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29.04.2008
In the wake of World Malaria Day, an anti-pesticide advocacy organization discusses the danger of spraying DDT to kill mosquitoes carrying the disease and promotes malaria prevention alternatives.
more...From: Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) Related topics/regions: [Children] [Environmental activism] [Disease] [Malaria] [Activism] Image: Malaria sign, Kenya. © Peter Armstrong
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24.04.2008
This week's closed-door meeting of leaders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States is likely to produce changes that "will favor narrow corporate interests over the public good," write trade analysts Sarah Anderson and Manuel Pérez Rocha.
more...From: Institute of Policy Studies Related topics/regions: [Canada] [United States] Image: U.S. President Bush and Mexican President Calderon shake hands at an Aug. 2007 summit. © Eric Draper - White House
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11.04.2008
The recent economic downturn in the United States is causing a dramatic decrease in remittances -- the amount of money migrant workers send home to support their families.
more...From: New America Media Related topics/regions: [United States] [India] Image: With nearly 40 million immigrants, U.S. global remittances exceed $300 billion per year. © American Friends Service Committee
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11.04.2008
The world's leading mobile telephone producer Nokia admitted that "the union leaders" at Nokia's plant in Reynosa in Mexico are appointed by the company itself. Thus the principle of free organising of labour, approved by Nokia in its code of conduct, does not materialise in practise at its very own plant.
more...From: Trade Union News from Finland Related topics/regions: [Labour] [Corporations] Image: © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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09.04.2008
Meksikolaisen työelämän tutkimuslaitoksen CILASin tutkimusraportti moittii Nokiaa omien eettisten sääntöjensä rikkomisesta Reynosan-tehtaalla.
more...From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related topics/regions: [Corporations] Image: © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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27.03.2008
North American environmental leaders recently issued a report calling for a greater commitment to green buildings in the region, where commercial and residential structures currently consume an average of 30 percent of total energy needs.
more...From: Worldwatch Institute Related topics/regions: [Canada] [United States] Image: Environmentally friendly construction reduces carbon emissions, on average, by 35 percent, say experts. © Center for Rural Strategies
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25.03.2008
Despite the government's military measures, Mexican drug violence is gaining force -- much thanks to the cartels' 'imported' North American firepower, which now rivals even that of the regular Mexican army, writes Bill Weinberg.
more...From: North American Congress on Latin America Related topics/regions: [United States] Image: © barjack (flickr)
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18.03.2008
Ihmisoikeusjärjestön mukaan yli 4 000 ihmistä on kuollut viimeisen 12 vuoden aikana pyrkiessään Meksikon ja Yhdysvaltain välisen rajan yli.
more...From: OneWorld España Related topics/regions: [Central America] [United States] [Migration] [Human rights] |
12.02.2008
Meksikon jalkineteollisuus elää pelonsekaisissa tunnelmissa, kun sitä kiinalaiselta tuotannolta suojannut tullisopimus raukesi vuoden vaihtuessa.
more...From: Trade Union News from Finland Related topics/regions: [Labour] [Trade] Image: © Peter Armstrong
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30.01.2008
Vuoden 2007 alusta lähtien Meksikon hallitus on kiihdyttänyt toimiaan Chiapasin maakunnan itsehallintoa tavoittelevia zapatistiyhteisöjä kohtaan. Hyökkäykset, uhkaukset ja maiden ryöstö kuuluvat hallituksen tukemien puolisotilaallisten joukkojen keinovalikoimaan.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Indigenous rights] [Conflict] Image: © Independent Media Center
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28.01.2008
Since early 2007, dozens of the autonomous, indigenous Zapatista communities in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas have endured near-daily attacks, land invasions, and death threats, primarily from government-endorsed paramilitary groups.
more...From: In These Times Image: Zapatista activists, 2006. © Independent Media Center
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23.01.2008
Chiapasin kansannousun myötä intiaaninaiset ovat löytäneet äänensä ja paikkansa liikkeessä ja intiaaniyhteisössä.
more...From: OneWorld España Related topics/regions: [Gender] [Indigenous rights] Image: Comandante Ramona
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21.01.2008
Sosiaalifoorumin agendalla ovat vahvasti Väli- ja Etelä-Amerikan maiden solmimat vapaakauppasopimukset. Foorumiin liittyen järjestetään 26. tammikuuta maailmanlaajuinen toimintapäivä.
more...From: UnMundo América Latina Related topics/regions: [Civil society] [Globalisation] |
16.01.2008
This March, Mexico will introduce immigration cards digitally embedded with migrants' information, a 'characteristically progressive' move that will allow hundreds of thousands of temporary workers and visitors to come and go at their will, writes Louis E. V. Nevaer.
more...From: New America Media |
02.01.2008
Viimeisetkin rajoitukset Meksikon ja Yhdysvaltain väliseltä maataloustuotteiden kaupalta poistuivat vuodenvaihteessa. Kaupan vapautuminen hirvittää Meksikon pienviljelijöitä. Heidän mielestään epäsuhta on kohtuuton.
more...From: Suomen IPS Related topics/regions: [United States] [Agriculture] [Trade] Image: - © freg
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05.12.2007
After a hard fought battle filled with intimidation and retaliation from management, Mexican workers at a factory that produces name brand garments for the U.S. market have won legitimate union representation.
more...From: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee |
20.11.2007
Arizonan osavaltio on takavarikoinut meksikolaissiirtolaisten kotiinsa lähettämiä varoja 14 miljoonan dollarin verran. Viranomaiset väittävät rahojen menevän ihmissalakuljettajille, vaikka tutkimuksia yksittäisten lähetysten kohteista ei ole tehty.
more...From: UnMundo América Latina Related topics/regions: [United States] [Migration] Image: Meksikon ja Yhdysvaltojen välinen raja-aita. © Independent Media Center
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14.11.2007
An alliance of peasants, indigenous peoples, and rights groups is declaring that U.S.-Mexico free trade in corn is not just about food, lost jobs, and confiscated land -- it is about the very identity of the Mexican people.
more...From: Grassroots International Image: © Network for New Energy Choices
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13.11.2007
Kehitysmaiden lapsille suunnattu tietokone löytää tiensä vielä tämän vuoden puolella myös Peruun, Meksikoon, Etiopiaan, Ruandaan, Haitiin ja Intiaan. Käyttöönoton lähestyessä alkuperäinen sadan dollarin kannettava on hinnaltaan jo lähes kaksinkertainen.
more...From: Digital Opportunity Channel Related topics/regions: [Uruguay] [Peru] [India] [Haiti] [Education] [Intermediate technology] [International cooperation] [ICT] |
08.11.2007
The Mexican government should have taken preventative measures to lessen the effects of last week's torrential rains, which inundated 80 percent of the Mexican state of Tabasco, say experts.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) |


