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Poisoning Victims Demand Pesticide Restrictions
A group of 73 Chilean workers who were poisoned demand regulation of agro-chemicals that have chronic effects on human health. The authorities are studying the case.ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Conflict Over Andean Glaciers Heats Up
Environmentalists and the police clashed violently Friday in the centre of the Chilean capital when activists presented the government with a petition containing 18,000 signatures to protest a planned mining project on the Argentine border which could destroy three glaciers in the Andes mountains.ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Conflict Over Andean Glaciers Heats Up
Environmentalists and the police clashed violently Friday in the centre of the Chilean capital when activists presented the government with a petition containing 18,000 signatures to protest a planned mining project on the Argentine border which could destroy three glaciers in the Andes mountains.CHILE: Rising Cell Phone Use Fuels Fears of Health Hazards from Antennas
Hundreds of Chileans are keeping watch day and night over lots next to their homes, to block plans to install mobile phone antennas, because they are worried about the possible effects they could have on human health.CHILE: Defending Consumers’ Rights to Information and Choice on GM Products
Lilia Lizama, a 60-year-old homemaker in the capital of Chile, only learned about the existence of transgenic foods a few months ago. "I was at my sister's house and the subject just happened to come up. They told me that there are foods that have been modified and could cause cancer," she told IPS.CHILE: Defending Consumers’ Rights to Information and Choice on GM Products
Lilia Lizama, a 60-year-old homemaker in the capital of Chile, only learned about the existence of transgenic foods a few months ago. "I was at my sister's house and the subject just happened to come up. They told me that there are foods that have been modified and could cause cancer," she told IPS.CHILE: Nationwide Mourning for Communist Leader Gladys Marin
-Political and social sectors of every stripe are mourning the death of Gladys Marín, the veteran leader of Chile's Communist Party and a major force in the struggle against the 1973-1990 dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.CHILE: Mapuche Culture an Ingredient in Health and Cuisine
Medicines and foods of the Mapuches, Chile's largest indigenous group, are finding a place in the market and on dinner tables. Pharmacies and restaurants are turning into a new source of income for the Mapuche people - and a window into their culture.ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Activists Worried About Swans as Pulp Mill Reopens
Environmentalists have launched an international campaign to protest a decision by the Chilean government to allow a cellulose plant, blamed for the deaths of a number of black-necked swans, to reopen near a nature reserve in southern Chile.
Mapuche Culture a Boon to Health and Palate
Chilean Indians are opening pharmacies and restaurants as a means to disseminate their view of the world... and to create jobs. Most of Chile's 600,000 Mapuches live in poverty.HEALTH-CHILE: ‘Unacceptable’ Work Conditions on Farms
Pesticide poisoning, lack of official hiring contracts, widespread child labour and denigrating treatment are the daily reality of hundreds of thousands of agricultural workers in Chile, according to a local and international campaign for health and labour rights.HEALTH-CHILE: ‘Unacceptable’ Work Conditions on Farms
Pesticide poisoning, lack of official hiring contracts, widespread child labour and denigrating treatment are the daily reality of hundreds of thousands of agricultural workers in Chile, according to a local and international campaign for health and labour rights.POLITICS-CHILE: A Woman’s Place Is on the Campaign Trail
With two women - Socialist Michelle Bachelet and Social Democrat Soledad Alvear - as the leading contenders for the presidential nomination by the ruling centre-left coalition, the opposition is hoping to boost its popularity by "feminising" its own campaign.CHILE: Andean Indigenous Carnival Comes to the City
For the second year in a row, the Chilean capital is hosting an Andean Carnival held to pay tribute to Mother Earth and celebrate the ancestral traditions of the indigenous peoples of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and northern Argentina and Chile.EDUCATION-LATAM: An Additional 13 Billion Dollars a Year Needed to Meet 2015 Targets
The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean would have to earmark an additional 150 billion dollars over the next 11 years to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in education, according to two United Nations agencies.HUMAN RIGHTS-CHILE: Supreme Homophobia
The Chilean Supreme Court of Justice has been singled out as the Chilean institution most hostile to sexual minorities in 2004, according to a report released by one of the country's leading gay rights organisations.RIGHTS-CHILE: Sexual Harassment Law Finally Approved After 13 Years
After taking 13 years to make its way through Congress, a law against sexual harassment in the workplace has been unanimously approved by the Senate in Chile, where an estimated 20 percent of working women are subjected to this form of abuse.LATIN AMERICA: Secrecy of Justice System Hurts Democracy
In order to eliminate the culture of secrecy in Latin America’s judicial systems, which threatens democracy, comprehensive policies are needed to facilitate access to public information, according to a recent study by an OAS institution and an autonomous intergovernmental body.CHILE: Workers Speak Out Against Free Trade at Social Forum
The drastic effects of free trade agreements on working conditions in Chile were addressed this weekend at the Chilean Social Forum, held in the country's capital as a parallel event to the 12th APEC Summit.ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Electronic Garbage Poses Increasing Dangers
Computers and mobile telephones that have become obsolete are forming a mountain of electronic waste in Chile. But few people seem to realise the magnitude of the environmental and health problems they pose.Electronic Garbage Poses Increasing Dangers
Chile is struggling with how to handle tons of old mobile phones, computers and other obsolete electronic items. It was not until this year that a law was passed to regulate management of this latest type of toxic waste.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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