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miércoles, 31 de agosto de 2011
Child Allowance Restores Families' Ties with Schools
Child Allowance Restores Families' Ties with Schools: The cash transfer, which is now received by the families of more than 3.6 million children and adolescents in this South American country of 40 million people, is conditional on school attendance and keeping up-to-date on vaccines and health checkups. ...
Drugs give rise to sanctum of violence
Drugs give rise to sanctum of violence: “El Salvador and Honduras complete for the highest homicide rates in the world these days, higher than Colombia or South Africa,” says Geoff Thale, program director at the Washington Office on Latin America, another US-based think tank. ...
The American Dream, In Black and White
The American Dream, In Black and White: To acknowledge white poverty does not absolve us of our responsibility to address racism. Here's part of my family story: The small house at the corner of 89th and South May in Chicago has seen better days. Surrounded by a patchwork quilt of tired ...
Canadian on death row in Montana fights 'inhumane' execution drug
Canadian on death row in Montana fights 'inhumane' execution drug
Smith confessed to the murders at the time and initially requested the death penalty, but he later launched a legal fight to avoid execution that has lasted nearly 30 years. With his criminal court appeals now exhausted, the only legal obstacle ...
Indigent women of Latin America blaze new trails for themselves, their ...
Indigent women of Latin America blaze new trails for themselves, their ...: In turn, they all impact humanity. The concept is based on three things: "respect for nature, dialogue between cultures, and human dignity." All three elements lie at the core of changing women's lives in South America. The report presents eight case ...
Do Trees Grow on Money?
Do Trees Grow on Money?:
| Tom Goldtooth, Director of the North America-based Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), has called REDD “a violation of the sacred, and the commodification of life.” Goldtooth warns that the policy won't actually reduce emissions, that it is already ...
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Earth Island Journal |
Chile's first lady says miners won't be abandoned
Chile's first lady says miners won't be abandoned: SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's first lady has reassured all 33 rescued miners that the government won't abandon them, a day after she announced early retirement benefits for just under half of them. President Sebastian Pinera's ...
Cuban dissidents ask church to intervene with gov't
Cuban dissidents ask church to intervene with gov't: Havana – The Ladies in White, the dissident movement that lobbies for the release of political prisoners in Cuba, asked the Catholic Church to intervene with the Castro regime so that the latter would halt its "harassment" of the group. ...
Ex-military chiefs convicted for Bolivia crackdown
Ex-military chiefs convicted for Bolivia crackdown
It quickly set off protests by the largely Aymara Indian population of La Paz's satellite city, El Alto, which vented centuries of anger over poverty and political marginalization. Sanchez de Lozada, whose indictment was authorized by Congress before ...
Bolivia officers convicted over 2003 massacre
Bolivia officers convicted over 2003 massacre:
| It quickly set off protests by the largely indigenous population of La Paz's satellite city, El Alto, which vented anger over poverty, political marginalisation and the extraction of natural resources from Pachamama - the Aymara term of a highly ...
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Aljazeera.net |
Kolkata's kids await Messi moments
Kolkata's kids await Messi moments:
| ... slums kept vigil as the first among the equals for their Friday date with the Argentine soccer wizard. Since childhood these boys lived in the city's armpit- the infamous slums of Kolkata overflowing with gigantic stinks and all around poverty. ...
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indiablooms |
Cuban-trained American doctor helps save lives in Haiti
Cuban-trained American doctor helps save lives in Haiti:
| I was in Cuba at that time in my forth year of medical school at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM). The school sought out a group of Americans from the 2010 graduating class to incorporate into the "Brigada Medica Cubana. ...
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People's World |
Poverty crisis in US gambling paradise
Poverty crisis in US gambling paradise: The crowd was predominantly Latino and African American: many of them elderly, the rest women with young children. With the temperature approaching 35C (95F), most sought refuge in the shade. Some fanned themselves with baseball caps or carried ...
Underdogs Venezuela arrive without any baggage
Underdogs Venezuela arrive without any baggage: PTI Venezuela were robbed of a crucial practice session today ahead of their FIFA International friendly against Argentina here on Friday after their playingkits landed in Madrid instead of arriving here this morning. The organisers of the match, ...
Infant mortality study shows US lags other nations
Infant mortality study shows US lags other nations: Not the US Babies born here are more likely to die during the first month of life than babies born in Cuba, Poland, and dozens of other countries, a new study says. "It's not that things are worse in the United States than before," said Dr. Joy Lawn, ...
US ranks low for newborn survival
US ranks low for newborn survival: Babies born in Cuba, Malaysia, Portugal, and the United Kingdom have a better chance of surviving the first month compared to those born in the United States, according to researchers at the World Health Organization and Save the Children. ...
The United States Forbids Normal Communication between Cubans and Puerto Ricans
The United States Forbids Normal Communication between Cubans and Puerto Ricans
Cubans and Puerto Ricans have been forced into an artificial separation by the US blockade, even though charter flights are now traveling between the two countries. The first commercial flight between Puerto Rico and Cuba recently re-opened a path ...
23 immigrants hide in border stash house
23 immigrants hide in border stash house: Castillo-Estrada, who remains in custody, faces up to 10 years in prison when sentenced Nov. 8. His hometown in Mexico wasn't immediately released. Investigators say agents were conducting surveillance Aug. 16 when an SUV, driven by Castillo-Estrada, ...
Violence and the Capitalist System
Violence and the Capitalist System: The Rio de Janeiro police kill about 1000 a year, mostly in street executions. ... lives is done not by direct violence but by the poverty, starvation, ...
More Infants Die Early in US than in 40 Countries, Including Cuba: WHO Study
More Infants Die Early in US than in 40 Countries, Including Cuba: WHO Study
The countries which outranked the US in terms of neonatal death rates are South Korea, Cuba, Poland, Andorra and Israel. Although the rate of infant death has dropped over the last 20 years in the US, preterm birth is still a major predicament faced by ...
Mexican journalist gets political asylum in US
Mexican journalist gets political asylum in US: Alejandro Martinez was taken by armed men last year while covering a prison riot in Durango, Mexico. He was held for about a week by alleged drug dealers who demanded to have a message aired on national television. Carlos Spector, Martinez's attorney, ...
Rainforest activist asks for protection after death threats
Rainforest activist asks for protection after death threats:
| Photograph: Reuters Raimundo Francisco Belmiro dos Santos, a defender of the Amazon jungle, has requested urgent protection from the authorities in Brazil after reporting that a number of hired gunmen are looking for him, because landowners in the ...
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The Guardian |
14 of Chile's 33 rescued miners get government approval for early retirement ...
14 of Chile's 33 rescued miners get government approval for early retirement ...
By AP, SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's government has granted the early retirement requested by nearly half of the 33 miners who survived more than two months trapped deep underground last year. The 14 miners who have cited either physical or psychological ...
Chilean president reaches out to activists
Chilean president reaches out to activists: SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has called for dialogue with student activists after protests led to the killing of a teenager last week, officials said. Pinera said the Chilean government is taking full ...
Cuba dissidents ask Church to stop harassment by state (Reuters ...
Cuba dissidents ask Church to stop harassment by state (Reuters ...: HAVANA (Reuters) – Leaders of the dissident group Ladies in White asked the Catholic Church on Tuesday to intervene with the Cuban government.
martes, 30 de agosto de 2011
Latino College Enrollment Rises 24%
Latino College Enrollment Rises 24%:
| The recession had a great deal to do with the increase in university enrollments because, apparently, the high levels of unemployment, especially among young people, motivate them to continue their studies to improve their long-term job prospects. ...
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Latin American Herald Tribune |
Gov's new neighborhood more like average Floridian
Gov's new neighborhood more like average Floridian: Only a half-percent of residents in the Naples neighborhood had an income in the previous year that was below the poverty line. That was true for about 24 percent of the residents in the Tallahassee neighborhood, about double the statewide rate. ...
Poverty a risk factor for heart disease
Poverty a risk factor for heart disease: Lead author Peter Franks, a professor at the University of California, Davis, says, "Being poor or having less than a high-school education can be regarded as an extra risk when assessing a patient's chances of developing cardiovascular disease. ...
Welfare Nostalgia Won't Help Poor
Welfare Nostalgia Won't Help Poor: But they are wrong to assume that welfare's cash payments are somehow still central to America's efforts to fight poverty, relieve social distress or shorten recessions. Clinton's emphasis on "work first" made the unemployment system, ...
Cuban singer Milanes knocks attacks on 'Ladies'
Cuban singer Milanes knocks attacks on 'Ladies': Milanes, one of the celebrated founders of Cuba's "nueva trova" musical movement, has long maintained he is loyal to the Cuban Revolution. But he has also at times advocated for more freedoms on the island and been critical of the government. ...
Petition launches to free Alan Gross
Petition launches to free Alan Gross: The petition launched Monday appeals to Cuba's leadership to release Gross on humanitarian grounds before the Jewish High Holidays begin with Rosh HaShanah on Sept. 29. Gross, 62, is serving a 15-year prison sentence in Cuba for “crimes against the ...
Chile police sacked over teen death
Chile police sacked over teen death:
| ... an area east of Santiago, one of hundreds of places around the country where unrest broke out during the 48-hour general strike last week. Before dawn on Monday, demonstrators blocked access to Chile's largest copper mines by setting barricades on ...
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Aljazeera.net |
Syria prison deaths show sharp rise in 2011: Amnesty
Syria prison deaths show sharp rise in 2011: Amnesty
... the mass violations and take measures to bring those responsible to account. "The reaction of the UN Security Council has so far been inadequate," said the rights group, pointing to China, Russia, Brazil and India's opposition to any stronger response.
Truth Wins Out - Anti-Gay Puerto Rican Senator Also Likes To Play ...
Truth Wins Out - Anti-Gay Puerto Rican Senator Also Likes To Play ...: Senator Robert Arango, who was the Vice Chairman of George W.Bush and Dick Cheney's Puerto Rico re-election committee in 2004, has been supposedly identified by the Puerto Rican TV show Dando Candela for placing naked pictures of ...
Controversial Airport Is Planned for Costa Rica
Controversial Airport Is Planned for Costa Rica:
| ... Latin American Advocate at the Natural Resources Defense Council. But since last October when Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla designated the project one “of national importance,” promoting its ability to fight poverty and create jobs, ...
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New York Times (blog) |
The cartels behind Mexico's drug war World CBC News
The cartels behind Mexico's drug war World CBC News: Mexico's network of drug cartels is nebulous and complex, with the various criminal organizations merging, splintering and shifting alliances in their quest ...
Now in Aisle 6: Tips on healthy eating for low-income shoppers
Now in Aisle 6: Tips on healthy eating for low-income shoppers:
| ... program designed to teach low-income Californians about the importance of proper ... Latinos, who are the fastest-growing ethnic group in California, ...
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Local alumnus works on AIDs crisis
Local alumnus works on AIDs crisis:
| These days, his work focuses on mapping out strategy on healthcare, education and social welfare for Latin America and the Caribbean. He oversees a staff of about 100 and a portfolio of more than 75 projects in 25 countries, totaling roughly $10 ...
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Shoreview Press |
Colombia's poverty politics 'merit cautious welcome': The Guardian
Colombia's poverty politics 'merit cautious welcome': The Guardian
64% of the population fall below the poverty line set by the Colombian government itself. According to The Guardian, the country has fallen behind by its Latin American neighbors. While the Colombian economy has seen rapid growth, its Gini rating ...
Controversial Airport Is Planned for Costa Rica
Controversial Airport Is Planned for Costa Rica:
| ... Latin American Advocate at the Natural Resources Defense Council. But since last October when Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla designated the project one “of national importance,” promoting its ability to fight poverty and create jobs, ...
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New York Times (blog) |
Is $29 billion missing from Hugo Chavez's Fonden development fund?
Is $29 billion missing from Hugo Chavez's Fonden development fund?
Our guest blogger and his colleague look into why money in a massive fund in Venezuela is unaccounted for. Their efforts also shine light on a day of Venezuelan bureaucracy. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez talks during a television broadcast about ...
Chile Stocks Rise 1% As Investors Look For Bargains
Chile Stocks Rise 1% As Investors Look For Bargains: SANTIAGO (Dow Jones)--Chile's blue-chip Ipsa index rose 1.0% Tuesday afternoon, as investors shopped around for bargains. The Ipsa index rose to 4257.11 points despite weaker-than-expected local industrial production data released earlier in the day. ...
Cuba seeks South African funding for medical projects
Cuba seeks South African funding for medical projects:
| Cuba is using the Norwegian contribution — the second after a $850000 check in January — for the purchase of drugs and medical equipment for its 930-member medical brigade in Haiti. South African Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said during ...
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Cuba Standard.com |
Billion people go to sleep hungry every night
Billion people go to sleep hungry every night:
| So, we hear a lot about the economic growth of Brazil, and India, and China where many people have been lifted out of poverty by that economic success, but hundreds of millions of people in those countries still remain poor. So, there remains a sort of ...
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The Voice of Russia |
Buenos Aires, Argentina to bid for 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Buenos Aires, Argentina to bid for 2018 Youth Olympic Games: Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri along with the President of the Argentine Olympic Committee Gerardo Werthein formally announced Monday that the city will submit an application to bid for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. ...
Hugo Chavez Says He's Beating Cancer
Hugo Chavez Says He's Beating Cancer:
| Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba in June that removed a cancerous tumor from his pelvic region, and shaved his head after starting to lose his hair due to chemotherapy. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is preparing for a third ...
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ThirdAge |
Divorce rates highest in the South, including La.
Divorce rates highest in the South, including La.: Sociology professor Laurie Chancey said the high divorce rates in the South could be linked to high poverty rates. "Economic stress is one of the biggest reasons people get divorced," Chancey said. Without a stable job or income, she warned, ...
Venezuela's squatter city
Venezuela's squatter city:
| CARACAS, Venezuela — The unfinished 45-story office tower looming over this capital city lacks plumbing, elevators and walls. Yet it's become a haven for squatters desperate for a place to live. The invasion of the half-built tower, a project ...
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GlobalPost |
Chile: general strike adds to pressure on the government
Chile: general strike adds to pressure on the government: Organizers estimated that 250000 to 300000 people marched in Santiago, and an equal number took part in the mobilizations in the rest of the country. Jaime Gajardo, president of the Teachers Association of Chile, called the Santiago march "the largest ...
Mexican cameraman granted political asylum
Mexican cameraman granted political asylum: On July 26 last year, Hernandez Pacheco and a reporter, both of whom were working for Mexican television network Televisa, traveled to Gomez Palacio, Durango, to report on the arrest of Cereso prison director Margarita Rojas, who was accused of ...
lunes, 29 de agosto de 2011
Venezuelans slowly coming into their own
Venezuelans slowly coming into their own
For a nation obsessed with beauty - you could say, they the Brazil of beauty pageants - it's a big surprise that Venezuela has had little time for the beautiful game. Known to the world mostly for its assembly line of breathtaking beauty queens who ...
Judge revokes decision on closure of Venezuelan newspaper 6to Poder
Judge revokes decision on closure of Venezuelan newspaper 6to Poder: A wise man changes his mind, a fool never," he said Caracas Ninth Trial Control Court, presided over by Judge Denisse Bocanegra, resolved to reverse a decision to ban the publication and distribution of Venezuelan weekly newspaper 6to Poder , attorney ...
6500 Colombian girls under 14 get pregnant annually
6500 Colombian girls under 14 get pregnant annually: Santos' government recently called teen pregnancy a serious social issue that further entrenches poverty. President Juan Manuel Santos stated in July that "in the majority of cases, [teen pregnancy] forces young people to stop their studies, ...
Peru in talks over two mining royalty rates-sources
Peru in talks over two mining royalty rates-sources: Securing new funds from lucrative mining firms to fund anti-poverty initiatives was a key campaign promise from leftist President Ollanta Humala. [ID:nN1E77O0WQ] Financial analysts praised Thursday's announcement for being a reasonable sum and noted ...
Puerto Rico senator resigns after linked to nude photos
Puerto Rico senator resigns after linked to nude photos: San Juan – The leader of the governing PNP in the Puerto Rican Senate, Roberto Arango, resigned amid a scandal over nude photos that appeared on an iPhone social-networking application for gay and bisexual men. The news was made public by Senate ...
Venezuelan court lifts order against newspaper, allowing it to resume publishing
Venezuelan court lifts order against newspaper, allowing it to resume publishing
By AP, CARACAS, Venezuela — A Venezuelan court on Monday lifted an order that had barred a weekly newspaper from being published, a lawyer for the paper said. A judge had ordered the newspaper 6to Poder to temporarily stop publishing after it ran a ...
Police brutality should be front-page news in Argentina
Police brutality should be front-page news in Argentina:
| A recent study at Tennessee's Vanderbilt University identified Argentina as having one of the worst records of police violence in Latin America, with 8.7% of the population subjected to some form of violence and abuse by the Argentinian police forces ...
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The Guardian |
Gangs forge new business model in, out of prison
Gangs forge new business model in, out of prison: "On the street I'm Syndicate Four, but in the jail I'm a Four Corner Hustler," he said. The faction obtains heroin from Hispanic gang members connected to Mexican cartels, he said. To make sure its customers aren't actually cops, the faction conducts ...
World's Most Powerful Women In Politics
World's Most Powerful Women In Politics
... making Rousseff the first female head of government in Brazil. The economist and former Marxist guerrilla served previously as the country's Minister of Energy and Chief of Staff, during which a reported 24 million escaped absolute poverty. ...
Controversial victims on Chile's official list
Controversial victims on Chile's official list
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Some Chileans are upset that two people who collaborated with Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship and an alleged leftist assassin can now get $256 a month in compensation as victims of torture. Lorena Pizarro, president of a ...
Searching for Candela: Police goes door-by-door
Searching for Candela: Police goes door-by-door: In another day of the massive search of 11-year-older Candela Rodríguez, who's been missing since a week ago, Buenos Aires province police authorities have decided to go door by door in order to cover all victim family's neighbouring residences in ...
Kiss of Death: A Parasite Threatens Latin American Immigrants
Kiss of Death: A Parasite Threatens Latin American Immigrants: In landlocked Bolivia, where 60 percent of people live under the poverty line, 1 million people—or almost 10 percent of the population—has Chagas. ...
Indigenous activists gain momentum in Bolivia
Indigenous activists gain momentum in Bolivia:
| Miners, teachers, university students, and even another major indigenous sector, known as the Ponchos Rojos, who have been loyal to the government until now, will join. Accusations by the president that non-governmental organisations and the US embassy ...
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Aljazeera.net |
Venezuela's Guayana Holds $250 Billion of Gold, Mundo Report
Venezuela's Guayana Holds $250 Billion of Gold, Mundo Report: By Nathan Crooks - Mon Aug 29 14:20:57 GMT 2011 Venezuela's southern Guayana region, which includes the states of Bolivar, Amazonas and part of Delta Amacuro, has 140 million ounces of gold reserves, newspaper El Mundo reported today. ...
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