Full Coverage: Latin America & Caribbean

29.11.2007 Dr. Jean "Bill" Pape, founder of the first Haitian clinic to investigate the Caribbean AIDS epidemic, is seeing infection rates drop thanks to pro-condom campaigns, increased HIV-screening, and safer blood banks.
From: Heroes of HIV

27.11.2007 Two Brazilian indigenous communities have successfully reclaimed their lands after a 40-year occupation by a powerful cellulose company. Their victory exemplifies the increasing unity, militancy, and efficacy of rural and indigenous factions in Brazil.

26.11.2007 Brazil's ability to negotiate price reductions with pharmaceutical companies for patented HIV/AIDS drugs saved the country $1 billion between 2001 and 2005, according to a study.

21.11.2007 Human rights activists gathered to demand the closure of a school at Fort Benning, in the U.S. state of Georgia, where, they charge, some of Latin America's worst human rights abusers learned their cruel tactics.
From: truthout

20.11.2007 Brazilian bloggers are commemorating today the death of a runaway slave and national hero by debating how far their vastly multicultural society has come towards ending racism.

20.11.2007 Four members of an election monitoring delegation reflect on Guatemala's recent presidential race and conclude that ongoing changes are "creating space for democracy."

19.11.2007 As European Union development ministers meet in Brussels to discuss Economic Partnership Agreements today, a leading international charity warns that signing proposed temporary "framework agreements" would damage economies in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific countries and undermine regional economic integration.

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.

13.11.2007 President Chavez of Venezuela faces the most serious threat since the 2002 military coup, with violent street demonstrations by privileged university students leading to major street battles in Caracas, says James Petras.

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.

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.

07.11.2007 Despite much progress reducing poverty worldwide, a substantial number of the world's poorest people are being left behind, according to a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute.

07.11.2007 Uruguay is the first country to place an official order for child-friendly laptops from the One Laptop Per Child initiative, and Peru looks set to follow.

07.11.2007 Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay will co-host a UN event to gather support for a proposed charter that would counter worldwide human rights abuses against gay people.
From: Human Rights Watch

05.11.2007 Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans were displaced last week by the worst flooding the nation has seen in 50 years. Despite the destruction, a remarkable number of volunteers have pitched in to the relief efforts, echoing one survivor's belief that, "the only thing you can do is help others."

05.11.2007 "The [widespread] recognition that Washington's economic policies and institutions have failed miserably in Latin America" explains the continental leaders' decision to open a development "Bank of the South," says Mark Weisbrot.

02.11.2007 As natural disasters ravish the Caribbean and Central Africa, the United Nations has announced the launch of a new office that will use space technology to reduce and prevent disasters around the world.

02.11.2007 Big gas and oil companies in the Peruvian Amazon are contaminating the rivers and wildlife of the region, introducing disease and other problems into the lives of the indigenous people who reside there, explains journalist Kelly Hearn.