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Brazil is a Model for the Rights of Forest Communities

More Transparent Forest Governance in Peruvian Amazon

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COLOMBIA-U.S.: Trade Deal "Throws Country into Jaws of Multinationals," Critics Say

COLOMBIA: Saving the River Basin, One Schoolchild at a Time

COLOMBIA: Missing French Reporter's Journalistic Mission

Last Summit of the Americas Without Cuba

Abya Yala Speaks

Heavy Metal Colombia - El Blog de Constanza Vieira

Amazonas 2030: Indicators for the Climate Crisis

EcoMobility is Gaining Ground, Step by Step

MEXICO: Mexico City Aquifer Could Be Recharged

LATIN AMERICA: Activists Call for Common Front to Defend Whales

HONDURAS: Proposal to Compensate National Park for Water Supply

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COLOMBIA-U.S.
Trade Deal "Throws Country into Jaws of Multinationals," Critics Say
By Helda Martínez*
BOGOTÁ - The entry into force of Colombia’s free trade agreement with the United States was met by student protests and opposition from a segment of the business community, small farmers, and trade unionists.
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Colombian River Basin Passes the Test of El Niño and La Niña
By Constanza Vieira *
NEIVA, Colombia - Patricia Gómez, an engineer, is leading a training workshop for a group of 11 men at the fire station in Neiva, the capital of the department of Huila in southwest Colombia.
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Brazilian Government Sets Guidelines for Success at Rio+20
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO - As the host of Rio+20, the Brazilian government has defined guidelines for achieving success at the upcoming world summit, whose aim is to assess and strengthen what has been done since the 1992 Earth Summit, the first global meeting on sustainable development.
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No Celebration for Mothers of the Missing in Mexico
By Daniela Pastrana
MEXICO CITY - Emma Veleta and Toribio Muñoz were married 40 years ago and had seven children, four boys and three girls. They lived in the town of Anáhuac, 100 km from the capital of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. But on Jun. 19, 2011, as they were celebrating Father’s Day, tragedy struck.
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Argentina Faces the Dilemma of Unconventional Oil and Gas
By Marcela Valente *
BUENOS AIRES - Vast reserves of natural gas and oil trapped underground, whose exploitation would signify major environmental impacts, will be the greatest challenge facing YPF, the Argentine oil company that recently returned to state control.
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Guatemalan Coffee Growers Get Creative
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - Overwhelmed by climate change, worried about speculation in international prices and still hurting from the effects of the crisis in 2000, coffee growers in Guatemala are trying in various ways to recover the production levels they achieved 12 years ago.
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Native People of El Salvador Finally Gain Recognition
By Edgardo Ayala
SAN SALVADOR - After decades of struggle, indigenous people in El Salvador will finally be recognised in the constitution – a first step towards recovering their community identity, which they have been denied by the state and by society at large.
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Chile’s Native Communities Find Ally in Supreme Court
By Marianela Jarroud
SANTIAGO - Indigenous groups in Chile celebrated a recent court ruling that represented the latest victory in the struggle for respect for their right to be previously consulted about major projects which directly affect their communities.
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Shedding Light on Inequality in World’s Most Unequal Region
By Marianela Jarroud
SANTIAGO - A new report takes a close look at the territorial distribution of poverty and inequality in Latin America, which has long had a reputation of being the most unequal region in the world.
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Tangled Web of Corruption Debilitates Mexico
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - Although Mexico has signed several multilateral anti-corruption agreements, so far these instruments have yielded few concrete results in combating the rampant bribery, extortion and embezzlement, according to experts.
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Trans Community Celebrates Groundbreaking Gender Identity Law
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - Under a new law that recognises a broad range of rights for transvestites, transsexuals and transgender persons in Argentina, they will have the right to modify their legal documents to match their gender identity.
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An Argentine Perspective on Degrowth
By Marcela Valente *
BUENOS AIRES - The controversial concept of degrowth receives little press coverage in a region like Latin America. But the idea of a way of life that is not aimed exclusively at GDP growth does have its proponents in Argentina.
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Spain Accused of Denying Justice to Victims of Franco-Era Abuses
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - Global rights watchdog Amnesty International presented an Argentine court Wednesday with documents which show that Spanish courts are blocking lawsuits brought by the families of victims of human rights crimes committed during the 1936-1939 civil war and the 1939-1975 dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
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Argentina Will Try to Double Number of Engineering Graduates
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - An educational stimulus programme launched in Argentina is aimed at doubling the number of engineering graduates by 2021, in an attempt to fulfil unmet growing demand from industry.
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Renewable Energies Need New Incentives
Fabíola Ortiz interviews BJÖRN PIEPRZYK of the German Renewable Energy Federation *
RIO DE JANEIRO - Clean, renewable energies contribute to economic growth and job creation while decreasing dependency on imports. This is why governments should be increasing incentives for the development of renewable energy during a crisis like the one facing Europe today, German engineer Björn Pieprzyk told Tierramérica.
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