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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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CUBA: Human Rights at the Eye of the Storm
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HAVANA, Mar 15 (IPS) - Cuba's government-controlled stepped up its
media offensive Monday in response to what the government calls a
well-orchestrated international campaign of misinformation
carried out in the last few weeks against this socialist island
nation.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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Q&A: Wanted in Latin America: Responsible Credit
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SANTIAGO, Mar 15 (IPS) - Improving access to financial services and
achieving "responsible credit" require ongoing dialogue
on the part of companies, states and consumers, Juan TrÃmboli,
regional coordinator of the Consumers International office in
Latin America and the Caribbean, told IPS.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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HAITI: Caribbean Unites Behind Recovery Plans
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ROSEAU, Dominica , Mar 12 (IPS) - As he travels back to his headquarters in
Washington, World Bank president Robert Zoellick must be
painfully aware that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have
very strong feelings on the redevelopment of Haiti following the
Jan. 12 earthquake.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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LATIN AMERICA: Abortion - Still Illegal, Still Killing, Despite Growing Awareness
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CARACAS, Mar 10 (IPS) - Although most of the governments in Latin America
today are described as progressive, abortion is only legal in one
country, while in five countries it is banned under all
circumstances, even when the mother's life is at risk.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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HAITI: The Camp That Vanished
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 9 (IPS) - Perched near the top of a steep hill, the fractured
pink walls of Villa Manrese overlook the rest of the capital
city. Both ends of the three-story compound have collapsed,
spilling into mounds of rubble. The first floor was pulverised
into a layer of dust. There are still bodies inside.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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RIGHTS-CUBA: Hunger Striker Refuses to Go into Exile
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HAVANA, Mar 8 (IPS) - The state news media in Cuba reported Monday on the
case of dissident Guillermo Fariñas, who has been on a hunger
strike for 13 days and refuses to go into exile in Spain.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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HAITI: U.S. Acts Quickly on Debt Relief Ahead of Preval Visit
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WASHINGTON, Mar 8 (IPS) - With U.S. President Barack Obama preparing to host
Haitian President Rene Preval at the White House Wednesday,
Congress is moving quickly to show support for far-reaching debt
relief and additional aid for the earthquake-stricken Caribbean
nation.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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TRINIDAD: Women Demand a Real Gender Policy
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PORT OF SPAIN, Mar 8 (IPS) - A few days after she created history by becoming
the first woman to be elected as opposition leader and the leader
of a major political party in Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad
Bissessar was kicking mad at the "misunderstanding" of
the role of women and their contribution to society.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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HAITI: Experts Urge Sea Change in "Culture of Aid"
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NEW YORK, Mar 5 (IPS) - A delegation of human rights experts is preparing
to visit Haiti to assess the human rights and aid situation in
the earthquake-crippled nation and to urge the international
community to follow a series of guidelines they have prepared to
help donors' to "overcome the mistakes of the past."
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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LATIN AMERICA: Women's Rights Laws - Where's the Enforcement?
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CARACAS, Mar 5 (IPS/TerraViva) - Advanced new legislation and constitutional reforms
on women's rights are paving the way for equal opportunities
for women in Latin America and the Caribbean. But application and
enforcement remain a distant goal.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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CUBA: A Good Old Age in Old Havana
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HAVANA, Mar 5 (IPS) - In the centre of Old Havana, historic buildings are
being restored without neglecting the occupants who are their
heart and soul. The priority is to care for elderly residents
with programmes that could become a model for the rest of Cuba,
whose population is ageing fast.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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CLIMATE: The Thirsty Caribbean
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PORT OF SPAIN, Mar 4 (Tierramérica) - Caribbean countries are considering options like
desalination plants and cloud seeding to confront a drought that
threatens the regional economy and which experts warned about
years ago.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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LATIN AMERICA: Subdued Response to Cuban Dissident's Death
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CARACAS, Mar 3 (IPS) - The deafening silence of Latin American governments
has fallen like another shovelful of earth on the grave of Cuban
dissident Orlando Zapata, a bricklayer who died Feb. 23 after
nearly three months on hunger strike in prison on the Caribbean
island.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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CARIBBEAN: A New Era of South-Oriented Geopolitics?
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 1 (IPS) - As chair of the 15-member regional integration
movement, Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
insists that the decision by Caribbean Community countries to be
part of a new Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
(CLACS) is not intended to sideline longtime hemispheric
alliances such as the Organisation of American States.
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03/16/2010 08:30 AM
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HAITI: Earthquake Epicentre Copes with Aftermath
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LEOGANE, Mar 1 (IPS) - Marie Saintus sat regally on a wicker chair in the
narrow alley by her makeshift home at the Anacaona Stadium, in
the middle of this once bucolic city, as she teased her
neighbours.
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