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Diciembre 2006
15.12.2006
Leaders of Andean governments who thought that the Free Trade Agreement with the United States would deepen the process of Andean integration turned out to be dead wrong.
Read moreOrganización: International Relations Center Temas relacionados: [Sudamérica] [Desarrollo] [Comercio] [Globalización] Imagen: © Mikko Sauli
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15.12.2006
We salute this important historic moment which opens with the Summit of Cochabamba, which holds the challenge of deepening a process of regional integration which expresses the peoples’ interests.
Read moreOrganización: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información Temas relacionados: [América Latina y el Caribe] [Comunicación] [Globalización] [Sociedad Civil] |
15.12.2006
Created in 2001 by Mexican President Vicente Fox as "an instrument of cooperation that aims to integrate the Mesoamerican region, coordinating actions of the seven Central American countries and nine states that make up the south-southeastern region of Mexico," Plan Puebla Panama (PPP) has never fully took off.
Read moreOrganización: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press Temas relacionados: [Exclusión Social] [Desarrollo] [Comercio] |
15.12.2006
Militias formed by police, ex-police officers, firemen, prison workers, and military personnel have expelled drug traffickers from the west and northern areas of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Read moreOrganización: Brazil Justice Net Temas relacionados: [Brasil] [Conflicto] [Seguridad] [Justicia y Crimen] Imagen: © Radio Netherlands / Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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13.12.2006
The state and city of Oaxaca in Mexico rose in protest in May against a governor seen as corrupt and repressive. The government later sent in troops to clear the city, but the struggles have broken out again.
Read moreTemas relacionados: [México] [Derechos Humanos] [Gobierno] [Justicia y Crimen] |
11.12.2006
In Santiago on September 11, 1973 I watched as Chilean air force jets flew overhead. Moments later I heard explosions and saw fireballs of smoke fill the sky as the presidential palace went up in flames. Salvador Allende, the elected Socialist president of Chile died in the palace.
Read moreOrganización: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información Temas relacionados: [Chile] [Derechos Humanos] [Guerra y Paz] [Justicia y Crimen] Imagen: Augusto Pinochet © Radio Netherlands
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09.12.2006
On November 9th Roberto Requião, Governor of the state of Paraná, dealt a blow to agribusiness when he signed a decree to expropriate the experimental test site owned by the Swiss multinational corporation Syngenta, located in Santa Tereza do Oeste.
Leer másTemas relacionados: [Brasil] [Agricultura] [Alimentos] [Conflicto] Imagen: Syngenta: Switching off farmers' rights? © ActionAid UK
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09.12.2006
While acknowledging that all of these irregularities occurred, the tribunal, astonishingly, did not consider them grounds to annul the election. The tribunal's decision is at the center of the country's current political crisis and democratic regression.
Leer másOrganización: International Relations Center Temas relacionados: [México] [Política] [Democracia] [Gobierno] Imagen: © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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08.12.2006
Despite strong opposition from right-wing politicians and the Catholic Church, Argentines now have access to free surgical contraception.
Read moreOrganización: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press Temas relacionados: [Argentina] [Derechos Humanos] [Género] [Sexualidad] Imagen: © Independent Media Center
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07.12.2006
There are many battles being fought in the name of social justice...some more pitched than others. In general, however, these struggles do not result in victory thanks to a petition, a candlelight vigil, or a ballot pull.
Leer másTemas relacionados: [Guatemala] [Derechos Civiles] [Guerra y Paz] |
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