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UN: Mexico Violating Human Rights of Migrants

March 25, 2008 Cyril Mychalejko 0

Dr. Jorge Bustamante

Jorge Bustamante, the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, said that there are "reports of rampant impunity for instances of corruption, including bribery and extortion, violence against women, and trafficking in children…[and] that the impunity seems to be linked to abuses of power at the municipal, state and federal levels."

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Peru: Coca Advocates Protest Suggested UN Ban

March 20, 2008 Jenessa Stark 0

Hilaria Supa

Lima, Peru – On March 19th, a group of protestors and various indigenous activist groups gathered near the central square in Lima to raise awareness about the spiritual and cultural uses of the coca leaf, roughly two weeks after the International Narcotics Control Board of the United Nations urged the Peruvian government to consider banning the use and sale of the leaf. […]

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Reciclamos! Is Community Recycling a Sustainable Livelihood in Coastal Mexico?

Luz and Marta spend their days sorting through the old beer bottles and plastic milk jugs of Mexican residents and tourists alike, but they aren’t doing it on top of a garbage dump, as happens in many other Mexican cities and in developing countries around the world. In San Pancho, Nayarit, a growing town on the west coast of Mexico, a non-profit started by an American ex-patriot seeks to channel the influx of tourist dollars into education and livelihood programs that also clean up the environment. 

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Another SOA? Police Academy in El Salvador Worries Critics

March 18, 2008 Wes Enzinna 0

Semi-secretly established in 2005, a Salvadoran branch of the International Law Enforcement Academy, a U.S.-sponsored global network of police schools, has angered critics and human rights activists, who wonder if it will perpetuate long-standing patterns of police and military abuse in the country.

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