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ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Click Here to Plant a Tree

OIL-PERU: "The Ashaninka People Will Not Allow These Abuses"

ENVIRONMENT: Amazon Increasingly Oily

Q&A;: "Amazonas State Is in the Environmental Vanguard"

PERU: Indigenous Groups Win Major Battle in Congress

COLOMBIA: Oil Palms, Right Abuses Hand in Hand in Northwest

COLOMBIA: Justice on Strike

COLOMBIA: International Criminal Court Scrutinises Paramilitary Crimes

COLOMBIA: Video Raises Numerous Questions About Rescue Mission

COLOMBIA: Women Working Abroad Keep Provincial Economy Alive

Heavy Metal Colombia - El Blog de Constanza Vieira

Click Here to Plant a Tree

Progress Towards Protecting La Tortuga Island

Demand for Dioxin Information

Flower Covers Vital Reservoir

African Palm to Reforest the Amazon

New Environmental Rules Announced

CUBA: "Ike" Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Danger
By Dalia Acosta
HAVANA - Even before the ravages caused by Hurricane Gustav in the western part of Cuba have been fully assessed, Hurricane Ike made landfall on the northeastern shore of the island on Sunday, swept westwards out to sea on Monday, and is showing signs of powering up before slamming Cuban territory again.
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ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Click Here to Plant a Tree
By Mario Osava*
RIO DE JANEIRO - It has become fashionable in Latin America to pursue initiatives towards "zero carbon", neutralising the climate-changing greenhouse gases produced by industry, commercial aviation and even the football World Cup -- and along with it, atoning for the environmental sins of polluters.
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COLOMBIA: Oil Palms, Right Abuses Hand in Hand in Northwest
By Constanza Vieira
BOGOTA, - As of this week, there is one less human rights defender in the northwestern Colombian region of Bajo Atrato. Jimmy Jansasoy of the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission was forced to flee the area, where oil palm plantations have encroached on the collectively-owned jungle territories of traditional black communities.
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PARAGUAY-BRAZIL: Lugo to Seek New Terms for Itaipú Dam
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - Paraguay’s new government wants to increase ninefold the revenues the country takes in from the sale of its share of the energy generated by the Itaipú hydroelectric dam, which it runs jointly with Brazil.
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LATIN AMERICA: Food Price Hikes Hit Poor Hard - ECLAC
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - The countries of Latin America have coped relatively well so far with the rising global food and fuel prices. But the main challenge they face is to focus more attention on the plight of the poor, experts said at a seminar being held in the Chilean capital.
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PERU: Small Towns Face Challenge of Using Windfall Mining Revenues
By Milagros Salazar
LIMA - Peru is enjoying a mining boom. But while some areas lacking in minerals and oil have seen very little of the windfall profits, other districts have taken in so much money that they have only been able to actually use a tiny portion of it.
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RIGHTS: Betancourt Wants Political Niche for Guerrillas
By Sabina Zaccaro
ROME - Resolution of the conflict in Colombia can only come through "dialogue and openness," says Ingrid Betancourt, the former presidential candidate held hostage by leftist guerrillas for more than six years before being rescued by the Colombian military in July.
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SOUTH AFRICA-VENEZUELA: Forging a ‘Strategic Alliance’
By Humberto Márquez
CARACAS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki announced that their countries have a "strategic" relationship, before signing a framework cooperation agreement in Pretoria, which paves the way for future arrangements on technology transfer and concrete deals involving oil and food.
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CULTURE-CUBA: The Debate Continues
By Dalia Acosta
HAVANA - After an interruption of over a year, the Criterios theoretical-cultural centre has resumed a series of lectures analysing the impact of the Cuban government's cultural policy on the arts, one of the tangible outcomes of the debate that shook society here in early 2007.
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BOLIVIA: Divisions Emerge in Opposition Strategy
Analysis by Franz Chávez
LA PAZ - Major discrepancies emerged among the rightwing authorities and landowning and business interests opposed to Bolivia’s leftist President Evo Morales in a 10-hour meeting held to coordinate a strategy aimed at the economic suffocation of the government.
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ARGENTINA: Children of Exile - Strangers Still
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - While perpetrators of human rights violations during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship have begun to be sent to prison, a new study has shed light on a less conspicuous aspect of the regime's legacy: the problems faced by the children of former exiles who are struggling to integrate into Argentine society.
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COLOMBIA: Justice on Strike
By Constanza Vieira
BOGOTA - Some 34,000 judicial sector employees in Colombia began an indefinite strike Wednesday, demanding labour stability, the enforcement of a new salary scheme, and guarantees of independence for the courts.
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POLITICS-US: Candidates Stay the Course on Latin America
By Charles Davis
WASHINGTON - With an election to replace an immensely unpopular president just weeks away, Republican nominee John McCain and Democratic candidate Barack Obama have both sought to distance themselves from the record of George W. Bush -- but when it comes to Latin America, neither candidate promises a major break with the policies of the last eight years.
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WAITING IN CUBA
By Leonardo Padura Fuentes

THE ROLE OF THE INTELLECTUAL UNDER TOTALITARIAN REGIMES
By Mario Soares

BIOFUELS AND FOOD SECURITY: CONFLICT OR COMPLEMENTARITY?
By Ignacy Sachs

CAUCASUS: THE POWDER KEG
By Johan Galtung

THE MAJOR CHALLENGES THE WORLD ORDER CAN'T ADDRESS
By Benjamin William Mkapa* - IPS/South Centre

DESARROLLO-PORTUGAL: De mal en peor

CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO: Ártico se recalienta a gas y petróleo

ISRAEL: Compulsiva estrategia para judaizar Jerusalén oriental

MUJERES-BRASIL: La lenta marcha al poder

ONU: Vientos de Guerra Fría en el Consejo de Seguridad

ONU: Ventos da Guerra Fria no Conselho de Segurança

PARAGUAI-BRASIL: Lugo quer novas regras no jogo para Itaipu

MUDANÇA CLIMÁTICA: Paisagem do Ártico muda a passos largos

REPORTAGEM: Armas judiciais contra fábricas de papel no Brasil

GRANDES NOMES: Mudança climática impõe novas condições à política

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