de la iniciativa de las Empresas involucradas, en beneficio del Hospital Materno Infantil de San Isidro, y confirma la ayuda solidaria de los vecinos del partido de San isidro y su progresiva contribución al cuidado del medio ambiente.
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From: Fundación HABITAT & Desarrollo
Related: [Argentina] [Environment] [Civil Society]
Argentine children gather for a meal.
06/19/2006 The passionate loyalty of "Portenos" for their city's soccer clubs is more than a matter of familial and local tradition, says Carlos Forment: amid social and economic crisis it becomes a source of the remaking of civic identity.
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From: openDemocracy
Related: [Argentina]
Image: Argentine children gather for a meal. © Action Against Hunger-USA
Rifle
06/19/2006 About 30 per cent of people surveyed in Brazil, Britain, Canada, Guatemala, India and South Africa have been the victim of gun crime or know someone who has been a victim in the last five years.
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From: Oxfam International
Related: [Brazil] [Canada] [Guatemala] [India] [South Africa] [United Kingdom]
Image: Rifle © Oxfam Great Britain
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