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Colombia: Do human rights matter?

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Ines PG-Ward from Bogota looks at how much human rights abuses affected the election.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 June 2010 12:01 ) Read more...
 

THE MESOAMERICA PROJECT AND CORPORATE POWER, AND THEIR LINK TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN GUATEMALA

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The author argues that a new "development" project in the region will lead to abuses and poverty.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 June 2010 08:48 ) Read more...
 

Brazil: SOS Forests -- the Forest Code is in Danger

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Brazilian socio-environmental organisations have launched a campaign to stop the country's forestry code from being drastically rewritten to favour agro-business.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 June 2010 08:49 ) Read more...
 

Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity

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Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity.

A new report by International Crisis Group says that In Guatemala, crime has replaced political violence.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 June 2010 16:29 ) Read more...
 

Church's Mediation Marks Start of "New Time" for Cuba

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Dalia Acosta, from IPS, interviews Cuban dissident MANUEL CUESTA MORÚA

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 June 2010 12:11 ) Read more...
 

Colombia: Uribe’s right hand man wins elections

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Juan Manual Santos won a landslide victory in Sunday's presidential elections. But, says Gearòid Loingsigh, in a special report for LAB from Bogota, he faces a disastrous legacy.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 June 2010 12:47 ) Read more...
 

Colombia: internationational protest over fumigations

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A group of Colombian and foreign academics is protesting against aerial spraying of glyphosate on Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 July 2010 07:04 ) Read more...
 

COSTA RICA: War against Biodiversity Denounced

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Costa Rica did not see Biodiversity Day as an occasion to rejoice. in English and Spanish.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 June 2010 12:28 ) Read more...
 
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