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Increased Gold Mining Threatens the Ecuadorian Amazon

The difficult access hampers a security response. It also hampers the reporting of mining activities and subsequent safety measures.

Professor Fernández Batista: “one can not live only from the past… it is necessary to seek a future “of success and prosperity.”

No authority has dared to publicly accuse Army generals of being complicit in coup attempts, the last of which took place on January 8th.

Cuban graphic artists can be forced to leave the island to avoid years in prison, but from abroad they can’t be silenced despite the threats

“There’ve never been any easy solutions for our people (…) it’s not the first time we’ve been defeated”, Nelly Hueichan, 64, told IPS

The government is compelled to ensure a decent wage, job security, hygiene, and safety, but MITRAB and unions look the other way.

The first time I went up to him was to ask if it was true that he was a millionaire, he told me that he had spent his entire life working.

Cuba, once the world’s leading producer, now has to import sugar from Brazil & France to meet internal consumer needs.

Police took Ubilla from her home early on January 11. Hours later, three other political opponents were also taken into custody.

The January sun in Tennessee illuminates but doesn’t give any warmth, a difference that still surprises one born under the Tropic of Cancer.