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Haiti Earthquake #5: A Disaster of Historic Proportions

January 15, 2010

January 15, 2010 Haiti Earthquake, #5 Please continue to read and widely re-distribute these Haiti Earthquake reports. “This is a disaster of historic proportions”. – U.S. Government official Janet Napolitano More than 50,000 people killed, the number possibly closer to 100,000 “50 percent of buildings in the worst-hit areas damaged or destroyed.” – U.N....
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Haiti Earthquake #4: Absolutely Catastrophic Situation in Haiti

January 14, 2010

January 14, 2010 Haiti Earthquake, #4 While the 7.0 earthquake is the immediate cause of Haiti’s’ disaster, the main cause of death and despair are the historic conditions of poverty and vulnerability of a majority of haiti’s 9,000,000 people. Below, we send information from CNN television.  The reports are devastating. The estimates of the...
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Haiti Earthquake #3: Statement from the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti

January 14, 2010

January 14, 2010 Haiti Earthquake, #3 Rights Action re-sends this statement from the INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY IN HAITI (IJDH): RESPONDING TO HAITI’S DEVASTATION We support the IJDH and the articles and organizations that they recommend.  Please contact the IJDH directly and consider donating funds directly to the groups they work with and...
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Haiti Earthquake #2: Death and Destruction Are Staggering

January 13, 2010

January 13, 2010 Haiti Earthquake, #2 “Life is already so fragile in Haiti, and to have this on such a massive scale, it’s unimaginable how the country will be able to recover from this.” – Edwidge Danticat “It is a tragedy that defies expression; a tragedy that compels all people to the highest levels...
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Haiti Earthquake Report #1: Funding Appeal

January 13, 2010

January 13, 2010 Haiti Earthquake Report-Appeal #1 7.0 EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATES HAITI EMERGENCY FUND-RAISING On January 12, 2010, an “apocalyptic” earthquake, 7.0 on the richter scale, devastated Haiti, the epi-center 10 miles south-west of the capital city, Port-au-Prince, a city of close to 3,000,000 people. With the highest levels of poverty and exploitation in the...
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  • RIGHTS-CUBA: Dissident Group Reports Uptick in Arrests September 8, 2011
    The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation criticised the situation in this Caribbean island nation in a report released three days after government media warned that a new smear campaign was being organised against the country. […]
  • MEXICO: Traditional Maize Can Cope with Climate Change September 8, 2011
    Maize, Mexico's staple food as well as a symbol, has the potential to adapt to climate change and mitigate its effects without any need for genetically modified seeds, according to agricultural scientists. […]
  • ARGENTINA: Against the Current in Nuclear Energy September 8, 2011
    While the tendency in the industrialised world in the wake of the Mar. 11 nuclear meltdown in Japan is to abandon plans for further nuclear energy development, in Argentina the capacity of existing plants is being strengthened, and new reactors are being built. […]
  • US-LATAM: Human Trafficking Scourge Needs More Than Policing September 7, 2011
    South American experts and officials met in Washington this week to discuss current policy initiatives to combat human trafficking in their respective countries, part of a broader U.S.-wide tour to share information and strategies to deal with the issue. […]
  • Nicaragua's Antidote to Violent Crime September 7, 2011
    The so-called "Northern Triangle" of Central America, plagued by poverty, violence and the legacy of civil war, is considered one of the most violent areas in the world. But neighbouring Nicaragua has largely escaped the spiralling violence, and many wonder how it has managed to do so. […]
  • Q&A: Mighty Maya Cities Succumbed to Environmental Crisis September 7, 2011
    The latest archeological findings in the Mirador Basin of Guatemala lend further credence to the theory that the Maya civilisation that once flourished there was brought down by environmental causes such as deforestation. […]
  • OP-ED-RIGHTS: "We Just Want to Know Where They Are" September 7, 2011
    The last time Supaya Serrano saw her sisters Erlinda and Ernestina, they were just three and seven years old, respectively. […]
  • ARGENTINA: Purging the Legal System of Dictatorship Accomplices September 6, 2011
    As human rights cases from Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship move ahead in the courts, cases of judges and prosecutors who were accomplices in the crimes are coming to light. […]
  • BOLIVIA: Rainforest Road Will Have Environmental and Cultural Impacts September 6, 2011
    A richly biodiverse rainforest the size of 3,000 soccer fields in central Bolivia will be the first victim of the road planned to run through the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS), say environmental activists. […]
  • CUBA: Catholic Church Takes the Pulse of Religious Sentiment September 6, 2011
    The Catholic Church seems to be expecting a rise in religious sentiment among the Cuban population as a result of the climate of dialogue and more relaxed relations with the government seen since the 1998 visit of Pope John Paul II. […]