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ENVIRONMENT-SOUTH AMERICA: Mapping the Riches of the Tropical Andes
The Ecosystems Map of the Northern and Central Andes could serve as a guide for environmental conservation of this South American area covering 1.5 million square kilometres and holding the world's highest concentration of biodiversity.
Mapping the Riches of the Tropical Andes
The cartography of the biodiverse Northern and Central Andes of South America is the first step towards their environmental conservation.COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Conflict Heating Up – Again
The latest row between Colombia and Venezuela continues to escalate, prompting Brazil to decide to intervene, in order to head off further incidents or statements that could lead to a rupture of ties between its two neighbours.LATIN AMERICA: Don’t Miss the Train to Beijing, Delhi, Moscow
Latin America and the Caribbean should turn their gaze towards the economies of China, India and Russia to diversify exports and strengthen efforts to bring down unemployment and poverty, according to the Latin American Economic System (SELA), based in the Venezuelan capital.COLOMBIA: “We Will Never Recover Our Standard of Living”
"It never crossed my mind that I would have to leave my country and leave behind our farms, work, people and lifestyle. It was a life or death decision we had to take in a matter of hours," said Amalia*, a 42-year-old married Colombian woman with two children, who for the past seven years has lived on the outskirts of the Venezuelan capital.
VENEZUELA: Grassroots Empowerment for Women
In Venezuela "women have passionately embraced community activism, taking on a more committed and active role, and this is reflected in the increasing female participation in neighbourhood assemblies," Alba Rojas, spokeswoman for a community council in Tacagua, a township that spreads along the Caracas-La Guaira highway, told IPS.VENEZUELA: Shootings of Unionists Continue Unabated
Two shots to the head, fired from a van, put a sudden end to the life of Argenis Vásquez, the organising secretary of the Toyota assembly plant workers' union in the city of Cumaná, 400 kilometres east of the Venezuelan capital, as he was leaving his home at 09:00 local time.VENEZUELA: “Express” Kidnappings All the Rage
Rosa M. was about to blow out the candles on her cake when the phone rang. Instead of another birthday greeting, she heard her coworker Gladys sobbing and asking her for financial help, because on her way to the party in the Venezuelan capital she had fallen prey to an "express kidnapping."ENERGY-LATIN AMERICA: US Proposes “Variable Geometry”
The United States will work on energy issues with the other countries of the Americas based on "a variable geometry," allowing governments to choose to cooperate in some areas but not others, said Jeremy Martin, head of the energy programme at the Institute of the Americas at the University of California San Diego.AMERICAS: An OAS with Cuba – Or None at All, Says ALBA
Cuba, the only country excluded from the Fifth Summit of the Americas that opened in Port of Spain on Friday, received strong backing for its demand for unconditional talks with the United States from eight governments of the region who met in the northeastern Venezuelan city of Cumaná.MUSIC-VENEZUELA: “The System” Continues to Collect Accolades
"Another prize...let’s go get ice cream to celebrate," said their mother, and the boys jumped up to get their shoes on and head out for their reward, as the TV set in their tiny living room broadcast the news about the tribute paid at OAS headquarters to the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela./CORRECTION/VENEZUELA: Police Convicted of 2002 Pre-Coup Killings
A Venezuelan court sentenced three former police chiefs and three rank-and-file officers Friday to the maximum possible sentence in Venezuela, 30 years, for killing demonstrators ahead of the Apr. 11, 2002 coup in which President Hugo Chávez was briefly overthrown.LATIN AMERICA: Half Century of Failed Development Policies – NGOs
As it gets ready to commemorate its 50th anniversary at an assembly in Medellín, Colombia, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has come under heightened criticism from civil society groups which argue that its financing often goes against sustainable development and effective measures to overcome poverty.VENEZUELA: Reversing Decentralisation
The armed forces occupied Venezuela's main ports and airports over the weekend to enforce the transfer of their administration from regional authorities to the central government, in the face of protests by a handful of state governors belonging to the opposition.RIGHTS-VENEZUELA: No Shelter for Women
Fed up with her partner's beatings late one night, Josefina decided to leave. But where could she go at that time of night, when she lived in such a dangerous area? Her neighbourhood, a shanty town in the Venezuelan capital, is effectively controlled by gangs that resort to shootouts to settle their differences.VENEZUELA: Wound Still Gaping 20 Years after ‘Caracazo’
As José Luis reached the bus stop, he saw a crowd of furious local residents smashing shop fronts, cars and telephone booths. Without giving it much thought, he threw himself into the mob that broke into a small supermarket, triggering the worst social uprising and biggest massacre in the last 100 years in Venezuela.
VENEZUELA: Ten More Years, If He Can Woo a Divided Country
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez won Sunday's referendum with 54 percent of the vote, which will allow him to stand for reelection indefinitely. But he will have to exercise leadership over a country that is stubbornly split in two.
VENEZUELA: Chavez – A Referendum of His Very Own
After a decade in office, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez goes to the country on Sunday in another attempt to change the constitution so that he can stand for reelection "for at least another 10 years".VENEZUELA: Social Issues Played Down in Referendum Campaign
A mob seized a man suspected of rape in El Valle, a populous district in the southwest of the Venezuelan capital, beat him to death, and then burned his corpse - twice over, so that the press could film and photograph the scene. In spite of the horrifying images, few public figures mentioned the case.VENEZUELA: Journalists Face Escalation of Violence
With chilling calm, the killer dismounted from the motorbike, pulled out his gun and shot Ores Sambrano through the head as if it were the most natural thing in the world. The journalist was on his way to a video store on a busy avenue in Valencia, an industrial town 100 kilometres west of the Venezuelan capital.VENEZUELA: New Battle for Indefinite Reelection
Venezuela is heading for another electoral battle, after President Hugo Chávez kicked off 2009 by putting forward a new proposal to reform the constitution so that all elected officials may be indefinitely reelected.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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