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HAITI: A Hill Impossible to Climb
Whereas the ''favelas'' in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro are set high up in the hills ringing the city, the hilltops around the Haitian capital are home to palatial mansions, and the housing becomes poorer and more and more precarious as the slopes flatten into the sea.HAITI: Preparations for Elections Far Behind Schedule
"We are not on schedule," a member of Haiti's interim government told IPS, referring to the delay in the preparations for the October and November elections, a key step towards the gargantuan task of rebuilding Haiti's institutions.HUMAN RIGHTS-URUGUAY: Former Dictator May Finally Be Brought to Justice
This year, the annual march to pay homage to Uruguayans who were "disappeared" by the 1973-1985 military dictatorship was attended for the first time ever by a president, Tabaré Vázquez, and came on the eve of a possible arrest warrant for former dictator Juan María Bordaberry.POLITICS-MERCOSUR: The Lost Generation’s Turn
More sceptical and pragmatic today, survivors of years of prison, torture, exile, emigration and the fall of cherished ideologies have made it to the government in Uruguay, just as they did not so long ago in neighbouring Argentina and Brazil.URUGUAY: Former Guerrillas Preside Over Both Houses of Parliament
Former guerrillas now preside over both houses of Uruguay's new Congress, which took office Tuesday, and the left holds an absolute majority for the first time in the history of this South American country.ELECTIONS-URUGUAY: All Set for Drastic Shift to the Left
Uruguay's leftist Broad Front coalition is set to win Sunday's presidential elections for the first time ever, with at least 50 percent of the vote according to the latest opinion polls.ELECTIONS-URUGUAY: All Set for Drastic Shift to the Left
Uruguay's leftist Broad Front coalition is set to win Sunday's presidential elections for the first time ever, with at least 50 percent of the vote, according to the latest opinion polls.POLITICS: South America’s Mercosur Awaits Left-Wing Lift in Uruguay
The governments of Argentina and Brazil are waiting for the left-wing to attain power in Uruguay, which could happen in the first round of presidential voting Oct. 31, so they can unite around a common strategy in the Mercosur trade bloc.CORRUPTION-LATAM: Cheated Savers Despair Over Slow Pace of Justice
Suicides and stress-related health problems strew the path of the tens of thousands of depositors in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay who are trying to recover at least part of the savings they lost two years ago in a flood of bank runs, fraudulent bank activity and financial collapse.URUGUAY: Accused Officers of "Operation Condor" Elude Extradition
Uruguay's Supreme Court threw a new obstacle in the way of efforts to prosecute retired military officers for alleged crimes against humanity during the dictatorships that ruled South America's Southern Cone region in the 1970s and 1980s.URUGUAY: Entire Country Mourns Loss of Leftist General Liber Seregni
The historic leader of the left in Uruguay, retired General Líber Seregni - who spent most of the 1973-1985 dictatorship behind bars for his pro-democracy activities - died at the age of 87 in the capital of this South American country just as renewed controversy over his acceptability in military circles hit the headlines.ENERGY-URUGUAY: Crisis in the Midst of Potential Abundance
Scarce rainfall and the subsequent drop in water level in the rivers that feed Uruguay's hydropower plants has compounded the cuts in natural gas and electricity imported from Argentina, and this country has been forced to turn to ageing thermal plants that run on costly petroleum by-products.PARAGUAY: Former Coup Leader Returns in Search of Glory
(Latin America Desk) In proceedings similar to the return home of former Argentine president Juan Domingo Perón in 1973, former army chief Lino Oviedo returned Tuesday to Paraguay, and is now under arrest in a military prison awaiting a court review of the prison sentence and other charges he faces.URUGUAY-ARGENTINA: Hunting the Condor, 28 Years On
New political winds on both sides of the Río de la Plata (River Plate) have breathed new life into legal investigations of the murders of two Uruguayan legislators in Argentina, which had been frozen for 28 years.RIGHTS/URUGUAY-ARGENTINA: Hunting the Condor, 28 Years On
New political winds on both sides of the Río de la Plata (River Plate) have breathed new life into legal investigations of the murders of two Uruguayan legislators in Argentina, which had been frozen for 28 years.RIGHTS-LATIN AMERICA: Argentina’s Example Not Likely to Be Emulated
The recent decision in Argentina to annul amnesty laws that kept human rights violators out of prison is not likely to be emulated any time soon by Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay or Uruguay.However, calls for justice and for answers about what happened to the victims of forced disappearance under South America's dictatorships are getting louder as leftist parties are increasingly winning national elections.
RIGHTS: Argentina’s Example Not Likely to Be Emulated in Region
The recent decision in Argentina to annul amnesty laws that kept human rights violators out of prison is not likely to be emulated any time soon by Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay or Uruguay.FINANCE-SOUTH AMERICA: Bank Frauds Highlight Lax Controls, Possible Collusion by Officials
A chain of bank failures in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, the latest of which involved Multibanco in the Paraguayan capital, has highlighted problems of lax oversight and pointed to the possible collusion of government officials with bankers who are either behind bars today or on the lam.EDUCATION-LATAM: Teachers on Strike, in Struggle to Survive
Teachers have been going on strike in many countries of Latin America - a symptom of one of the worst crises facing the educational systems of a region where teachers earn salaries on which they can barely survive.SOUTH AMERICA: Armed Forces Need an Updated Mandate – Experts
South America has yet to define a new role for its militaries since the end of the Cold War, but it is clear that the legacy of the security scheme from that era is dead and buried, although the United States would prefer otherwise, say defence experts.DEVELOPMENT-LATAM: Little Stands in the Way of Advancing Hunger
Hunger is becoming public enemy number one in Latin America and the Caribbean, even though the region is one of the world's leading food producers.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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