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How to make the challenges of human mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean visible?

Human mobility: global challenges for a way of communicating which is also human. The place from where we make this contribution is Pressenza: an international press agency with a focus on peace and nonviolence. It’s a space open to the…

A Cuban Flag Flies Again in Washington

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan On July 20, history was made in Washington, D.C., and in Havana, Cuba. As the Cuban national anthem was played, the island nation’s flag was raised over its embassy in Washington, D.C. The embassy,…

UN Expert Calls for Lifting US Blockade against Cuba

United Nations, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) Unitd Nations special rapporteur for human rights and international sanctions Idriss Jazairy urged today the United States to lift the blockade against Cuba, while praising the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between both countries. In…

The Americas: first region to have convention on protecting human rights of older persons

Human Wrongs Watch The member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) on 15 June 2015 today approved the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons during the General Assembly of the institution, which was immediately…

Removal of Cuba from List of Sponsors of Terrorism Makes News in USA

Washington, May 30 (Prensa Latina) The removal of Cuba from a U.S. list of nations that sponsor terrorism was among the most significant news in the United States this week. Spokesman for the State Department, Jeff Rathke, said that the…

Summit of the Americas in Panama Ends Today

Panama, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) The Seventh Summit of the Americas will end today in Atlapa Convention Center, with a plenary session to be attended by thirty leaders of the region. Presidents Santos and Obama to Meet in Panama Pope…

‘Why We All Should Care about the Oil Platform Explosion that Just Happened in Mexico’

Human Wrongs Watch By Arin de Hoog*  4 April 2015 — Early Wednesday morning [1 April] the Pemex oil platform, Abkatun Alpha blew up off the West coast of the Yucatan peninsula. The explosion killed four people and sent 16…

Costa Rica has been running with only renewable energy for nearly 3 months

Costa Rica has reached an extraordinary milestone in the history of green energy, with the country operating solely on renewable energy for nearly 3 months. The strong rains in the region have allowed the country to completely give up fossil…

OPINION: Sabotaging U.S.-Cuba Détente in the Kennedy Era

By Robert F. Kennedy Jr for IPS This is the third of three articles written by Robert F. Kennedy – son of late U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy – which address relations…

Something Came Out of Lima: 20 Million Hectares of Degraded Land Will Be Restored in Latin America by 2020

Human Wrongs Watch ​Something came out of Lima climate change meeting: the ground-breaking Initiative 20 X 20, with its bold target of restoring 20 million hectares of degraded land in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2020, was launched during the…

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