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Julio 2005
29.07.2005
Telesur is the name of the new Latin American satellite television station which went on the air on Sunday 24 July, but opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez have already dubbed it 'Telechávez'. They're predicting that the president will use the station to promote his own ideas and as a propaganda tool to advance his 'Bolivarian revolution'.
Read moreOrganización: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep Temas relacionados: [América Latina y el Caribe] [Información & Medios] |
29.07.2005
Around 170,000 small arms are being used by former military personnel and criminal gangs to commit grave human rights abuses as the country prepares for elections, Amnesty International said in a new report issued today.
Read moreOrganización: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Temas relacionados: [Haití] [Conflicto] [Armas & Ejército] [Democracia] Imagen: © Amnistía Internacional-sección española
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29.07.2005
The Chorti indigenous group of western Honduras took over the Copan Ruins Archeological Park in June 6 as a new round of contention with the government materialized.
Read moreOrganización: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press Temas relacionados: [Honduras] |
29.07.2005
The issue of agrarian reform was at the centre of debates during the 22-23 July commemoration of the 18th anniversary of the masacre of 139 peasants in Jean Rabel (north-west).
Read moreOrganización: Haiti Support Group, Groupe Medialternatif Temas relacionados: [Haití] [Agricultura] [Tierra] Imagen: © Haiti Support Group
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27.07.2005
With general elections scheduled for October, the interim Government of Haiti and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today wrapped up a two-day workshop bringing together all political factions and civil society to discuss the environment, the budget and anti-poverty strategies, with a view to making a peaceful transition, the UN mission said.
Read moreOrganización: United Nations Temas relacionados: [Haití] [Naciones Unidas] [Resolución de Conflictos] [Democracia] Imagen: Haiti
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27.07.2005
What is the best way to improve the health of a nation's children? Community healthcare facilities, water supplies and sewerage systems are traditional targets for public investment. Peru's experience suggests that improving women's education is just as important.
Read moreOrganización: id21 Temas relacionados: [Perú] [Género] [Educación] [Niños] Imagen: © Inter-American Development Bank
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21.07.2005
Throughout their occupation of Haiti, UN forces have maintained that the primary objective is to bring peace to Haiti so that elections can be held in the fall. The problem is that a lot of lousy things are done in the name of "peace."
Read moreTemas relacionados: [Haití] [Conflicto] |
21.07.2005
A land management debate is heating up within the Maya Biosphere, a 2.1-million-hectare (5-million-acre) protected area in the northern Guatemalan department of Peten, considered the largest tropical forest north of the Amazon.
Read moreOrganización: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press Temas relacionados: [Guatemala] [Ambiente] Imagen: © New Internationalist
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18.07.2005
In many ways, the answer is yes. Venezuela has become a regional spokesperson for opposition to Washington. It has attempted to unite progressive forces throughout the hemisphere in the construction of a regional alliance that would challenge the prevailing vision of U.S.-dominated inter-American “cooperation.”
Read moreOrganización: North American Congress on Latin America Temas relacionados: [Estados Unidos] [Venezuela] [Política] [Geopolítica] Imagen: Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela, at World Social Forum.
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18.07.2005
In a meeting with Colombian president Alvaro Uribe today, Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan said that ending impunity is the key for the protection of human rights in the country and urged the President not to ratify the Justice and Peace Law.
Read moreOrganización: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Temas relacionados: [Colombia] [Derechos Humanos] [Leyes] Imagen: © Selvas - Alvaro Uribe Vélez
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