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06/06/2008
The Peruvian government must protect the livelihoods and lands of isolated tribes in the Peruvian rainforest, said a South American indigenous federation after photos were taken of uncontacted tribes living along the Brazil-Peru border.
Read moreFrom: Survival International Related: [South America] [Brazil] [Land] [Forests] [Indigenous Rights] [Social Exclusion] [Governance] |
05/23/2008
A local forensic team is set to exhume and identify more than 120 people massacred by the Peruvian military in 1984, a process that will help relatives of those "disappeared" during the country's civil war heal and demand justice.
Read moreFrom: Advocacy Project Related: [Indigenous Rights] [Justice and Crime] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Arms & Military] |
05/01/2008
At least 30 million people's water supply would be affected by the anticipated loss of Andean glaciers which are dwindling ever faster.
Read moreFrom: Living in Peru Related: [Water/Sanitation] [Climate Change] Image: Jacabamba Glacier, Peru, in 1980 (left) and 2002 (right) © Lynas
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04/11/2008
Perun kouluissa podetaan kovaa pulaa pätevistä opettajista. Opettajantutkinnon suorittaneille järjestettiin hiljattain kokeet yli 20 000 avoimen viran täyttämiseksi. Kokeen läpäisi kuitenkin vain 151 hakijaa.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Education] Image: Bernhard Smid
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04/10/2008
"Show your support of trade agreements that assure job security and decent livelihoods, and take a stand against the NAFTA model that displaces millions from their homes and jobs and furthers environmental destruction," urges a group advocating fairer globalization.
Read moreFrom: Global Exchange Related: [United States] [South Korea] [Panama] [Colombia] [Agriculture] [International Cooperation] [Labor] [Trade] [Environmental Activism] [Geopolitics] Image: © American Friends Service Committee
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04/07/2008
Professori Eero Aarnion suunnitteleman uuden tilanjakaja-puun tuotoista rahoitetaan Perun Andeilla sijaitsevaa aluekehityshanketta. Jokainen myyty Aarnion puu tuottaa neljä hedelmäpuuta Peruun.
Read moreFrom: Suomen World Vision Related: [Finland] [International Cooperation] |
03/04/2008
With the help of Kusikuy -- a fair trade business importing hand-knit sweaters, scarves, and other garments made by artisans in South America -- Brattleboro, Vermont became the second Fair Trade Town in America.
Read moreFrom: Co-op America Related: [Bolivia] |
02/12/2008
Tuhannet osoittivat mieltään Perussa suunniteltua uutta lakia vastaan, joka sallisi hotellien rakentamisen kulttuurihistoriallisesti arvokkaille vanhoille inka-alueille, muun muassa Machu Picchuun.
Read moreFrom: UnMundo América Latina Related: [Tourism] [Indigenous Rights] Image: Macchu Piccu, Peru © Helen Jones
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01/31/2008
PUCALLPA, Peru, Jan 30 (IPS) - Residents of the Amazon jungle town of Orellana in Peru have filed a complaint against a logging company for using their identity documents to commit tax fraud in illegal timber sales worth more than $200,000.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Labor] [Corporations] [Business] [Forests] |
01/15/2008
Peru will receive its first batch of XO laptops from the One Laptop per Child initiative in mid-February, despite pressure from rival company Intel to drop the order.
Read moreFrom: SciDev.Net |
12/17/2007
A free trade agreement launched last week between Peru and the U.S. "fails to deliver on its development potential and could further deepen poverty for Peru's poorest," writes an international humanitarian group.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam America Related: [United States] [Development] [Trade] |
12/11/2007
Peruvian President Alan García is planning to introduce a new law that promotes foreign investment by diminishing rural indigenous communities' control over communally owned lands.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) |
12/06/2007
The governments of Ecuador and Peru recently approved three new major oil projects threatening biodiversity and isolated indigenous groups in the Upper Amazon Basin.
Read moreFrom: Environment News Service Related: [Ecuador] Image: Amazon Rain Forest
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11/14/2007
Kehitysmaiden lapsille suunnattu tietokone löytää tiensä vielä tämän vuoden puolella myös Peruun, Meksikoon, Etiopiaan, Ruandaan, Haitiin ja Intiaan. Käyttöönoton lähestyessä alkuperäinen sadan dollarin kannettava on hinnaltaan jo lähes kaksinkertainen.
Read moreFrom: Digital Opportunity Channel Related: [Uruguay] [Mexico] [India] [Haiti] [Education] [Intermediate Technology] [International Cooperation] [ICT] |
11/07/2007
Uruguay is the first country to place an official order for child-friendly laptops from the One Laptop Per Child initiative, and Peru looks set to follow.
Read moreFrom: SciDev.Net Related: [Uruguay] |
11/02/2007
Big gas and oil companies in the Peruvian Amazon are contaminating the rivers and wildlife of the region, introducing disease and other problems into the lives of the indigenous people who reside there, explains journalist Kelly Hearn.
Read moreFrom: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting |
10/15/2007
Saying the Peruvian government has shown a complete lack of leadership on the issue, a team of forensic scientists is demanding that civil society be given authority to locate and identify some thousands of victims unaccounted for during the country's period of internal conflict.
Read moreFrom: Advocacy Project Related: [United States] |
10/12/2007
A referendum was held last month in three Peruvian communities that would be affected by the proposed opening of a pit mine. The vote revealed that a resounding 95 percent oppose the ecologically damaging operation.
Read moreFrom: Environment News Service (ENS) Image: Peruvians demonstrating against another mining venture. © Oxfam International
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10/10/2007
An early morning radio show broadcast in one of the most remote areas on Earth has successfully communicated issues varying from environmental conservation to women's rights for the last ten years.
Read moreFrom: New America Media |
10/03/2007
A corruption probe has implicated some high-level Peruvian officials with personal ties to companies that were awarded no-bid contracts and provided overpriced emergency supplies for the earthquake rebuilding effort.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) |



