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Chile: Closing event for the campaign Todos a la Moneda

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Argentina: “The Audiovisual Communications Law does not affect freedom of expression”

Supreme Court Chairman Ricardo Lorenzetti defended the constitutionality of the Audiovisual Communications Law and held that “there is no evidence that if affects freedom of expression.” “We have the institutional responsibility to explain the content of the Court ruling and…

UN granted award to Argentina’s program for the Voluntary Surrender of Firearms

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) has granted its “2013 Future Policy Award” to Argentina, for its National Voluntary Surrender of Firearms Program.  From New York, Justice Minister Julio Alak said that the prize acknowledged “an Argentina’s sustained…

Evo Morales receives award from the Faculty of Journalism and Communications at the University of La Plata, Argentina

The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, during a speech at the School of Journalism at the University of La Plata, in the province of Buenos Aires, said that “when the media are in private hands they are unpatriotic and against…

Indigenous Vision of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela Highlighted

Caracas, October 12 ( Prensa Latina) The recognition and social visibility of Venezuelan indigenous people was highlighted by the late President Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution, said President of the Indigenous Parliament of America, Venezuelan Parliamentary Group (PIA-GPV), Cesar…

In the light of the recent surveillance scandals, a German journalist is barred from his flight to the United States

Reporters Without Borders demands an explanation from the American border control as to why Ilja Trojanow was denied access to the United States. The German writer/journalist was stopped at the Salvador da Bahia airport (Brazil) on September 30, 2013, as…

Paque Montecillo at Cochabamba, Bolivia

“I share some pictures of the inauguration of Paque Montecillo (Cochabamba, Bolivia). Many thanks to all the friends who have helped with the tangible and the intangible aspects all these years so this lighthouse may irradiate our best knowledge and this…

Chevron in Ecuador: environmental and human impact in Ecuadorian Amazon

Yesterday, Tuesday September 17, in well #4 located in the community of La Primavera (Spring), just minutes from Shushufindi (Sucumbios province), President Correa launched the “CHEVRON’s dirty hand” campaign in order to report to the international community the human and…

Silo: His wisdom remains very much alive

Three years after Silo’s death, we recall the history of the man that gave origin to the Humanist Movement, a spiritual movement that spread to every continent and is now the philosophical basis of the Humanist Party . Silo, whose…

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