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Banned Kazakh Opposition Press Vows to Continue Online
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 27 (IPS) - Kazakhstan, an oil-rich ex-Soviet nation in Central Asia best known for voluntarily forsaking the world's fourth-largest nuclear arsenal, is carrying out an unprecedented media crackdown that will leave it virtually without any opposition newspapers for the first time in its 21-year history as an independent nation.
Power in Bolivia’s Gas-Rich Chaco Region Thrust into Indigenous Hands
- Inter Press Service
TARIJA, Bolivia, Dic 27 (IPS) - Due to the intense political polarisation in the Chaco region, home to Bolivia's oil and natural gas wealth, three indigenous lawmakers who entered the legislative assembly of the southern department of Tarija as representatives of their people have quickly come to wield decisive power.
U.N.'s Last Stand on Arms Trade Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 27 (IPS) - Amidst a politically divisive debate on gun control in the United States following a rash of mass shootings, the United Nations will meet in March to finalise an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) after nearly two decades of negotiations.
Indigenous Chileans Still Fighting Pinochet-Era Highway Project
- Inter Press Service
PUERTO SAAVEDRA, Chile, Dic 27 (IPS) - For more than two decades, Mapuche indigenous people in the Chilean region of Araucanía have been fighting the construction of the Ruta Costera (Coastal Highway), a megaproject initially conceived during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990) which has already caused significant archeological and cultural losses and damages.
Amazon Regional Alliance to Confront the Climate Emergency
- Inter Press Service
PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru, Dic 27 (IPS) - "When someone in Peru sneezes, someone in Brazil catches a cold. When a barrel of oil is produced in Ecuador, a neighbouring country ends up buying it," says prominent environmentalist Yolanda Kakabadse.
Iceland Tackles ‘Invisible’ Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
REYKJAVIK, Dic 27 (IPS) - For 18 months, a Chinese immigrant named Xing Haiou slept on a massage table in a windowless room in Reykjavik after completing his 12-hour workday.
Renewable Energy Alliance Stretches From Germany to Central America
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Dic 27 (IPS) - A recent agreement between El Salvador and Germany, with the latter supporting two renewable energy projects that would increase installed capacity in the Central American country by 94.2 megawatts by 2013, points to a promising alliance for carbon-free energy.
Kinshasa Graveyard Home to Hundreds
- Inter Press Service
KINSHASA, Dic 27 (IPS) - Despite the health risks, hundreds of families are living in a cemetery in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa. Municipal authorities seem powerless to act.
BRICS Seeks New Dialogue with Africa
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Dic 27 (IPS) - South Africa plans to boost links between Africa and its partners in the Brazil, Russia, India and China alliance at a landmark summit, which will be held in this country in March, Xavier Carim, deputy director general at the Department of Trade and Industry, told IPS.
A Year of Progress in Argentina's Human Rights Trials
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Dic 26 (IPS) - Although it didn't receive much media coverage, this year Argentina's justice system made strides in speeding up human rights cases, and dozens of defendants were convicted, three decades after the end of the 1976-1983 dictatorship.
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