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06/27/2008 ASUNCION, Jun 26 (IPS) - Paraguay's public hospitals are on the verge of collapse, due to a lack of resources for responding to the wave of southern hemisphere winter illnesses. The first measure to be adopted by the new government that will take over in August will be to declare a "social emergency" in healthcare, the future health minister told IPS.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
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06/23/2008 Privatization, free trade, and market forces...the rich world insists poor states play by our rules. But they don't work. Time to let countries determine their own destinies, asks Duncan Green.
From: New Statesman
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Related: [Botswana] [Haiti] [Poverty] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Governance]
06/23/2008 One month after the largest, single-site workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of residents of Postville, Iowa are unable to work or feed their families as they await deportation orders that could take months.
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From: New America Media
Related: [United States] [Mexico] [Guatemala] [Labor] [Migration] [Civil Rights] [Social Exclusion] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law]
06/21/2008 Un mes después de la mayor redada de inmigración en un solo lugar de trabajo en la historia de los EE.UU., las familias de Postville todavía viven con el miedo de que regresen los agentes de inmigración.
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From: New America Media
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06/17/2008 The aftermath of a recent immigration raid in Iowa demonstrates the human cost of removing migrant workers from their families and community, writes journalist Lynda Waddington.
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From: Reproductive Health Reality Check
Related: [United States] [Guatemala] [Children] [Labor] [Migration] [Business] [Civil Rights] [Religion] [Social Exclusion] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law]
06/14/2008 Nearly 3,000 Americans have signed a petition by an international aid group urging the G-8 finance ministers, meeting this weekend, to cancel Haiti's "illegitimate" billion dollar debt as Haitians struggle to endure sky-rocketing prices of food and fuel.
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From: Jubilee USA Network
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06/13/2008 As food prices and hunger continue to rise worldwide, small farmers in Brazil, Guatemala, and Mexico are suggesting solutions quite different than the free trade policies endorsed at a recent UN food summit in Rome.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Mexico] [Guatemala] [Brazil] [Agriculture] [Food] [Capacity Building] [Consumption] [Conservation]
06/12/2008 An appeal launched earlier this year urging the next U.S. president to make nuclear disarmament a priority has garnered attention and signatures from citizens, Nobel Peace Laureates, and groups around the world.
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Related: [United States] [International Cooperation] [Nuclear Issues] [Geopolitics] [Nuclear Arms] [Peace]
06/11/2008 Multi-nationalism, agrarian reform, and direct democracy are the only ways to end societal exclusion of indigenous people in Ecuador, argues indigenous leader Dr. Luis Macas.
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From: In Motion Magazine
Related: [Ecuador] [Land] [Social Exclusion] [Indigenous Rights] [Culture] [Democracy]
06/10/2008 The Organization of American States adopted a resolution last week condemning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, but new laws must be implemented and enforced for the resolution to be effective, says a human rights watchdog.
From: Human Rights Watch
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Related: [Northern America] [Social Exclusion] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Sexuality] [Social Exclusion]
06/09/2008 Single mother Judith Alexandre and other Haitian families are hard hit by raised food prices, but an international relief organization is working diligently to provide for those who have no other option but to skip meals.
From: Oxfam America
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Related: [Haiti] [Aid] [Food] [Poverty] [Trade]
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.
From: Survival International
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Related: [South America] [Brazil] [Peru] [Land] [Forests] [Indigenous Rights] [Social Exclusion] [Governance]
06/06/2008 Activists from Argentina to Ghana are using cell phones to monitor environmental conditions, organize rallies, and inform consumers about the environmental impact of their purchases.
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From: Global Voices Online
Related: [Argentina] [Ghana] [Kenya] [United Kingdom] [United States] [Environmental Activism] [Pollution] [Communication] [ICT] [Activism]
06/04/2008 Fertility rates in Central America far exceed the Latin American average because Central American youth lack access to sex education, contraceptives, and youth-oriented policies, says a new study by a sexual health institute.
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From: Guttmacher Institute
Related: [El Salvador] [Guatemala] [Honduras] [Nicaragua] [Education] [Youth] [Health]
06/03/2008 A group of indigenous women in the Argentinean highlands have become global entrepreneurs and key participants in local politics while dealing with the mountain of lead in their backyard.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Related: [Argentina] [Poverty] [Business] [Gender] [Indigenous Rights] [Environmental Activism] [Pollution]

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