Full Coverage: Latin America & Caribbean

27.03.2008 NEW YORK, Mar 27 (OneWorld) - There will likely be fewer wildfires and more trees for future generations if loggers abide by a set of international rules on forest management, says a new study by independent environmentalists.

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.

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.

24.03.2008 Photos, video clips, and diary entries from one woman's trip to an agricultural community in rural Nicaragua acquaint readers with women like Leticia and Betilde, who each survive on less than $1 a day.

21.03.2008 Although Sorybel struggled to open a small coffee shop in the Dominican Republic, her marketing studies at a local university and a microfinance loan have empowered her to state with confidence, "I know I will do great things someday."

21.03.2008 A new U.S.-run police-training school in El Salvador's capital is drawing comparisons to the notorious military schools that trained some of Latin America's worst human rights offenders, writes Wes Enzinna.

20.03.2008 Fair Trade flowers are the latest product in the United States to be certifiably produced under fair labor practices and rigorous environmental standards.

20.03.2008 An article comparing Paraguayan Indians to cancer and describing them as 'Neolithic', 'out-of-date' and 'filthy' is named as the most racist article in the mainstream media published in the last year. The award marks UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March.

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14.03.2008 Daniel Wilkinson wades past the Caracas-Washington 'mudslinging' and invokes Venezuela's past experience with representative democracy -- "a disaster" -- to interpret the coexistence of Chávez's "authoritarian tendencies," enormous popularity, and "Bolivarian" movement.

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12.03.2008 Most children in rural Honduras stop attending school before they turn 12, but Marta's alliance with a local development organization ensures that her two oldest daughters receive a quality education -- and the family's first high school diplomas.

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10.03.2008 Upon Fidel Castro's retirement, U.S. media repeatedly resorted to inaccurate stereotypes of the ex-President and his brother, Raul, to characterize the former as an "irrational" leader while idealizing capitalism and ignoring U.S. aggression towards the island nation, writes Aviva Chomsky.

09.03.2008 The Transnational Institute condemns the International Narcotics Control Board's call on countries to "abolish or prohibit coca leaf chewing and the manufacture of coca tea".

07.03.2008 BOGOTA, Mar 7 (OneWorld) - Amid the escalating diplomatic crisis with Venezuela, Ecuador, and now Nicaragua, tens of thousands of Colombians marched yesterday in solidarity with the victims of their country's violent conflict. They were joined by demonstrators in capital cities across the continent, as well as Paris and New York.

06.03.2008 A policymaker who advocates population and gender issues, Dame Billie Antoinette Miller of Barbados, and a New York-based NGO that helps save women’s lives in developing countries have won this year’s United Nations Population Award.

06.03.2008 As diplomatic and military tensions between Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela rise, Forrest Hylton delves into the complex relationships between Colombian President Uribe and his political allies, the right-wing paramilitaries, Chávez, and the FARC.

05.03.2008 Latin American social movements are struggling to maintain their vitality as the regional rise of the New Left brings them face to face with presidents and government functionaries who once formed part of their struggles, writes Marcela Valente.

05.03.2008 BOGOTA, Mar 5 (OneWorld) - People who earn their living by sorting through and reselling municipal waste have reasserted their role as garbage recyclers and productive members of the global economy at an unprecedented event here this week.