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Abril 2006
28.04.2006
Mexicans have fought long and hard to bring democracy to their country. That's why the spectacle of the current presidential elections is particularly lamentable.
Read moreOrganización: International Relations Center Temas relacionados: [México] [Política] [Democracia] |
27.04.2006
Last month, on International Women's Day (March 8), nearly 2,000 rural women workers marched to the Aracruz Celulose greenhouse in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and destroyed thousands of eucalyptus seedlings and the accompanying research (...) Why did the women destroy the Aracruz seedlings? The women issued the following press release explaining their actions.
Leer másOrganización: Brazil Justice Net Temas relacionados: [Brasil] [Derechos Indígenas] [Agricultura] [Tierra] Imagen: www.ecoar.org.br
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27.04.2006
In Nicaragua, the US government continues to flex its muscles to achieve an electoral defeat of Daniel Ortega in the November presidential elections. Ortega, president during the Sandinista revolution in the 1980s, is running for president for the fourth time since his first defeat in 1990.
Read moreTemas relacionados: [Nicaragua] [Democracia] [Geopolítica] Imagen: www.elnuevodiario.com.ni
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19.04.2006
Many observers and participants are calling the waves of demonstrations across the U.S. over the last two weeks the birth of the “new civil rights movement.” The truth of this observation will be seen in the days to come, and the sustained action of the immigrant justice and more broad-based initiatives.
Read moreOrganización: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información Temas relacionados: [Estados Unidos] [Derechos Civiles] [Migración] Imagen: Deutsche Welle
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17.04.2006
Haitian President-elect Rene Preval met Cuban President Fidel Castro late Thursday to discuss new ways for improving bilateral cooperation.
Leer másOrganización: Agency caribbean press Temas relacionados: [Haití] Imagen: © New Internationalist
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17.04.2006
Hina Jilani, the Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General on the situation of human rights defenders, submitted on March 14 the preliminary report of her visit to Brazil which took place in December, 2005
Read moreOrganización: Brazil Justice Net Temas relacionados: [Brasil] [Derechos Humanos] Imagen: © Radio Netherlands / Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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07.04.2006
Every June 30, the Guatemalan military parades down the streets of Guatemala City in full pomp and splendor to commemorate “Army Day.” The parade celebrates the Army’s role in society and is devoid of any acknowledgement of the atrocities
Leer másOrganización: North American Congress on Latin America Temas relacionados: [Guatemala] Imagen: © New Internationalist
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03.04.2006
against a large banner backdrop boasting a picture of the government Commission on Disappeared Children’s first reencounter, amidst cries of “The president should be here” from family members of the disappeared, Chancellor of the Republic of El Salvador Francisco Laínez publicly expressed regret to the Serrano Cruz family on behalf of the Salvadoran government, but failed to explicitly ask them for forgiveness.
Read moreOrganización: Christians for Peace in El Salvador Temas relacionados: [El Salvador] [Derechos Humanos] [Guerra y Paz] [Justicia y Crimen] |
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