Full Coverage: South America

05/31/2007 Perussa kuolee vuosittain satoja köyhien ja marginalisoitujen yhteisöjen naisia ja lapsia terveydenhuollossa esiintyvän syrjinnän takia. Köyhyys ja etninen tausta estävät naisia saamasta hoitoa.

05/31/2007 Yhdellä Buenos Airesin vilkkaimmista juna-asemista puhkesi toukokuussa mellakka, kun matkustajat hikeentyivät junien jatkuvaan myöhästelyyn ja vuorojen peruuntumiseen. Lippukojuja poltettiin, ja 25 ihmistä loukkaantui.

05/30/2007 In what a leading rights group[ has called "a politically motivated decision," the Venezuela government has decided not to renew a license for the only commercial television station in the country that has remained strongly critical of the government.
From: Human Rights Watch

05/26/2007 ASUNCION, May 25 (IPS) - Esperanza Santos Aranda, who lives in a poor neighbourhood in the Paraguayan capital, used to sell vegetables at a precarious market stall. But thanks to a 60-dollar loan, she was able to open up her own small clothes-selling business.

05/25/2007 Dramatizing the harsh realities of life in Bolivia, Teatro Trono is trying to "reclaim democracy through art" while sponsoring outreach programs to help keep Bolivia's youth from living on the streets.

05/23/2007 Christian Aid partners have launched a petition supporting the Brazilian government’s decision to bypass the patent on an AIDS drug produced by the US pharmaceutical giant, Merck.

05/21/2007 The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) - one of the largest anti-poverty movements - has added climate change to its core agenda after a lengthy and a heated debate.

05/17/2007 Peru’s oil chief has provoked a storm of controversy with plans to contact some of the world’s last uncontacted Indian tribes to "consult" them about potential oil exploration on their land.

05/16/2007 La presidenta “socialista” Michelle Bachelet, la presidenta de todos los chilenos, la que empapeló el país con el slogan “Estoy contigo” brilló por su ausencia, durante cuatro días ante los hechos acaecidos el jueves 3 de mayo...

05/15/2007 Brazilian Indians have reacted with anger to Pope Benedict's reported claim during his recent trip to Brazil that their ancestors had been "silently longing" to become Christians when Brazil was colonised 500 years ago.

05/14/2007 Opetuksen kehnous ja opetusalalle pesiytynyt korruptio ovat yksi Perun tämän hetken laaja-alaisimmista ihmisoikeusongelmista, sanoo Suomessa vieraileva Perun oikeusasiamies Beatriz Merino.

05/11/2007 Gli Indigeni in "Isolamento Volontario", sono popolazioni di cui si hanno solo alcuni elementi della loro esistenza. Non hanno mai avuto contatto con il "nostro mondo" e solo un virus potrebbe portarli allo sterminio. Sono in pericolo di estinzione centinaia di culture, saperi, lingue e miti che non abbiamo mai ascoltato. Ma "non abbiamo bisogno di incontrarli per difenderli", anzi, dobbiamo difendere la loro scelta di non incontrarci. Selvas.org dedica un dossier a queste popolazioni minacciate dallo sfruttamento di risorse naturali - dal legname all'oro, alle numerose risorse del sottosuolo - ma anche dai "cacciatori della biodiversità" e dal "turismo informale" che, tra tutti i contatti il più insidioso, fino alla “caccia all'ultimo indigeno da convertire” lanciata da alcune chiese fondamentaliste in programmi come il New Tribe Mission.di Martin E. Iglesias

05/08/2007 The unnecessary conflict in the south Atlantic in 1982 between Britain and Argentina helped sow the seeds of more momentous and destructive wars, says Fred Halliday.
From openDemocracy

05/07/2007 El objetivo del curso es brindar a los participantes una forma sistemica y práctica de diseñar un proyecto y evaluar su estructura lógica.

05/07/2007 El Gobierno anunció este lunes que atenderá las demandas de los sectores sociales en conflicto siempre que haya racionalidad en sus pedidos y convocó al diálogo a la dirigencia de los trabajadores en salud y del magisterio.

05/04/2007 ¿Será que el quechua, que durante siglos y hasta hace muy poco en el Perú fue considerado como una lengua inferior y vergonzante, por fin está reconquistando el espacio público que merece?

05/04/2007 Carabineros reprimen brutalmente a más de 2500 trabajadores forestales de la empresa Bosques Arauco, propiedad de CELCO

05/02/2007 V Cumbre de la Alternativa Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos.

05/02/2007 Uudet sosiaaliset liikkeet vastasivat Brasilian perinteisistä "Punaisen huhtikuun" mielenosoituksista. Tutkijat näkevät niiden valtaavan yhä enemmän tilaa jäykäksi kriisiytyneeltä ay-liikkeeltä.

05/01/2007 Los pueblos indígenas de América Latina anunciaron este viernes que apoyarán la candidatura del Presidente de la República, Evo Morales, al Premio Nobel de la Paz, que calificó entre los seis finalistas de más de 90 postulantes para acceder a ese galardón.