Environmental Justice

Sr. Dorothy Stang: Walking with the Landless Poor in Brazil

October 7, 2009
Sr. Dorothy Stang: Walking with the Landless Poor in Brazil

By Art Kubick   Two Biographies, a Film Documentary, and a Radio Documentary   The Cross. At the heart of each settlement established by the MST (Movimento dos Sem Terra, The Landless Movement) in Brazil stands a cross, erected by the people as a sign that this for them is their piece of the...
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World Social Forum: Crisis as Opportunity for “Another World”

January 22, 2009

By Mario Osava January 22, 2009, Inter Press Service News Agency RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 21 (IPS) – A World Social Forum (WSF) revitalized by a global crisis that has awakened new interest in the proposition that “another world is possible” – now perceived as either less utopian or more urgently needed – will...
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Haiti Survives Four Hurricanes

January 16, 2009
Haiti Survives Four Hurricanes

World Bank, IMF, USAID Policies Lead to Ecological Catastrophe The following statement is the position of numerous organizations and institutions on the situation facing the Haitian people who have survived four hurricanes, Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike in 2008. For some time Haiti has been experiencing a great period of despair and desolation that...
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Agrofuels Are an Obstacle to Food and Energy Sovereignty

January 16, 2009
Agrofuels Are an Obstacle to Food and Energy Sovereignty

Final Declaration of the International Seminar: Agrofuels as an Obstacle to Food and Energy Sovereignty, held in São Paulo, 17-19 November 2008, representing organizations and social movements from Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Ecuador, Paraguay, Thailand, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and the United States, who have come together in São Paulo...
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Economic Crisis: Invitation to a New Way of Life

January 16, 2009
Economic Crisis: Invitation to a New Way of Life

By Margaret Swedish Can the economic crisis be perceived as an opportunity to change how we live?  Of course it can.  And whether one sees that as scary, or with relief, or with an “about time,” or with sadness or joy, depends upon what one values. Humans are living in a way that is...
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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. […]