BOLIVIA: Businesses Take On the Green Challenge
By Bernarda Claure*
LA PAZ - What do Bolivia's largest textile mill, an organic cacao cooperative and an indigenous-run tourist hostel in the Amazon have in common? The answer lies in the path, shaky but inspiring, that they are all taking towards sustainable production.
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NICARAGUA: US Fourth Fleet Treads Fine Line
By José Adán Silva
BILWI, Nicaragua - The newly reactivated U.S. Fourth Fleet began its operations in Latin American waters with a humanitarian mission that made its first stop in Nicaragua, before heading on to six other countries of the Caribbean and Central and South America.
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CHILE: Exhibit to Celebrate Indigenous Art
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - More than 100 artists from Chile’s nine indigenous groups will take part in the second biennial exhibition of indigenous art in the capital Oct. 17-Nov. 2, which hopes to draw at least 30,000 visitors.
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PERU: Native Groups Protest Laws Facilitating Sales of Land
By Milagros Salazar
LIMA - Defending the state of emergency declared in three provinces in Peru to crack down on protests by indigenous communities against a law facilitating the sale of their community-owned lands, Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo said the government was safeguarding "the rights of the great majority of Peruvians."
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CUBA: Founder of Women in White Drops Out
By Patricia Grogg
HAVANA - Miriam Leiva, one of the founders of the Cuban movement Women in White, announced Monday that she was leaving the group of wives, mothers and sisters of imprisoned dissidents to dedicate herself to "independent journalism."
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RIGHTS: Tortuous Road to Justice in Inter-American System
By Raúl Pierri
MONTEVIDEO - Financial costs and lack of information are the main hurdles that public defenders must overcome in order to bring cases before the Inter-American Court on Human Rights, which ended its XXXV extraordinary period of sessions Friday in the Uruguayan capital.
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PARAGUAY: "Today a New Country Is Born," Says New President
By David Vargas
ASUNCION - Former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo was sworn in Friday as president of Paraguay in a ceremony charged with emotion that broke with protocol, promising to rebuild this impoverished landlocked South American nation that was ruled by the rightwing Colorado Party for 61 years.
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MEDIA-LATIN AMERICA: Behind-the-Scenes Censorship
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - A study carried out in seven countries of Latin America found a "growing trend" in the region of subtle, largely invisible government interference with the media and journalistic independence.
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HEALTH-LATIN AMERICA: Free Rein for Biobanks?
By Emilio Godoy*
MEXICO CITY - Four years ago, when Guillermo Soberón -- one of Mexico’s most prominent scientists -- became a grandfather, the newborn's parents received a letter requesting a donation of biological material to be used for medical research.
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POLITICS-PARAGUAY: Rocky Road Ahead for Lugo
By David Vargas
ASUNCION - Amidst anticipation and apprehension regarding the imminent political transition, Paraguay is gearing up for Friday’s inauguration of centre-left President-elect Fernando Lugo, known as the "bishop of the poor", who is putting an end to six decades of Colorado Party rule.
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