A report has been published by the UNDP highlightingt Bolivia, Peru and Argentina as the countries with the greatest number of social conflicts (over 200 each, which have their origins in the social inequalities that prevail in these countries. . As a legitimate means of achieving rights that have been […]
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Alba House, celebrating Arts
Alba House continues its activity programme in August to mark this sporting event. _ Latin American countries integrated in ALBA (the Bolivarian Alliance for the Countries of Our America), including Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Nicaragua, have created the cultural space, Alba House, to commemorate the London Olympic Games and […]
Giving recognition to Venezuela’s indigenous communities
After five centuries of exclusion, Venezuela’s indigenous communities are defending their traditions and developing with help from the government of President Hugo Chávez. _ Lianet Arias Sosa Thirteen years ago, more than 40 tribes, including the Arawak, Yukpa, Pemón and Wayuu, started to realise that Chavez really meant what he […]
Peru discriminates against disabled voters
The country, which was among the first to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, is preventing them from participating in elections and is denying them certain civil rights. _ Miriam Valero María Ramos is an activist for the rights of disabled people who suffer from schizophrenia. […]
Female agricultural workers in Latin America: marginalized and without rights
They always appear distant, on a seemingly endless, monotonous journey. At dawn, they walk in silence, their children on their backs, to pick up their hoes, the sunlight falling on their hands. Yurién Portelles These are the rural women of Latin America and the Caribbean, who work 22 hours a […]