Full Coverage: Latin America & Caribbean

29.09.2007 Anna is a self-confident nine-year-old Parisian girl whose comfortable life is turned upside down in 1970 when her parents get politics – Chilean, pro-Allende politics.

27.09.2007 Major breakthroughs have recently been made in granting citizenship to roughly 3 million stateless people living in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, and to children born to expatriate Brazilians.

25.09.2007 Chile's Supreme Court ordered the extradition of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on charges of gross human rights abuses Friday, in a step that observers say marks a "huge step forward" for Chile, which has had a spotty human rights record itself.
From: Human Rights Watch

24.09.2007 BOGOTA, Sep 23 (OneWorld) - An environmental gold-mining initiative is set to double its production this year in an attempt to keep up with increasing national and global demand.

19.09.2007 Worried about the environmental impacts of mining in their community, voters in northern Peru overwhelmingly rejected a foreign company’s mining bid in a non-binding referendum Sunday. The government hopes to work with both sides to reach an agreement.

17.09.2007 Oil company plans to use megaphones to "communicate" with uncontacted tribes in Peruvian rainforest if crews are attacked have been dismissed as farcical.
From: Survival International

17.09.2007 Mexican President Felipe Calderón has vetoed a bioenergy law to establish biofuel production in the country, saying that it focuses too much on maize and sugarcane production.

17.09.2007 Though election day was relatively peaceful and smooth for Guatemala's first round of presidential voting last week, the campaign season was far from peaceful and now voters must choose between candidates who offer little more than political rhetoric, explains editor and activist Cyril Mychalejko.

16.09.2007 A women's environmental organization in rural Mexico is defending their threatened backyard despite the dangers of activism in the region, and spotty support from the government.

14.09.2007 In the wake of the devastating Hurricane Felix, aid organizations are emphasizing that disasters must be met with both immediate aid and sustainable redevelopment efforts, with a particular focus on women.

14.09.2007 Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa's new blog intends to involve citizens in the formation of government and counteract the views of traditional media. Correa's fellow bloggers have greeted the initiative with a mix of skepticism, ridicule, and optimism.

12.09.2007 A long-awaited report may bring answers and closure to Brazilians who suffered through the brutal dictatorship years, though it may also open wounds long closed and provoke the country's military.

11.09.2007 The retreat of the United States and the arrival of new global actors announce a new era of transformation in Latin America, says Mexican professor Sergio Aguayo Quezada.
From: openDemocracy

11.09.2007 The two leading presidential candidates will compete in runoffs later this year after what international lawyer Renata Avila saw as an exemplary showcase of democracy this weekend.

11.09.2007 BOGOTA, Sep 10 (OneWorld) - Colombia's nineteenth annual Peace Week was launched Sunday by a coalition of local non-profit groups, with a call for a greater focus on truth to help alleviate the country's ongoing conflict.

07.09.2007 Further development of a gas project in a protected area of the Amazon would have dire effects on the area's ecology and indigenous population, said Amazon Watch Thursday, warning development banks that financing the project would breach their own policies.
From: Amazon Watch

06.09.2007 Hundreds of families lost their homes and all their possessions when Hurricane Felix ripped through rural villages along Nicaragua's north Atlantic coast, reports an international women's group raising money to support the victims.

05.09.2007 An international human rights monitor has called on the Nicaraguan Supreme Court to repeal a blanket ban on abortion passed late last year that prohibits abortion even in cases of rape, incest, or life-threatening pregnancy.
From: Human Rights Watch

04.09.2007 Livestock breeds adapted to harsh environments in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are under threat of extinction, say scientists and livestock breeders.