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MEXICO: Peanuts in Times of Food Crisis
Yandi Condado and a small group of farmers in the southern Mexican state of Puebla decided a few years ago to process their peanuts as an economic boost -- and to defend this traditional crop against the advances of more profitable options.
Peanuts in Times of Food Crisis
A rural cooperative in southern Mexico aims to revive the peanut, a crop whose nutritional value provides a weapon against hunger.
MEXICO: Agave Sweetens Economic Prospects of Indigenous Women
With a wooden spoon in hand, Hortencia Rómulo briskly stirs the amber-coloured liquid cooking in an enormous steel pot.MEXICO: Migrants – Victims of Crime, Not Criminals
Although Central American migrants continue to face all kinds of abuses and even death on their way north through Mexico to the U.S. border, experts and activists have begun to see a slight change in approach to the issue.Latin Americans ‘Guinea Pigs’ for Foreign Clinical Trials
Leonor, a Mexican citizen, took part in a 2006 clinical trial of a drug to treat kidney disease, designed by a transnational pharmaceutical company.
Agave Sweetens Economic Prospects of Indigenous Women
The production of goods from the traditional agave crops through cooperatives has become the leading source of income for indigenous Otomí communities in central Mexico.MEXICO: Native Craftswomen Harness Their Skills
It took María de los Ángeles Carrillo, a native craftswoman from Mexico, eight months to weave a decorative junco reed basket, for which she won an 8,000 dollar prize from the Mexican government.
Appalling Conditions in Mexico’s Mental Health Institutions
Brígido rocks slowly back and forth while José Guadalupe, a Catholic priest, says mass at the Atlampa Centre for Social Assistance and Integration (CAIS) in Mexico City. Suddenly, he begins to bang his head against the wall, startling the people around him.
Mexico, the Leader in Community Forest Management
Thanks to its experience with community forestry projects, Mexico can provide tips on how to manage forests while fomenting the development of local economies in 2011, the International Year of Forests.Justice at Last for Peasant Environmentalists in Mexico
"I feel I can breathe more deeply and look more towards the future. I feel at peace," Mexican peasant Rodolfo Montiel told IPS, from somewhere on the west coast of the United States.
LATIN AMERICA: Community Currencies Offer Refuge from Economic Forces
Túmin, which means "money" in the Totonaca indigenous language, is a community currency now circulating among 80 vendors selling their products at an alternative market in the town of Espinal, in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz.
CLIMATE CHANGE: As Andean Glaciers Recede, Region Steps Forward to Adapt
The mountainous areas of South America's Andean nations supply water to the coastal cities, provide habitat to important biodiversity, and serve as natural barriers, but global warming threatens those regions, which are home to millions of people.
As Andean Glaciers Recede, Region Steps Forward to Adapt
The Andean glaciers are suffering the effects of global warming, with far-reaching effects on water supplies, biodiversity and livelihoods.
Q&A: “Create a Protocol Based on Non-Emissions”
Latin America should create regional conventions to protect biodiversity and combat the impacts of climate change, according to Ecuadorian environmentalist Yolanda Kakabadse, president of the World Wild Fund for Nature International (WWF).
Latin America Puts Bamboo’s Climate Virtues to the Test
While a global agreement to fight the climate crisis may be off the table for now, many activists and experts are focusing on options for mitigating climate-changing gas emissions and the impacts of increasingly extreme weather. One such alternative is bamboo.CLIMATE CHANGE: Juggling Carbon Consumption and Social Gains
The economies of Latin America are caught on the horns of a dilemma: how to reduce their carbon consumption without sacrificing economic and social development. Subsidies for the development of renewable energies and for learning new technologies need to be increased urgently, experts say.CLIMATE CHANGE: Recyclers Tout Benefits of Their Trade at Cancun Summit
Ezequiel Estay began collecting glass bottles in 1991 after losing his job with the Chilean media conglomerate Copesa. Now, years later, he heads Chile's National Movement of Recyclers and is a leader of the Latin American Recyclers' Network, which is questioning the climate benefits of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
CLIMATE CHANGE: Rumours and Pessimism Reign Midway Through Cancun Summit
At the end of the first week of climate negotiations under way in this Mexican Caribbean resort city, it seems a distant possibility that the nearly 200 national delegations will agree on renewing the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.
CLIMATE CHANGE: New Forest Agreement – REDD Hot Issue at Cancun
A large number of social organisations are not pleased with the international convention on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) being negotiated at the COP16 climate summit.
Narco-Sharks Replacing Drug Mules
Sharks are facing a new threat: they are being fished off the Pacific coast of Central America and Mexico and used to smuggle cocaine to the United States, through Mexico.MEXICO: Road Accidents Top Cause of Death Among Young
If Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg were interested in making a sequel to his 1996 film "Crash", in which the main characters derive sexual pleasure from car crashes, Mexico could be an ideal location, due to the large number of traffic accidents in this country.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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