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Andrea Novotny presents a book about learning for nonviolence

“Preparing the path for the new times, a humanist regard for learning” is a book written by Andrea Novotny, Kity Goyena and Sabrina Di Tomaso which was presented in the Simon Bolivar Andina University on the 28th of October as…

Mariana Uzielli, on a journey towards the light

Today, 19th October 2015 our dearest friend, Mariana, finally lost the battle with her physical body and left this time and space to doubtlessly transcend to a luminous state of existence. Mariana, from Tucuman, Argentina, was a follower, from the…

President Of Ecuarrunari, Carlos Pérez Guartambel, enters Ecuador with an indigenous organization issued passport

October 12, on the International Day of Indigenous Resistance, Carlos Perez Guartambel (President of ECUARUNARI, the organization of Kichwa Peoples in Ecuador) entered Ecuador with a Kichwa passport. It is the first time a passport issued by Indigenous authorities is…

Chile: “October 12th nothing to celebrate”

Dispatch from Santiago Chile from Humanist Party of Chile member Sergio: “October 12th nothing to celebrate” – with this forceful phrase, today at noon thousands of people, members of Mapuche communities in Santiago and others mainly native peoples and local…

Unsealed documents show Pinochet ‘directly’ involved in Capitol Hill assassinations

Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt became ‘symbols of the broader human rights catastrophe of the Pinochet dictatorship’ by Sarah Lazare, staff writer for Common Dreams Loved ones have long charged that U.S.-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet had a direct hand…

Men Start to Make Women’s Struggles Their Own in Argentina

By Fabiana Frayssinet BUENOS AIRES, Sep 30 2015 (IPS) – The meeting was about gender equality, but for once there were more men than women. It marked a watershed in the struggle in Argentina to make the commitment to equality…

Million-liter Cyanide spill in Argentina highlights Canadian mining crimes

They cannot continue to handle affairs that are so delicate, that affect the environment and people this way.’ by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams Highlighting how corporate extractivism and lack of accountability is driving the destruction of Latin…

Belo Monte Dam – noncompliant with conditions for operation

                                                               September 23, 2015 Press Contact: Astrid Puentes Riaño, co-director…

Uruguay shows the way by leaving secret Trade Deal

A strong coalition of trade unions, environmentalists and farmers working together on an effective public campaign were able to take on the interests of the world’s biggest companies and win. by Viviana Barreto, Sam Cossar-Gilbert for CommonDreams Last week the…

Argentina Scores another Point in Litigation against Vulture Funds

Buenos Aires, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) After the approval at the UN of principles on restructuring debts, Argentina scored another point with a favorable ruling by the Court of Appeals of New York in the litigation with vulture funds. That…

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