Stories written by Diana Cariboni
Diana Cariboni has been the co-editor-in-chief of IPS since june 2013. Before that, she was IPS associate editor-in-chief for three years. She has also served as the regional editor of IPS Latin America since March 2003. Working together with the editor in chief, she is responsible for the content of the IPS World Service and overall journalistic production, particularly in Spanish. Since March 2007, she has served as editor of the award-winning Tierramérica, a weekly service about the environment and sustainable development published by more than 20 Latin American newspapers. She led the teams that reported from the Copenhagen and Cancun climate change negotiations in 2009 and 2010. Diana has trained dozens of journalists throughout Latin America and taught journalism in the ORT University school of media and communications, Uruguay. In 2007, she was co-awarded the AVINA scholarship for investigative journalism in sustainable development for the project The Unusual Wealth of the Chocó. She began her career as a journalist in 1992 working for various media outlets in Uruguay, such as El Observador and El País newspapers, and the Sarandí and Setiembre FM radio stations. Cariboni specialises in technology, science and public health. She also worked as a writer on international politics, economy and the environment for Third World Institute publications, a subsidiary of the Third World Network. She is married and the mother of five children. She was born in Argentina in 1962 and has lived in Uruguay since 1984. She joined IPS in 2001. | Twitter |

EDUCATION-LATIN AMERICA: Another Lost Decade?

Teachers in Bolivia earn just 100 dollars a month, and 60 percent of adolescents in Argentina drop out of high school. Given such statistics, is it really possible for Latin America to reach the goal of providing quality education for all by 2015?

ENVIRONMENT-URUGUAY: Eat Fish, but Skip the Liver

In Uruguay's coastal waters, where the Río de la Plata (River Plate) flows into the Atlantic Ocean, "lead and chrome are the heavy metals with highest concentration in the sediment," Federico Viana, a biologist with the University of the Republic, told IPS.

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: Glimmers of Light in the Latin American Darkness

The trial against oil giant ChevronTexaco for environmental damages in Ecuador and an initiative to create a network of protected areas in the Amazon jungle provide glimpses of hope in the grim environmental panorama in Latin America, according to the Latin American Centre for Social Ecology (CLAES).

ENVIRONMENT DAY-LATAM: Glimmers of Light in the Darkness

The trial against oil giant ChevronTexaco for environmental damages in Ecuador and an initiative to create a network of protected areas in the Amazon jungle provide glimpses of hope in the grim environmental panorama in Latin America, according to the Latin American Centre for Social Ecology (CLAES).

SUSTAINABILITY: Can Planting Trees Be Harmful?

What's wrong with planting trees? ask the promoters of commercial monoculture forestry, an industry that is gaining ground throughout South America. In Uruguay, there are no definitive answers, but all signs indicate that it is a problem of scale.

Pine is one of the preferred species for fast-growing tree crops. - Claudio Contreras.

Can Planting Trees Be Harmful?

Environmentalists warn that monoculture of tree plantations threatens the Uruguayan environment. But there are no studies available on the true impacts of commercial forestry, which now covers more than 600,000 hectares, or four percent of productive land in this South American country.

HEALTH-URUGUAY: US Lawmakers Meddle in Abortion Law Debate

A letter that six U.S. legislators recently faxed to Uruguay's senators, urging them to vote against a bill that would have legalised abortion in this South American country, amounted to undue pressure and meddling, according to legislators and activists.

HEALTH-URUGUAY: Three Votes Away from Legalisation of Abortion

The Uruguayan Senate fell just three votes short of passing a law that would have legalised abortion. According to opinion polls, 63 percent of the population of this South American country is in favour of making abortion legal.

HEALTH-LATAM: Pregnant Women Are Not ‘Patients’

Despite the lack of a scientific basis for practices like routine episiotomy, enemas and perineal shaving, they continue to be used in maternity hospitals throughout much of Latin America.

SPAIN: Terrorism, Lies and Elections

Within just four days, terrorism radically changed the direction of the general elections that took place Sunday in Spain, and tested the public's tolerance of concealment and manipulation of information in the investigation effort.

SPAIN: Terrorism, Lies and Elections

Within just four days, terrorism radically changed the direction of the general elections that took place Sunday in Spain, and tested the public's tolerance of concealment and manipulation of information in the investigation effort.

ARGENTINA: Single Woman, Atheist, Heads to Seat on High Court

(Latin America Desk) - "Saying up front who one is or what one thinks is an indication of honesty, which is the first step towards impartiality," says respected criminal judge Carmen Argibay, a candidate for the Argentine Supreme Court of Justice, in response to those who criticise her for being a leftist and a "militant atheist".

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Latin America’s Poorest Activists Stay Home

Tens of thousands of kilometres separate the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre and the Indian metropolis of Mumbai, a road too long and too expensive for thousands of Latin American activists, who will not participate in this year's fourth World Social Forum.

COMMUNICATION: Everyone Wants to Govern the Internet

When typing in a web address (like www.ipsnews.net) or sending an e-mail, most people probably don't give much thought to how Internet domain names are assigned.

HEALTH: Access to Anti-AIDS Drugs Varies Widely in Latin America

A year ago, 52 Bolivians living with HIV/AIDS complained to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that their government refused to provide anti-AIDS drugs free of charge, in violation of the country's international commitments. Only 33 of them are alive today.

LATIN AMERICA: The EU’s Ever-Shrinking Foreign Aid

Latin America, the region with the biggest rich-poor gap, is drawing an ever-shrinking portion of foreign aid, and European aid in particular.

LATIN AMERICA: Women Scale the Hierarchies of Justice

Women do not yet represent 50 percent of the ranks of Latin America's judicial systems, but many of the trials that are in the media spotlight - those involving major corruption scandals or human rights violations - are in the hands of female judges and prosecutors.

ARGENTINA: Trail of Mysterious Deaths

The two consecutive terms of former Argentine president Carlos Menem, who goes to the polls in next Sunday's presidential runoff election, were marked by a trail of mysterious deaths.

ENVIRONMENT-LATAM: Southern Cone Wages Battle against POPs

The fight to eliminate persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the countries of South America's Southern Cone is limited by the weakness of the state and scarcity of funds, say the authorities. But environmentalists argue that what is lacking are effective policies.

ENVIRONMENT-LATAM: Southern Cone Wages Battle against POPs

The fight to eliminate persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the countries of South America's Southern Cone is limited by the weakness of the state and scarcity of funds, say the authorities. But environmentalists argue that what is lacking are effective policies.

Southern Cone Launches Battle against POPs

Thousands of tons of pesticides, among other persistent organic pollutants (POPs), continue to be used in the Southern Cone, where few regulations are in place.

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