Full Coverage: South America
August 2005
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30.08.2005
A 50 per cent drop in deforestation in the Amazon region in the last 11 months is reported by the Brazilian Environment Ministry.
more...From: Environment News Service (ENS) Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Education] [Forests] |
30.08.2005
If the referenda on the prohibition of commercialization of guns happened today, Brazilian civilians would no longer be able to buy or sell arms. A survey on public opinion done by IBOPE in 143 Brazilian cities showed that 81% of the population is in favor of putting an end to gun commercialization 17% are against the prohibition and 2% do not have an opinion or did not answer the question.
Read moreFrom: Conectas Human Rights Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Arms & military] Image: © Moving Ideas Network
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29.08.2005
A organização não-governamental Rede de Amizade iniciou desde o último sábado, 27, o Projeto Amazonas da Noite, em Manaus AM. O projeto trabalha com capacitação em prevenção às DST/Aids para profissionais do sexo na capital do Estado e foi inspirado em um projeto inicial da ONG, realizado em 2002, e chamado Protagonistas da Noite, que durou cerca de seis meses.
Leia maisFrom: Agência de Notícias da Aids Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Education] [Labour] [Health] [AIDS] |
29.08.2005
Cientista político Fabiano Santos defende que a legislação deveria proporcionar maior transparência, principalmente em relação aos financiamentos de campanha.
Leia maisFrom: United Nations Development Programme Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Democracy] Image: Luiz Inázio 'Lula' Da Silva, Presidente de Brasil © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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29.08.2005
Severine Macedo is a youth leader and youth representative on the board of FETRAF-SUL. FETRAF (Federaçao dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura Familiar) is a trade union of family farmers and FETRAF-SUL is a regional organization based in the southern Brazilian states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. FETRAF-SUL has 100,000 members and works with 300,000 union and non-union families.
Read moreFrom: In Motion Magazine Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Agriculture] [Labour] [Land] [Youth] Image: Severine Macedo in the FETRAF-SUL offices in Chapecó. © Nic Paget-Clarke / In Motion Magazine
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29.08.2005
What to do with Hugo? Thats a question that is bedeviling the Bush administration, which sees its centuries-old hegemonic hold on Latin America and the Caribbean slipping.
Read moreFrom: Americas Policy Program Related topics/regions: [Venezuela] [Human rights] [Politics] Image: Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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25.08.2005
In cooperation with the "Universidade de la Republica Oriental de Uruguay, UNESCO Montevideo and the National Library of Uruguay will organise in Montevideo, Uruguay from 29 August - 2 September 2005, a training course for MERCOSUR countries on the creation of digital libraries.
more...Related topics/regions: [Uruguay] [Capacity building] [ICT] |
23.08.2005
Ampam Karakras is a man on a mission. A Shuar from the Ecuadorian Amazon, he recalls the days when the Shuar (or Jivaro as they were then known to Westerners) were famed for their secret technique of shrinking human heads. As a youth, he was sent to boarding schools run by Salesian Catholic priests where he learned Spanish and was educated in Western ways. But unlike indigenous boarding school experiences in other parts of the world, Ampams years among the Salesians strengthened his appreciation both for the value of education and for the Shuar people and their culture.
Read moreFrom: Cultural Survival, Inc. Related topics/regions: [Ecuador] [Education] [Indigenous rights] |
23.08.2005
O PT errou e pede desculpas à nação. Falta apresentar os culpados. Dois são confessos: Sílvio Pereira, ex-secretário geral do partido, que se valeu do cargo para benefício próprio; e Delúbio Soares, ex-tesoureiro, que admitiu à CPI ter montado o esquema de caixa dois operado por Marcos Valério. O primeiro desligou-se do PT; o segundo permanece filiado, graças a manobras internas que protelam a apuração da Comissão de Ética. Talvez a resistência dele em revestir-se de boi de piranha represente uma ameaça a outros envolvidos em maracutaias. Escreve Frai Betto.
Leia maisFrom: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Politics] Image: © René Cabrales
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18.08.2005
Ainda que seja a maior tragédia marítima do Equador, o naufrágio do barco que levava equatorianos que tentavam cruzar a fronteira dos Estados Unidos de maneira ilegal é apenas a ponta do iceberg. Para concretizar o sonho de uma vida com mais conforto e menos pobreza, centenas de equatorianos arriscam a própria vida.
Leia maisFrom: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Related topics/regions: [Ecuador] [United States] [Migration] [Social exclusion] |
18.08.2005
Un premier ministre, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, indépendant et apprécié de la population, six nouveaux ministres... Le gouvernement nommé mardi 16 août à Lima devrait rassurer les Péruviens, plongés depuis six jours dans une crise politique sans précédent depuis l'élection du président Alejandro Toledo, en 2001.
Lire plusFrom: Le Monde Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Politics] Image: Alejandro Toledo, presidente de Perú © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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17.08.2005
The U.S. recently adopted a law to demobilize armed groups in Colombia, which could result in greater impunity and de facto amnesties for human rights abuses, says Amnesty International, urging you to ask Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to not use U.S. aid for the demobilization process.
more...From: Amnesty International USA Related topics/regions: [United States] [Colombia] [Human rights] [Governance] [War and peace] [Arms & military] Image: Children in a displaced camp in Colombia. © Amnesty International USA
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17.08.2005
Six years after the massacre that emptied Saiza, a rich land in the Paramillo National Park in Colombia, a few families have dared to return to their destroyed houses to face the armed groups that forced them off their land. But the anxiety of surviving in a conflict area is taking its toll on the people, says Médecins Sans Frontières.
more...From: Médecins sans frontières Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [Emergency relief] [Health] [War and peace] [Conflict resolution] Image: Saiza, Colombia © Olga Ruiz / Médecins sans frontières
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15.08.2005
The US, Brazil, India and Russia are among countries urged to drop their opposition to new measures designed to stop atrocities like the Rwanda genocide.
more...From: Oxfam Great Britain Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [India] [Russian Federation] [United States] [Justice and crime] |
11.08.2005
O acordo firmado entre os governos de 11 países latino-americanos e 26 companhias farmacêuticas permitirá a redução dos preços de anti-retrovirais entre 15% e 55%. Segundo o diretor do Programa Nacional DST e Aids do Ministério da Saúde, Pedro Chequer, os remédios reajustados estarão disponíveis em 2006. As negociações foram definidas entre os dias 2 e 5 de agosto em Bueno Aires.
Leia maisFrom: Agência de Notícias da Aids Related topics/regions: [AIDS] [Disease] |
11.08.2005
Os jovens internos no Rio de Janeiro sofrem espancamentos dos agentes de disciplina e outros abusos ocultos que continuam impunes porque os centros de detenção juvenil do estado não são monitorados por organizações independentes, declarou a Human Rights Watch em relatório divulgado hoje.
Leia maisRelated topics/regions: [Brazil] [Youth] [Human rights] Image: © Human Rights Watch
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11.08.2005
Colombias demobilization process is strengthening the power of paramilitary groups without furthering a genuine peace, Human Rights Watch said in a new report.
Read moreRelated topics/regions: [Colombia] [Human rights] [War and peace] [Conflict] Image: © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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10.08.2005
The latest conflict between farmers and mining companies in Peru has resulted in one death, 20 injuries, and 37 detentions. The violence could be averted if communities, corporations, and the government all engage in good-faith dialogue and respect the rights of all parties involved, says Oxfam.
more...From: Oxfam America Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Agriculture] [Corporations] [Environmental activism] [Human rights] [Communication] [Conflict] Image: Citizens of Tambogrande, Peru, Demonstrating Against Proposed Gold Mine © Oxfam International
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10.08.2005
O Dia Internacional dos Povos Indígenas foi comemorado em Pernambuco com uma audiência pública no Ministério Público Estadual e sessão do grande expediente na Assembléia Legislativa de Pernambuco. O objetivo principal dos eventos é chamar atenção da sociedade para as violações dos direitos indígenas como a criminalização de lideranças, dificuldade na homologação das terras tradicionais e descumprimento das leis que garantem uma educação indígena diferenciada.
Leia maisFrom: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Indigenous rights] [Social exclusion] Image: . © Amnesty International / Amazon Watch
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