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False step
Movements in Latin America on the European “offer” of Free Trade
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After the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced it would resume the negotiations of a possible Association Agreement with the European Union, the regional blocs called joint actions to avoid individual ways out.
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Against Xingu Dam
Campaign launched to demand Lula to halt building of hydroelectric dam
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On Monday it was reported that the Brazilian Environment Ministry (Ibama) had authorized the building of hydroelectric dam Belo Monte, in Para State. The reaction of indigenous communities and social organizations who question the plans the government has for Xingu River didn´t take long.
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Handbrake
EPA rules in favor of agrofuels, in contradiction with previous position
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday its support to the production of agrofuels – such as ethanol from sugarcane and corn and cellulosic ethanol – and considered them the fuels that pollute the environment the least.
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4 February | Interviews | Human rights
Military Occupation
Camille Chalmers, from Haiti, denounces the US military occupation disguised as humanitarian aid
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“We will not accept becoming a new US military base in the Caribbean”, said Camille Chalmers, outraged by the attitude of the governments, especially the US, which have come to the “rescue” of Haiti with troops and guns.
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3 February | News | Human rights
Real Help
Social organizations and unions send missions to support Haiti
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After the earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12th, the emergency work which has not been carried out by the military occupying Haiti has automatically become the responsibility of social organizations, both national and international, who have given a new meaning to the concept of humanitarian aid.
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2 February | Video | Climate Justice and Energy
The road to Cochabamba
Pablo Solon’s speech at the World Social Forum 2010
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The failure of the COP 15 on Climate Change, which took place in December in Copenhagen, led the Bolivian government to call a World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights that will be held in April in Cochabamba.
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2 February | News | Extractive industries
Paving the way
March in Peru against Mining project Tia Maria
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The residents of the Peruvian province of Islay, to the southeast of Arequipa Department will march to Lima on February 10 to express their opposition to the mining project Tia Maria, developed by Southern Peru Copper Corp.
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2 February | Interviews | Free Honduras | Human rights
Discipline and Punish
Repression in Honduras remains unpunished. Interview with Juan Almendares
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The repression against the organizations and peasant communities resisting the coup and who defend the right to their lands in Honduras has intensified after the inauguration of Porfirio Lobo to continue the de facto regime that ousted José Manuel Zelaya.
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1 February | Interviews | Climate Justice and Energy
Populated Cemeteries
Spanish government secretly negotiates final destination of nuclear waste
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Towns with small population are tempted to receive waste from Spanish nuclear power plants in exchange for public funds, while organizations seek to build citizen resistance.
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