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Junio 2004
29.06.2004
After more than two decades of armed resistance and organized protests against the government, Yatama, Nicaragua's largest indigenous social movement, is trading in its bullets for ballots in the isolated jungles of the Atlantic coast.
Read moreOrganización: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press Temas relacionados: [Nicaragua] [Derechos Indígenas] [Conflicto] [Democracia] Imagen: Brooklyn Rivera, top leader of Yatama, Nicaragua. © Noticias Aliadas / Latimamerica Press
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21.06.2004
On June 8th, Guatemala was paralyzed by a nationwide strike in protest of the recent increase in land evictions of predominantly indigenous families, as well as a regressive tax proposal and the newly signed Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
Leer másBy: Guatemala Human Rights Commission Temas relacionados: [Guatemala] [Derechos Humanos] [Desarrollo] [Comercio] [Activismo] |
18.06.2004
Regional health professionals have raised a voice of concern over the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the United States, saying it contains tough measures of intellectual property rights protections that will make access to generic medications nearly impossible.
Read moreOrganización: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press Temas relacionados: [Centroamérica] [Comercio] [Salud] Imagen: © Pan American Health Organization
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17.06.2004
Today Latin America and the Caribbean lead the developing world in providing HIV/AIDS treatment, accounting for more than half of all people on antiretrovirals in developing countries, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Read moreOrganización: Pan American Health Organization Temas relacionados: [América Latina y el Caribe] [SIDA] |
15.06.2004
How has the PPP actually evolved over the past three years? What impact has the opposition among civil society groups throughout Mesoamerica had? Can the relaunch, replete with a new designer image created with the help of marketing experts, really revive the Plan? What lessons have grassroots movements learned from the PPP?
Read moreOrganización: Americas Policy Program Temas relacionados: [Centroamérica] [México] [Estados Unidos] [Desarrollo] [Economía] [Geopolítica] |
14.06.2004
At a time when genetic engineering dominates Argentine agriculture, a group of families in the northwestern province of Catamarca have successfully rescued distinct varieties of Andean corn that were condemned to extinction. With this activity, they have secured food for themselves while obtaining a return that allows them to expand the crop.
Read moreOrganización: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press Temas relacionados: [Argentina] [Agricultura] [Alimentos] [Biodiversidad] |
11.06.2004
Almost half the women of Latin American older than 15 years have no income of their own, while just one of every five men is in this situation. Moreover, women heads of households have less monetary income than men, in both impoverished and higher income households.
Leer másOrganización: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Temas relacionados: [América Latina y el Caribe] [Exclusión Social] [Género] [Pobreza] Imagen: © Gandhiji
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10.06.2004
Interview with Ricardo Alarcón, president of Cuba’s National Assembly. Alarcón de Quesada is one of the island nation’s leading politicians. 66 years old and a member of President Fidel Castro’s generation, was Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1966 to 1978 and again from 1990 to 1992.
Read moreOrganización: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press Temas relacionados: [Cuba] [Política] Imagen: Ricardo Alarcón, president of Cuba’s National Assembly © Larry Luxner / Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press
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10.06.2004
Confronted by the structural lack of economic opportunity in their countries of origin, immigrants from throughout Mexico and Central America continue to arrive in the United States in record numbers. Recent census data suggests that about 50% of the total U.S. Latino population was born outside the United States.
Read moreOrganización: Americas Policy Program Temas relacionados: [América Latina y el Caribe] [Estados Unidos] [Migración] Imagen: © Andrew Miller / Oxfam America
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08.06.2004
In Honduras, the violence does not have an exact beginning date. Nor does it have a name or religious motivation, yet it has cost more children’s lives than in all the Gaza Strip conflicts between September 29th, 2000 and April 30th, 2004. There is nothing Holy about the war against poor Honduran children…
Read moreOrganización: Casa Alianza Temas relacionados: [Honduras] [Derechos Humanos] [Juventud] [Niños] Imagen: Honduran street kid after attack by police officers © Casa Alianza
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