Brazil: Legalizing GM Cotton
A draft law which legalizes illegal genetically modified cotton varieties in Brazil has passed in the lower house of congress and is likely to pass in the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Paulo Pimenta […]
Year: 2007
U.S. Congress Should Make New Years Resolution for Haiti
Source: International Relations Center New Year’s Day has a history of hope for former slaves in the hemisphere: Haiti freed its slaves and declared its independence on New Year’s 1804; 59 years behind its southern […]
Bolivia: Protestors Burn Cochabamba Governor’s Office and Demand His Resignation
Source: Andean Information Network The Prefecture in Cochabamba’s main plaza has been blocked for five days here by social groups demanding the resignation of Prefect Manfred ReyesVilla. Protesting groups reject Reyes Villa’s tenure, as a […]
Testimony of Torture Victim in Oaxaca
Good morning. My name is Porfirio Domínguez Muñozcano. I am an architect. My professional credential is number 1379284. All of my life for 16 years, I have been an architect, working in this profession. […]
Argentina-Uruguay: la militarización del conflicto papelero
Fuente: IRC Americas El 29 de noviembre el conflicto entre Argentina y Uruguay por la instalación de fábricas de celulosa en el fronterizo río Uruguay, tuvo un vuelco espectacular. Los medios informaron que el gobierno […]
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