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Murders spark palm oil alert

13.05.2008 British shoppers have been warned that some products on sale may contain palm oil grown in Colombia after paramilitaries murdered or forced poor people off their land amid mounting demand to use the fruit of palm oil trees.

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Organizaci�n: War on Want
Temas relacionados: [Reino Unido] [Colombia] [Conflicto] [Tierra] [Agricultura]

Mothers Making a Difference

12.05.2008 Fatima Ahmed from Sudan, Yanar Mohammed from Iraq, and Robitalia Moreno D�az and Mar�a del Rosario Moreno D�az from Colombia all link their experience of motherhood to their drive to work for social justice.

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Organizaci�n: MADRE
Temas relacionados: [Colombia] [Iraq] [Sud�n] [Paz] [Conflicto] [Activismo] [G�nero] [Refugiados] [Agricultura]

Imagen: A Sudanese woman and her daughter. © Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)

Perspectives Magazine: Gender Matters

Food Crisis Reverses Rise of Middle Class in Latin America

08.05.2008 The global food crisis is unraveling economic advances made in recent years by large sections of the poor working classes of Latin America, reports a U.S.-based ethnic media organization.

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Organizaci�n: New America Media
Temas relacionados: [Brasil] [M�xico]

Imagen: Protesting the rising cost of tortillas (made from corn) in Mexico. © Prometeo Lucero [aka Prom] (flickr)

Global Food Crisis: What You Can Do

Topic Guide: Food Security

Country Guide: Mexico

Country Guide: Brazil

Peru's Glaciers Melting Fast

Jacabamba Glacier, Peru, in 1980 (left) and 2002 (right) � Lynas

01.05.2008 At least 30 million people's water supply would be affected by the anticipated loss of Andean glaciers which are dwindling ever faster.
From: Living in Peru

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Temas relacionados: [Per�] [Cambio Clim�tico] [Agua/Sanidad]

Imagen: Jacabamba Glacier, Peru, in 1980 (left) and 2002 (right) � Lynas