All posts tagged haiti
Human Rights: Argentina approves reproductive assistance to same-sex couples
Argentina guarantees reproductive assistance to homosexual and heterosexual couples; Ecuadorian oil spill threatens Peruvian communities; Dominican Republic to help register Haitians
Haiti: The Year Ahead
Pressure mounts against the Martelly government; increasing corruption and authoritarianism; Canada pulls aid to Haiti; As we move into 2013 and as we near the third anniversary of the January 2010 earthquake which devastated the country; Haiti, as always faces [...]
Haiti: President Martelly meets with World Bank’s Jim Yong Kim
Haitian President Martelly meets with World Bank President; Haiti faces food crisis following Hurricane Sandy; more forced evictions in the country’s tent cities; anti-government lawyers intimidated Haitian President Martelly meets with World Bank President World Bank President Jim Yong Kim [...]
Argentina: Libertad crew evacuated
The crew of the impounded frigate Libertad are evacuated; politicians put on trial for Once train crash; Argentina wins election to Security Council
Human Rights: Indigenous protestors reoccupy Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam
Indigenous Protestors reoccupy Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam; Systematic torture on the rise in Mexico; Protests for access to education in Haiti continue
Ecuador: Study abroad programme will support 2,000 students
Ecuador’s pioneering study abroad programme to support 2,000 students this year; Haiti and Ecuador sign cooperation agreements; Assange’s asylum decision still in limbo.
Cuba: Cholera cases on the rise
Number of cholera cases on the rise; Castro returns from China, Vietnam, and Russia; and government proposes new cooperatives.
Chile: Naval sergeant dies of gunshot wounds in Haiti
Chilean sergeant shot in Haiti; Chile responds to change of government in Paraguay; Commission cites “very serious” errors in tsunami response; and report finds increase in sexual abuse of children
Brazil: Ms. Rousseff goes to Washington
Dilma leads delegation to the USA, the UN condemns rape trial verdict, and Brazil agrees to welcome hundreds more Haitian migrants.
The Caribbean 27/02/2012
Haitian prime minister resigns; Jamaican drug lord appeals for lenience; and the Dominican Republic’s First Lady sues a journalist for slander.
Uruguay 19/02/12
Sean Penn visits President Mujica, while demonstrations against bridge take place in Lake Garzón, and new funds for investment trigger internal disputes in the Government.
The Caribbean 16/01/2012
Dominican Republic donates a university campus to Haiti, Puerto Rico celebrates the Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián, and François Hollande visits the French Antilles.
Brazil 15/1/12
Safety concerns send orange juice prices soaring, new immigration controls target Haitian influx, and Ahmedinejad’s absence attracts attention.
Haiti 16/01/12
The two-year anniversary of the Haitian earthquake: speeches; an inauguration and outside opinion.
Brazil 19/12/11
Brazilian soldiers accused of abuses in Haiti, Brazil makes record donation for Palestine’s refugees, and a court victory for the Belo Monte dam project.