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Panama: Indigenous Mining Protest Blocks Pan-American Highway
Indigenous tribes of Ngäbes Buglé in Panama have closed the Pan-American Highway to demand that the government fulfills what was agreed upon in the negotiations regarding mining in the area. On social networks, President Martinelli's position has been repudiated, but so has the selfish attitude of the protesters.
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Myanmar (Burma): Betwixt and Between 27 January 2012
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Guatemala: Child Labor in the Sugar Cane Fields 18 January 2012
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China 2011: From Jasmine Crackdowns to Grassroots Uprisings 5 January 2012
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Brazil: Domestic Work in Transition 5 January 2012
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Russia: Demographic Crisis Means “No One Left To Draft” 5 January 2012
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22 February 2012
Armenia: Activists #Occupy Yerevan Park
Green spaces in Armenia continue to dwindle at an alarming rate, but a small yet dedicated group of environmental activists has also grown. Now, in order to prevent further damage, they are attempting to occupy a Yerevan park.
20 February 2012
Sri Lanka: Promoting Reconciliation and Hope to Young People
Reconciliation is a much discussed buzzword across Sri Lanka. While there has been much talk about how to do it, a group called Sri Lanka Unites is actually doing something. They are uniting the youth of all ethnic and religious groups across Sri Lanka and promoting hope and reconciliation to them.
Egypt: Among Bulaq's Ruins in an Unfinished Revolution
Bulaq Abu el-Ela is one of Cairo’s main informal neighbourhoods, threatened with demolition and its inhabitants resettled into apartment blocks in the middle of the desert. Italian film-makers Davide Morandini and Fabio Lucchini, made a documentary entitled "Bulaq: Among the ruins of an unfinished revolution" about Bulaq, its inhabitants, their issues and suffering from forced evictions.
17 February 2012
Video Highlights: Video Advocacy and Recent Events
A selection of Global Voices' recent and interesting stories on video advocacy including indigenous rights and recent news from Latin America, East Asia and Sub Saharan Africa selected by Juliana Rincón Parra.
11 February 2012
Uganda: Netizens React To President's Address On Oil
Ugandan netizens discuss Uganda's president address before parliament on February 10, 2012 oil exploration and discovery in Lake Albert. Oil was discovered in Uganda in 2006 after many years of exploration.
9 February 2012
Cambodia: Demolition of Houses in Borei Keila
Forced evictions and land grabbing are getting worse in Cambodia. But the case which grabbed global attention involves the violent demolition of an urban poor community in Borei Keila located in central Phnom Penh. This is the story of the residents' struggle for their land and housing rights.
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I believe That Haiti will soon pass Martinique , Guadeloupe and many others in the Carribean ECONOMICALLY ,even though these...