Country / Region
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Tittle
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Resume
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Date
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Latin America / The Caribbean |
In brief |
Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Paraguay, Uruguay |
7/26/2016 |
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Peru |
Lomas of Asia: Opting for the conservation of the last desert oases |
Lomas de Asia Project is a conservation proposal of the biodiversity and the cultural heritage of the lomas managed and undertaken by a campesino community. |
7/21/2016 |
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Colombia |
The FARC prepares to leave behind the armed struggle |
The government promotes a plebiscite to make it possible to formalize, legitimize and incorporate to existing norms what is agreed to in Havana. |
7/20/2016 |
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Guatemala |
Afrodescendant population struggle to be taken into account |
Afro-Guatemalans feel invisible in a country where a deep racism persists. |
7/18/2016 |
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Colombia |
Afro-Colombian population, the hardest hit by the war |
The 75 percent of the nearly five million afro-descendants live in poverty, without access to public services, with more than 700,000 of them being displaced. |
7/18/2016 |
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Honduras |
Attempts to disappear Garifuna people |
Development projects pushed by the government in the Atlantic coast threaten the survival of afro-descendant communities. |
7/18/2016 |
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Uruguay |
Historical first harvest of legal marijuana |
The application of the law regarding cannabis use continued with the harvest of its first legal plantation. |
7/14/2016 |
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Latin America |
Changing the model by putting sustainability of life as the central principle |
Domestic and care work, like nature, are considered inexhaustible resources for capitalist exploitation. |
7/14/2016 |
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Ecuador |
ECUADOR: Solidarity economy: a new development model |
Solidarity, cooperation, mutual assistance, reciprocity, and fairness are some of the principles of solidarity economy cooperatives. |
7/14/2016 |
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Mexico |
Teachers protest against education reform |
Massive street demonstrations by education workers leave at least eight dead in clashes with police. |
6/30/2016 |
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Latin America / The Caribbean |
In brief |
Latin America and the Caribbean, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru |
6/30/2016 |
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Suriname |
People take to the streets to confront the government |
Thousands of people turned out in Paramaribo to protest against the rising cost of living. |
6/22/2016 |
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Costa Rica |
Flow of migrants on their way to the United States |
Authorities address problem of unwelcomed migration from humanitarian and legal perspective. |
6/22/2016 |
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Paraguay |
“Criadazgo” is a form of modern slavery |
Boys and girls are given by their families for domestic work in exchange for room and board.
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6/22/2016 |
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Venezuela |
Poor sectors are the most affected by medicines shortage |
The government attributes the shortage to an economic war which, it points out, affects the import and distribution of medicines and hospital supplies. |
6/14/2016 |
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Peru |
“Anti-Fujimorismo” triumphant |
For the second time now, the daughter of former dictator is defeated in presidential elections. |
6/14/2016 |
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Puerto Rico |
In the Republican electoral crossroads |
The refusal of Puerto Rican Republican leaders to support Donald Trump in the presidential race of 2016 is another chapter in the complicated history between the Island and the United States. |
6/14/2016 |
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Chile |
Indigenous by grace |
Legislation allows non indigenous persons to be able to self-identify as such. |
6/3/2016 |
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Argentina |
Former dictator convicted for the Operation Condor |
Court sentences those responsible for crimes committed by the apparatus of South American dictatorships. |
6/3/2016 |
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Bolivia |
Gender Identity Law is now a reality |
Bolivia now has a law that allows people to change name and sexual identity. |
5/27/2016 |
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