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Personal Crusades for Nature
Environmental misfortune moved these four people so much that they embraced protection of the natural world as their own personal crusades. Tierramérica shares their stories.
CHILE: Women Trade Unionists Find their Own Voices
"When you have a social role, you become aware that you have a right to freedom of thought, that you can question the way things are," 44-year-old Chilean trade unionist Sonia Sagredo, who represents seasonal agricultural workers, told IPS.
ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Patagonia Dams On Hold
Environmental groups in Chile welcomed the decision by the HidroAysén energy company to seek a nine-month extension of the environmental impact assessment phase of a controversial project to build five hydroelectric dams in wilderness areas in the south of the country.CHILE: Women Kick Off ‘New Stage’ in Sports
Chile is hosting the Nov. 19-Dec. 7 Under-20 Women’s World Cup, for which the country renovated four municipal stadiums, in an effort that according to President Michelle Bachelet will mark "a before and after" for national sports.CHILE: 512 HIV-Positive People Not Notified
Chilean Health Minister Álvaro Erazo reported Thursday that 512 people who tested positive for HIV were not notified by the public health system.CHILE: Maize Contaminated with Transgenics
The Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA) at the University of Chile has detected genetically modified organisms in four samples of conventional maize grown near fields where transgenic maize seeds are being produced for export.CHILE: Achievements in AIDS Fight Marred by Irregularities
Irregularities like delays in notifying 25 people that they were HIV-positive, which led to the deaths of at least two of them, have cast a shadow on Chile's exemplary image in the field of AIDS prevention and treatment.ELECTIONS-CHILE: Still Far from Gender Equality
"I had high hopes" that the quota bill introduced a year ago in parliament would be passed before the Oct. 26 municipal elections, Laura Albornoz, Minister of the National Women’s Service (SERNAM), told IPS. But the bill has not even been debated yet.
Q&A: “Profit Is Enemy Number One of the Environment”
The global financial debacle is evidence that capitalism "is more alive than ever" and can only be stopped by policies that extinguish all forms of profit or by the end of life on Earth, says Chilean professor and activist Marcel Claude.
DEVELOPMENT: South America Fights Poverty Its Own Way
This year, only a few South American nations have responded to the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) and its campaign slogan, "Stand Up and Take Action". The social organisations grouped in the global network point to a variety of reasons to explain the apparent apathy.WORLD FOOD DAY-LATAM: Learning Lessons
"We can’t wait for crises to happen to start guaranteeing the right to food. We have to act before a crisis hits," José Graziano da Silva, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) regional representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, told IPS.
Q&A: "When There’s Corruption, All Votes Are Not Equal"
"In Chile, like in other countries, there is very little transparency when it comes to political funding," Andrea Sanhueza, executive director of the Chilean non-governmental organisation Corporación Participa, said in an interview ahead of the Oct. 26 municipal elections.
“Profit Is Enemy Number One of the Environment”
Capitalism is a brutal, Mephistophelian intervention in the natural systems, says Chilean economist and ecologist Marcel Claude in this exclusive Tierramérica interview.
ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Pedalling Against Pollution
As greenhouse gas emissions drive global warming and fuel prices continue to soar, pedalling has come back in style in many cities of the industrialised world. In Chile, as well, public bicycle services, bike routes and special parking areas are some of the initiatives currently being developed.RIGHTS-CHILE: Ten Years of the ‘Pinochet Effect’
The arrest of Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) a decade ago in London set the justice system in motion in Chile and in other countries in the world, stimulated the attempt to get at the truth about atrocities, and sent out a strong message to a number of notorious human rights violators.
CHILE: Native Community in Desert Oasis Threatened by Mines
The Diaguita indigenous community in Huasco Alto, surrounded by rich gold, silver and copper deposits in the northern Chilean region of Atacama, are engaged in a struggle to prevent mining projects from infringing on their territory and destroying their way of life and ancestral identity.
Pedaling Against Pollution
Citizens from around the world are rediscovering the bicycle, an efficient, cheap and clean form of urban transportation.LATAM-ASIA: Integration Won’t Be Affected by Crisis
The recently created Latin America Pacific Arc will not modify its strategy of integration with Asia "because of unfavourable financial circumstances" like the current crisis, Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley said Friday after the group’s fourth meeting in the Chilean capital.
CHILE: Salvador Allende – Greatest Chilean, by Popular Acclaim
The late socialist President Salvador Allende, who was overthrown by the armed forces on Sept. 11, 1973, was elected the "greatest Chilean in history" in a viewers' poll organised by a television programme that stirred up controversy.SOUTH AMERICA: Leaders Express Full Support for Bolivia’s Morales
After an emergency summit in the Chilean capital, the presidents of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) expressed their resounding support for the government of Bolivia and decided to set up commissions to support talks and to investigate recent killings in that country, which is caught in a wave of political unrest.LATIN AMERICA: Food Price Hikes Hit Poor Hard – ECLAC
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.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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