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NEPAL: Hopes High for Environmental Rights in New Constitution
By Mallika Aryal
KATHMANDU - As the new federal republic of Nepal forges ahead with writing a new constitution, activists are demanding that environmental rights be enshrined in this important document.
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RIGHTS-INDIA: Gov’t Urged to Rethink War on Maoists
By Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI - In the lull before the storm that the central government has vowed to unleash on Maoist rebels this month, voices of caution are being heard against precipitating an armed confrontation that could further hurt marginalised and largely indigenous populations in the worst affected central and eastern Indian states.
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PERU: Cuzco Women Stand Up to Violence
By Milagros Salazar
CUZCO, Peru - For tourists and other visitors, Cuzco has a special fascination as the ancient capital of the Inca empire. But social scientists know it as one of the areas in the world with the highest rates of violence against women.
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ECUADOR: Oil Giant Is Gone, Legal and Environmental Mess Remains
By Matthew Berger
WASHINGTON - The story began almost 40 years ago, but when filmmaker Joe Berlinger "saw villagers eating canned tuna fish because the fish in their rivers were too contaminated to eat, [he] knew [he] had to do something".
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RIGHTS-CHILE: Stop Violence Against Indigenous Children - UNICEF
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - Reports of police violence against Mapuche children in the southern Chilean region of Araucanía prompted the country's UNICEF representative, Gary Stahl, to express the agency's deep concern at a meeting with three government ministers.
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BOLIVIA: Politics, a Risky Business for Women
By Franz Chávez
LA PAZ - Taking an active part in politics in Bolivia can be a hazardous undertaking. Hundreds of reports of violence against women participating in politics attest to the risk. And while attacks go unpunished, a bill designed to protect the rights of women occupying public office has spent almost a decade in Congress waiting to be approved.
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PHILIPPINES: Storm-weary Farmers Suffer Huge Losses
By Prime Sarmiento
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines - Café by the Ruins, a popular rustic restaurant situated in Baguio City, the Philippines' famed mountain city resort, usually caters to tourists and residents who enjoy sipping their cups of brewed coffee while appreciating the artworks displayed on the café’s stone walls.
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GUATEMALA: Town that Suffered Military Terror Fights Reopening of Base
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - People in the town of Ixcán in northwestern Guatemala could relive the pain of the country's 36-year civil war if the army reopens a military base in the area, where more than 100 massacres of indigenous villagers were committed during the armed conflict.
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RIGHTS: Govts Failing Indigenous Declaration, U.N. Expert Says
By Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS - A top U.N. expert on human rights law called Monday for governments to match their words with deeds and make good on promises to respect indigenous communities' right to live as they wish.
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RIGHTS-UGANDA: Female Circumcision Still a Vote Winner
By Wambi Michael
KAMPALA - Over three decades ago a 14-year-old girl, her sister and a group of young teenagers from Bukwo headed to the River Amana for a ceremony that would change their lives forever.
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VENEZUELA: Indigenous People Killed, Injured in Land Dispute
By Humberto Márquez
CARACAS - Two members of the Yukpa indigenous community in Venezuela were killed and others were injured in a firefight between supporters and detractors of a government initiative to distribute land to the ethnic group at the northwest tip of Venezuela, where the Yukpa are caught up in a long-running conflict over land with ranchers and mining companies.
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MEXICO: Indigenous Enterprises Unite
By Emilio Godoy*
MEXICO CITY - Mexico is about to become the first Latin American country with an indigenous chamber of business, dedicated to promoting and representing more than one million micro and small enterprises that are on the frontline in the fight against poverty.
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VENEZUELA: Land for Yukpa Indians, But No 'Territory'
By Humberto Márquez
CARACAS - The Venezuelan government handed land titles to 41,600 hectares to three communities of around 500 Yukpa Indians on the western border with Colombia. However, the question of the demarcation of the broader ancestral territory of the entire ethnic group, made up of around 10,000 people, is still pending.
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