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ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Authorities May Sue Geothermal Energy Firm
The Council for the Defense of the State (CDE), the Chilean government's legal watchdog, is considering bringing a suit for environmental damages against an Italian-Chilean consortium carrying out geothermal studies a few kilometres away from the El Tatio geyser field, a tourist attraction in the northern region of Antofagasta.CHILE: Preserving the Kaweshkar Language – In the Nick of Time
Sound files containing recordings of spoken Kaweshkar - a nearly extinct indigenous language of southern Chile – have been put together thanks to the work of ethnolinguist Óscar Aguilera and anthropologist José Tonko, and donated to national and foreign institutions with the aim of preserving the culture of one of Chile’s nine native groups.CHILE: Activists Press Candidates to Take a Stance on Women’s Rights
Chilean women’s organisations are not at all willing to lose what they have gained during the present government of President Michelle Bachelet. Aware of the importance of the female vote in the December presidential elections, they are seeking commitments from candidates to further progress for women.
LATIN AMERICA: Strides and Setbacks for Domestic and Rural Workers
In the last few years, several Latin American countries have attempted to improve labour conditions for rural workers and domestics, whose labour rights have long been ignored. But the new laws, even those with limited scope, are not always enforced.LATIN AMERICA: Ensuring Democratisation of Digital Broadcasting
Just as they did with analogue television, the countries of Latin America have opted for different digital broadcasting standards. But more than this technological diversity, what concerns social organisations is the absence of policies and regulatory frameworks to ensure a true democratisation of this means of communication.CHILE: Building the Bicentennial Society?
The Chilean government has embarked on major works of infrastructure, national programmes and 28 competitions, in preparation for the 2010 celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the country's independence. But the bicentennial projects, which began this month, have drawn their share of criticism.CHILE: War Over Seeds
Environmental organisations, organic farmers and indigenous people in Chile are opposed to a draft law that would expands the rights of the developers of new varieties of plants, while the government and seed companies argue that there will be no negative impacts on small farmers and biodiversity.CHILE: Alleged Human Rights Abusers on Army Payroll
Thirteen retired military officers facing prosecution for human rights crimes and corruption as well as one who has been convicted are still on the Chilean army's payroll.CHILE: Activists Demand Humane Treatment for Women Who Abort
Some 30 members of the Chilean Health Ministry's Consultative Council on Gender and Women's Health have asked the government to enforce a directive ordering humane and compassionate treatment for women who have had an abortion.
Q&A: "Regional Cooperation Is the Challenge" for the Economy of Latin America
Exports by Latin America and the Caribbean will fall 11 percent this year – the worst performance since 1937, according to a new United Nations report.
CHILE: The Environmental Fight Starts in Your Neighbourhood
A working-class neighbourhood on the outskirts of the capital, which stood united against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in the 1970s and 1980s and today is doing so against climate change, is launching the country's first "ecobarrio" project.RIGHTS-CHILE: Personal Stories Bring the “Disappeared” to Life
Two Chilean women living in the United States were so moved by the plight of people who were detained and disappeared during the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet that they overcame the problems of distance, and wrote a book reconstructing the personal lives of eight victims through the accounts given by their closest relatives.
The Environmental Fight Starts in Your Neighborhood
Chilean neighborhoods are making progress - on a human scale and at a human pace - towards environmentally sustainable communities.RIGHTS-CHILE: Mapuche Activist’s Death Heats Up Conflict
The lack of opportunities for dialogue and participation and the struggle for control over land and natural resources in Chile are hurdles to a solution to the Mapuche Indians' century-long conflict, which claimed a new victim this week: a 24-year-old activist shot by the police while taking part in an occupation of land claimed as indigenous territory.ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Anti-Coal Plant Activists Get Death Threats
Five social activists and community leaders opposed to the construction of coal-fired thermoelectric plants near fishing villages in northern Chile filed a complaint with the prosecution service denouncing that they had received anonymous death threats warning them to stop their struggle.CHILE: Dakar Rally Left Trail of Archaeological Damages
The Dakar rally, held this year for the first time in Chile and Argentina, caused severe damage to archaeological sites in northern Chile, according to a report by the Council on National Monuments.RIGHTS-CHILE: New Wave of Mapuche Land Conflicts
The southern Chilean region of Araucanía has been shaken in the last few days by occupations of land by Mapuche activists claiming it as part of their ancestral territory, attacks on vehicles, and the resurgence of an anti-Mapuche paramilitary group.
ENERGY-CHILE: Geothermal Debate Simmers in El Tatio
El Tatio geyser field, a tourist destination in the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta, is at the heart of a controversy over a geothermal energy project being developed four kilometres away. The entire area is claimed by Atacama indigenous communities, who now stand divided.
Q&A: South America Marching Towards Equality in Armed Forces
It’s not something out of a Hollywood movie. In a decade’s time, any one of the countries of South America could have a woman as chief commander of its armed forces, Argentine expert Mariel Lucero predicted in this interview with IPS during her visit to the Chilean capital to deliver a presentation on the subject.
Geothermal Debate Simmers in El Tatio
El Tatio, the world's third largest geyser field, is in the sights of energy, tourism and conservation interests.CHILE: Home Truths About the Dictator and His Family?
"La Familia. Historia privada de los Pinochet" (The Family: Private History of the Pinochets), a book that delves into the personal life of the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and his immediate family, has had a mixed reception in this country and in Ecuador, where a man claiming to be his illegitimate son may soon identify himself.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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