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CLIMATE CHANGE-BRAZIL: The Threat Posed by Livestock

ECUADOR: Native Leaders Call for Anti-Government Protests

PERU: Suspension of Mining Operation Merely a Placebo

RIGHTS-PERU: No Justice for Indians in Amazon Massacre

BIODIVERSITY: The Amazon Is Not Eternal

COLOMBIA: Vote-Buying and Front Men

RIGHTS-MEXICO: Reporters, Activists Demand State Protection

COLOMBIA: Magazine Closure Deals Major Blow to Investigative Reporting

COLOMBIA: Same Paramilitary Abuses; New Faces, New Names

COLOMBIA: Who Cares About the Victims of Forced Displacement?

Heavy Metal Colombia - El Blog de Constanza Vieira

Cracks in the Readiness Plan of the 'Chilean Miracle'

Latin America Builds Another Energy Capital

Promoting Quake-Resistant Construction

Drought Hurts Tourism Marvels

New Clean Air Standards

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LATIN AMERICA: Still a Long Way to Go, for Black Women
By Patricia Grogg*
HAVANA - At the age of 17, Meybelin Bernárdez is clear about the future: "When I finish my studies, I'll return to help my community get on its feet," the young Garifuna woman from Honduras, who is studying medicine in Cuba, says without hesitation.
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MEXICO: Kidnapping - A Growing Risk for Central American Migrants
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - The increase in kidnappings of Central American migrants crossing Mexico on their way to the United States will be brought up at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) current session next Monday.
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GUATEMALA: Ok for Ex-President's Extradition to US Just One Step
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - Civil society groups in Guatemala say a court decision authorising former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo's extradition to the United States is just a first step in a lengthy process.
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CLIMATE CHANGE-BRAZIL: The Threat Posed by Livestock
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - The livestock industry has less economic clout than the oil industry, but ranchers say it has better arguments to defend itself from accusations regarding its share of responsibility for global warming.
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PERU: Priest on Campaign Trail Defrocked
By Ángel Páez
LIMA - A priest who is touring the country in his bid to run for president next year, at the head of a leftist movement, was indefinitely suspended by the Catholic Church for getting involved in politics.
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MIGRATION-US: Mixed-Status Families Face Hard Choice
By Valeria Fernández
PHOENIX, Arizona - Norma Tolsa-Garcia is a U.S. citizen but she fears new proposed laws in Arizona might force her and her family to move away from the state she grew up in because her husband is an undocumented immigrant.
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LATIN AMERICA: NGOs Demand Transparency, Reforms in IDB
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - Dozens of civil society organisations in the Americas are demanding greater transparency and accountability as well as structural reforms in the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), ahead of the multilateral lender's annual meeting of governors that starts Friday in the Mexican resort of Cancún.
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ENERGY-LATIN AMERICA: Moving Towards Renewables
By Marcela Valente*
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina is building its first solar energy park in the northwestern province of San Juan. The project calls for the manufacture of photovoltaic panels to supply the rest of the country and the other member countries of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).
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COLOMBIA: Vote-Buying and Front Men
By Javier Darío Restrepo*
BOGOTÁ - During Sunday's legislative elections in Colombia - in which rightwing President Álvaro Uribe's allies were the big winners - polling stations in one-third of the country's municipalities were at risk of violence, corruption or fraud, according to the ombudsman's office and election observers, who reported vote-buying and pressure on voters.
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CHILE: Cracks Exposed in Readiness Plan
By Daniela Estrada*
SANTIAGO - Inadequacies in technical equipment, specialised human resources, institutional coordination, land zoning and citizen awareness were all laid bare by the major earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Feb. 27 in central and southern Chile.
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CUBA: Human Rights at the Eye of the Storm
By Patricia Grogg
HAVANA - Cuba stepped up its state-controlled media offensive Monday in response to what the government calls a well-orchestrated international campaign of misinformation carried out in the last few weeks against this socialist island nation.
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Q&A: Wanted in Latin America: Responsible Credit
Daniela Estrada interviews JUAN TRÍMBOLI of Consumers International
SANTIAGO - Improving access to financial services and achieving "responsible credit" require ongoing dialogue on the part of companies, states and consumers, Juan Trímboli, regional coordinator of the Consumers International office in Latin America and the Caribbean, told IPS.
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MEXICO: Music and Dance Classes Foster Tolerance, Self-Esteem
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - Ten-year-old Jessica Algoneda leaps in the air, raising her arms and spinning around at her primary school in the Mexican capital, as if in honour of Terpsichore, the Greek muse of dance and poetry.
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RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: 'Our Lives Are Cut Short at a Stroke'
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - "This is a time of great tension because we know that at any moment, when we least expect it, our lives can be cut short at a stroke," Tito Gálvez, a leader in the Resistance Front for the Defence of Natural Resources and Rights of the Guatemalan Peoples (FRENA), told IPS.
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MEXICO: Consumers on the Offensive
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - Mexican consumers are currently facing a combination of price rises, economic recession and lack of legal protection in the face of abuses committed by providers of goods and services.
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