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AGRICULTURE: Social Movements Call for “New Agrarian Reform”
Rural social movements are calling for a "new agrarian reform based on food sovereignty," that would incorporate a range of sectors, including peasant farmers, women, and ethnic minorities, in order to build an effective, and more just, development model."The states and the international system have been incapable of defeating poverty and hunger in the world."
AGRICULTURE: Social Movements Call for “New Agrarian Reform”
Rural social movements are calling for a "new agrarian reform based on food sovereignty," that would incorporate a range of sectors, including peasant farmers, women, and ethnic minorities, in order to build an effective, and more just, development model.AGRICULTURE-BRAZIL: Rural Women Protest Against Pulpwood Plantations
International Women's Day began early for the activists of Vía Campesina, a global movement of peasants and small farmers, in Brazil.DEVELOPMENT: Agrarian Reform Takes a Low Profile
The second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD) does not intend to approve a final declaration, only draft documents that will provide a foundation for a new meeting in three or four years, according to activists.AGRICULTURE: FAO and Brazil Resuscitate Agrarian Reform
The second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD), taking place this week in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, will be dusting off long-buried issues. The first edition took place 27 years ago in Rome.AGRICULTURE: FAO and Brazil Resuscitate Agrarian Reform
The second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD), taking place this week in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, will be dusting off long-buried issues. The first edition took place 27 years ago in Rome.EDUCATION-BRAZIL: Bill Would Reserve Quotas for Blacks, Indigenous Students
Universities, which have traditionally reproduced or heightened social inequality in Brazil by consolidating the position of the wealthy élite, are now being called upon to do the opposite, by opening their doors preferentially to the poor, and to blacks and indigenous people.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Analysts Disagree on “Dutch Disease” Diagnosis
Critics of Brazil's monetary policy have added a new concept to their artillery: "Dutch disease", or the threat of deindustrialisation of the national economy.HEALTH-BRAZIL: Champion in the Anti-Smoking Fight
Brazil, the world's leading tobacco exporter, is carrying out Latin America's most successful campaign against smoking: it acheived a 13-percent reduction thanks in large part to some grim advertising images depicting the effects of tobacco use on health.BRAZIL: History of Neglect Is Key Factor in Child Abandonment
Women who abandon their own babies tend to have suffered a complete lack of nurturing, and were often abused themselves as children, according to a study on a tragic phenomenon that has been catapulted into the headlines in Brazil over the past few weeks.BRAZIL: Lula’s Popularity Rallies after Months of Decline
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's prospects for reelection this year, which were hurt in the past eight months by a spate of corruption scandals, have improved according to a poll released Tuesday.AFRICA-BRAZIL: Lula Includes Blacks on Foreign and Domestic Agendas
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to Brasilia Monday after his fifth tour of Africa, while the controversy over quotas for black and indigenous students in Brazil's public universities continues to rage.ARGENTINA-BRAZIL: Mixed Reviews for Bilateral Safeguard Mechanism
A bilateral safeguard mechanism agreed upon by Brazil and Argentina in response to demands from Argentine manufacturers represents a setback for South America's Mercosur trade bloc but is welcomed by some sectors in Brazil's farm industry.SOUTH AMERICA: Guarani Indians Unite
The unity of Guaraní Indians, whose communities are spread out over five South American nations, was sealed in a gathering that ended Tuesday with a march by around 8,000 demonstrators in the southern Brazilian city of Sao Gabriel, where indigenous hero Sepé Tiarajú died on Feb. 7, 1756.BRAZIL: Indigenous People Fight for Their Rights
Land conflicts involving indigenous people have multiplied in Brazil over the last few months, generating greater tension and showing once again that the country's roughly 400,000 indigenous people still have a long way to go to win respect for their rights.SCIENCE-BRAZIL: An Astronaut Opens a Door to Space
When the first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Cesar Pontes, leaves for outer space in March, he will be opening the doors to the heavens not only for some renowned scientists in his country, but also for dozens of children at 39 municipal schools.ENERGY-BRAZIL: Hot Water from Sunshine
Turning sunshine into electricity is still too costly for it to become widespread, but using it to heat water is a viable option that is expanding in many countries, and could make great strides in Brazil.
An Astronaut Opens a Door to Space
Children at 39 municipal schools in Brazil will conduct science experiments in space, thanks to their country's first astronoaut, Marcos Pontes.LATIN AMERICA: Wobbly ‘Axis of the South’
Building a "strategic axis" between Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela appears to have the political backing of the presidents of the three countries, to judge by the frequency of their meetings. But there are serious doubts surrounding the projects that are to give shape to the planned integration.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Unaffiliated Leftist Elite Emerges
A new leftist élite is emerging at the World Social Forum, unaffiliated with any political party and made up of university-educated activists, according to surveys by IBASE, the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analysis.BRAZIL: A Push for More Local Scientists in the Amazon
Foreign experts conduct most of the scientific studies of the vast and biologically rich Amazon region. Brazil is trying to triple the number of local graduate students in related fields by 2010.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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