Full Coverage: Central America
December 2005
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15.12.2005
Mario Tema, a Guatemalan indigenous leader, reminded Paul Wolfowitz and other top officials that they should get the consent of those who live in an area before launching major projects that affect their lives--like the open-pit mine located 10 miles from his community of Sipacapa.
more...From: Oxfam America Related topics/regions: [Guatemala] [Land] [Finance] [Environment] [Indigenous rights] Image: Mario Tema © Oxfam America
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15.12.2005
Earlier this year a debt cancellation package was agreed for 18 of the world's most impoverished countries, but now the IMF has announced a final test must be passed by six of them to qualify for the January write-off. Africa Action wants you to join them this week in telling the IMF that more delays cost more lives!
more...From: Africa Action Related topics/regions: [Senegal] [Rwanda] [Nicaragua] [Mauritania] [Madagascar] [Ethiopia] [Development] [Aid] [Debt] [Activism] Image: Madagascar, facing a nutrition crisis, is now in danger of losing the debt relief it was promised. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06.12.2005
Over 1,188 Guatemalan women were murdered between 2001 and 2004, far outpacing the general rate of violent crime in the country. On Wednesday, Moving Ideas will bring together activists to discuss this violence and its victims--the young, urban, and poor. Submit questions in advance and find out what you can do to stop the violence.
more...From: Amnesty International USA, Moving Ideas Network Related topics/regions: [Guatemala] [Gender] [Security] Image: The rising rate of violent crime in Guatemala does not explain the disproportionate number of young women who are murdered. © Moving Ideas Network
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