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Date
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Latin America |
TPP must be publicly debated |
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) puts in jeopardy territorial rights and prior consultation of indigenous populations. |
10/18/2016 |
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Haiti |
Catastrophe worsens humanitarian crisis |
Aftermath of hurricane Matthew worsens the situation of the poorest country in the continent and puts it on the edge of a new collapse. |
10/18/2016 |
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Brazil |
Elections bolster new political scenario |
The high absenteeism rate and null and blank votes were a demonstration of rejection of the electorate towards the current political party system. |
10/18/2016 |
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North America / Mexico |
No progress made in the case of the Ayotzinapa education students |
Authorities are still unable to determine the whereabouts of the 43 students disappeared two years ago. |
10/10/2016 |
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Brazil |
PT, the big loser in municipal elections |
Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) loses support from its social base, as former president Lula denounces a political “witch hunt” against him. |
10/10/2016 |
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Paraguay |
Curuguaty cause continues |
Unilateral judicial process hands down sentence only for the deaths of police officers, but the deaths of farm workers remains unpunished. |
9/29/2016 |
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Peru |
Court acquits woman accused of human trafficking |
Verdict is considered a dangerous legal precedent that opens the door to impunity of those who engage in sexual exploitation. |
9/29/2016 |
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Latin America |
In brief |
Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Peru |
9/29/2016 |
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Colombia |
COLOMBIA: Peace with a focus on gender |
Agreements between the government and the FARC establish access under the same conditions to women and the LGTBI community to the benefits brought on by peace. |
9/16/2016 |
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Paraguay |
Eight soldiers killed in attack |
Authorities are blaming a rebel group for planting explosives at a point along the road taken by the patrol. |
9/9/2016 |
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Bolivia |
Cooperative miners lynch vice minister |
Artisanal miners reject the free unionization of that sector and the prohibition to sublet their concessions to private companies. |
9/9/2016 |
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Latin America / The Caribbean |
In brief |
Latin America, Belize, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua |
9/5/2016 |
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Mexico |
Afro does not exist for political parties |
No African descendant occupies public office by election and Afro has no place in public agendas. |
9/5/2016 |
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Haiti / Dominican Republic |
Statelessness is imposed on Dominicans of Haitian descent |
African descent of Haitian migrants is looked down on in Dominican Republic. |
9/5/2016 |
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Dominican Republic |
Afro-descendant women demand respect for their identity |
Movement of self-worth and assertion of black roots is growing. |
9/5/2016 |
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Haiti |
Cholera continues to take lives |
Victims sue the UN for bringing the disease into Haiti through blue helmets. |
8/23/2016 |
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Peru |
“I want a social revolution for my country” |
President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski took office pledging to guarantee access to clean water, health care and education for the poorest populations. |
8/23/2016 |
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Panama |
Canal expansion inaugurated |
First New Panamax container ship crossed the renovated canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. |
8/23/2016 |
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Brazil |
The genocide of black youths |
The possibility for a black youth to meet a violent death is exponentially greater than that of a white youth or adult. |
8/11/2016 |
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Nicaragua |
For a true autonomy for the Afro-descendant population |
Creoles, Garifunas and indigenous people of the Caribbean Coast are demanding respect for their territory, languages and customs. |
8/11/2016 |
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