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Pinheirinho eviction raises concern over costs of development

Favela residents are constantly working to improve their homes and living environments. Photo credit: Catalytic Communities

Early in the morning on 22 January, approximately 2000 police officers entered a settlement in Pinheirinho, located on the outskirts of São Jose dos Campos in southern Brazil. With helicopters overhead, tear gas ready, and batons in hand, the officers cleared some 8,000 people from the community.

Under Brazilian law, if urban land is occupied for five years, those occupying should be granted ownership of [...]

February 21, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Cause of death: Femicide

While we are all too familiar with the term homicide, the word femicide, although less known, is making its way to the developed worlds’ vocabulary. First used in early 19thcentury England to describe the “killing of a female,” it is currently and commonly used in developing countries.

The body of an unidentified woman, found in a precipice in Nueva Chinautla Department of Guatemala. Photo credit: Walter Astrada

The term defined as “the killing of a woman because she is a woman,” [...]

February 10, 2012 | Filed under Latin America,Society and Culture | Read More

Women work toward empowerment in Latin America

Michelle Bachelet, first Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, speaks at the UN. Photo credit: Louise de Hemptinne

A new UN Women Regional Center for Latin America and the Caribbean was opened in late October 2011 in Panama City. It is the first of sixregional centers planned by UN Women, the year-old UN agency working for gender equality and women empowerment.

Interviewed by MediaGlobal, Michelle Bachelet, the UN Women Executive Director and former first elected female president in Chile, insisted [...]

January 18, 2012 | Filed under Americas,Economy,Latin America | Read More

Can Ecuador’s revolutionary plan still save Yasuní?

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One of the world’s most diverse and pristine forests is at risk of dissipating, as it could soon fall into the hands of multinational oil companies come January 2012.

Yasuní Ishpingo Tambococha Tiputini (Yasuní-ITT), a virtually untouched national park in the Ecuadorian Amazon, lies atop approximately one billion barrels of oil, worth up to $100 each, as well as hundreds of thousands of plant species [...]

November 17, 2011 | Filed under Americas,Earth Changes,Economy,Latin America,Least Developed Countries | Read More

Colombia’s war on child soldiers

Photo credit: Jesús Abad Colorado for Save the Children

With more than a half-century of on-going war against powerful guerilla forces and drug cartels, the Colombian government has begun a more aggressive approach in cracking down on rebel activities – including child participants.

In 2006, with violence raging unabated, and an increasing number of children involved in rebel activity, the Colombian government issued Law 1098. Under this decree, children could face up to eight years in prison should they be found [...]

October 4, 2011 | Filed under Americas,Latin America,Society and Culture | Read More

Uncontacted tribes missing in Brazil, stronger protective measures demanded

Mirna Cunningham, Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, speaks at a panel at the UN celebrating the World's Day of Indigenous Peoples

For uncontacted tribes, arguably the most vulnerable type of indigenous people, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People arrived in the aftermath of a calamity instead of a celebration.

After an armed attack by Peruvian drug traffickers in late July, many tribes are still feared missing in the remote Acre region of Brazil, prompting the Brazilian [...]

August 12, 2011 | Filed under Americas,Latin America,Society and Culture | Read More

Earthbags: A sustainable building method

Earthbag construction needs only to overcome cultural barriers in order to take off in the developing world. (Photocredit: Pisco Sin Fronteras)

“The Ring of Fire” is a 25,000-mile hotbed of seismic activity stretching north from New Zealand through East Asia and then returning south down the coasts of the Americas. Host to 90 percent of the world’s seismic activity and over 81 percent of the world’s most devastating earthquakes, this horseshoe-shaped area has shaken the countries [...]

April 4, 2011 | Filed under Latin America,Technology and Innovation | Read More

A clean slate? Questions surround plans for educational reform as Haiti rebuilds its schools

25 August 2010 [MediaGlobal]: Last week, at the second meeting of the Interim Haitian Recovery Commission, the Haitian government revealed plans to reform its educational system with the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and committed $500 million towards the country’s schools. The announcement, which comes as thousands of Haitian children prepare to start the new school year, has raised much discussion on how best to reform the country’s educational system.

The IADB’s contribution [...]

August 25, 2010 | Filed under Latin America,Society and Culture | Read More

Mexican scandal reveals dangerous gap between human rights and gay rights in public opinion

19 August 2010 [MediaGlobal]: This week Mexico City is the incubator for a wider Latin American debate about sexuality, discrimination, religion, and human rights.

On Monday the Mexican Supreme Court legitimated, for the third time, the capital city’s prerogative to marry same-sex couples. Yet in a country where violence and marginalization are still a common concern for gay citizens, the legal debate surrounding same-sex marriage has sparked intense public contention. The story has all [...]

August 19, 2010 | Filed under Americas,Latin America,Society and Culture | Read More

Ecuador Refuses to Cash in on its Oil Reserves

18 August 2010 [MediaGlobal]: Ecuador’s recent decision to place the Yasuni Ishpingo Tambococha Tiputini (ITT) National Park under the protection of a UNDP trust fund is the first of its kind. This particular plot of Amazon forest is worth $7.2 billion because of the 846 million barrels of natural oil reserves resting quietly beneath its surface. But Ecuador refuses to cash in.

Bisrat Aklilu, Executive Coordinator for the UNDP’s Multi-Donor Trust Fund Office, told MediaGlobal, “This [...]

August 18, 2010 | Filed under Americas,Earth Changes,Latin America | Read More

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Pinheirinho eviction raises concern over costs of development

Cause of death: Femicide

Women work toward empowerment in Latin America

Can Ecuador’s revolutionary plan still save Yasuní?

Colombia’s war on child soldiers

Uncontacted tribes missing in Brazil, stronger protective measures demanded

Earthbags: A sustainable building method

A clean slate? Questions surround plans for educational reform as Haiti rebuilds its schools

Mexican scandal reveals dangerous gap between human rights and gay rights in public opinion

Ecuador Refuses to Cash in on its Oil Reserves

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