Better Sanitation Demanded in Rio de Janeiro
Region: Brazil
By Sara Moreira Sanitation is one of the central issues that will be addressed in the regional hackathon [1] [en] Developing Latin America [2] [en] on December 1 and 2, 2012. The work of one particular project in Brazil... more
Views: 730President Obama reelected
Region: Michigan
According to several news networks, Barack Obama has been reelected "President of the United States of America". After a long night of ups and downs for Team Obama, America has finally made its choice. "It was a cl... more
Views: 786Cuba: Travel Restrictions for Citizens Lifted
Region: CubaBy Ellery Roberts Biddle On October 16, the Cuban government announced plans to eliminate controversial travel restrictions on Cuban citizens. For decades, Cubans have been required to apply for government permission to... more
Views: 924Mexico: Central American Mothers in Search of Abducted and Missing Migrants
Region: MexicoBy Andrea Arzaba According to statistics by the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement [1] [es], in the last six years around 70,000 migrants [2] [es] have disappeared in Mexico. For several years, Central American mothers ... more
Views: 732Brazil: Violence Sparked By Privatization of Public Space
Region: BrazilBy Raphael Tsavkko Garcia On October 4, 2012 hundreds of students and activists met at the Montevideo Plaza and in the Glênio Peres Square in Porto Alegre, to protest against what they called the privatization of ... more
Views: 914The Struggle for Undocumented Youth
Region: United StatesBy Robert Valencia Hundreds of thousand of young undocumented immigrants rejoiced at the news: President Barack Obama's Government authorized registration for the deferred action plan, which allows them to res... more
Views: 844DUJ calls for new information order
Region: India
New Delhi/Jammu, October 17 (Scoop News)- Media Experts on Third World and Developing Countries, Foreign policy media personnel, writers and members of the Delhi Union of Journalists and the Delhi Media Centre for Research... more
Views: 645Dominican Republic: Proposal to Raise Maximum Penalties for Minors
Region: Dominican RepublicBy Pamela Martínez Achecar [links in Spanish] On the 19th of September, the House of Representatives approved on second reading a controversial bill which amends seven articles of the Protection of the Rights ... more
Views: 745Occupy Wall Street Anniversary
Region: United StatesBy Robert Valencia September 15-17, 2012, marked the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street [2] movement. Many similar scenes that transpired at the start of the movement last year recurred this time around: hundre... more
Views: 1356Protests Held Across Argentine Cities
Region: Argentina
By Laura Schneider On September 13, 2012, several marches [1] and cacerolazos (pots and pans protest [2]) were held in different cities across Argentina to protest the recent policies [3] enacted by the government... more
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