wikipedia.org reported in Mexico, only civil marriages are recognized by the law, and all its proceedings fall under state legislation.[1] Same-sex marriage is legally performed in Mexico City and in the states of Quintana Roo and Coahuila, but explicitly banned in the state of Yucatán[2] (although the prohibition is limited to its performance within state boundaries, not its recognition, and it is still being challenged in the Mexican courts).[3] In addition, same-sex couples have been able to marry in individual cases in Aguascalientes, Baja California, Campeche, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, State of Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, and Yucatán. Same-sex civil unions are legally performed in Mexico City and in the states of Coahuila, Colima,[2] Jalisco,[4] and Campeche.[5] Since August 2010, same-sex marriages performed within Mexico are recognized by the 31 states without exception, and fundamental spousal rights (such as alimony payments, inheritance rights, and the coverage of spouses by the federal social security system) also apply to same-sex couples across the country.[6] Read Article
telesurtv.net reported every month 1,835 people are being executed, according to Semanario Zeta, a weekly newspaper from northern Mexico. During the first 21 months of Enrique Peña’s mandate, 30,789 people have been killed, according to new data recently released by the Mexican government this Wednesday. The most violent region in the country, according to the […]
telesurtv.net reported investment in education has grown under President Rafael Correa’s government. Investment in the public education sector has grown since President Rafael Correa was elected in 2007. By increasing investment, focusing on quality, and building new schools, Ecuador’s public education system has experienced an increase in student enrollment while working towards the government goals […]
MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MIDDLE CLASS IN LATIN AMERICA 1 Maria F. Cortés Public Policy Consultant Econometría Consultores Nancy A. Daza Researcher at Directorate of Economic Studies National Planning Department of Colombia Abstract The present research aims to compare and improve the measurement and, therefore, the definition of what “middle class” represents, for a […]
ftseglobalmarkets.com reported after a steady rise during the past decade, Latin America’s middle class growth is moderating and ratings agency Moody’s believes the slowdown in middle class growth will likely have a broad economic impact as well affecting particular industries. Moody’s new report, entitled, “Latin America’s Middle Class Growth Slows, Tempering Prospects for Retailers, Banks […]
Every 9 days dies a woman in Mexico for domestic violence vanguardia.com.mx reported the Criminalist of the National Institute of Criminal Sciences, Magdalena Sánchez, said that 80 per cent of women suffered violence work, family and institutional. domestic violence takes the life of a woman every 9 days in Mexico, said the Criminalist for the […]
bbc.com reported for the first time in Brazil, a judge in southern Rio Grande do Sul state has permitted a baby to be registered with two mothers and a father. The judge said the baby’s biological parents and the mother’s female partner had requested the baby’s birth certificate be changed. The women married two months […]
Mexico’s National Citizen Observatory (ONC) has published a 166 page document discussing the culture of kidnapping in Mexico. Clearly, this type of crime is a pernicious social issue in Mexico. HIGH RISK AREAS IN MEXICO FOR KIDNAPPING CENTRAL MEXICO: Guerrero and Morelos have the largest concentration of kidnappings. The region of central Mexico has the […]
The goal of the ‘Infancia Plena’ program is to reduce child malnutrition and promote skills that contribute to children’s integral development. As part of the program, children receive 4 balanced meals each day in addition to a vitamin supplement. The goal is to double the program’s coverage by 2017. teleSUR VIDEO HAS ENGLISH SUBTITLES
buenosairesherald.com reported about 50 percent of prison inmates in the region are under 32-years-old and most of them have never been to school or dropped out during primary school, a report by University of Tres de Febrero revealed. “Jails in Argentina and Latin America are populated by young people with low educational level and precarious […]
dw.de reported a new policy in the war on drugs appears to be having the desired effect in Mexico. The murder rate is dropping, but despite a return to pre-2010 levels it’s still too early to declare victory over the drug cartels. “Narcomensajes”: the messages that Mexican drug cartels leave for their adversaries. These drug […]
panoramasnews.com reported the representative in Mexico of the Red Latinoamericana counseling nursing in Sexual Health and adolescent reproductive, Araceli Jiménez, announced that in some communitiesthechildren start their sexual life to 10 years of age,without information about contraception,family planningor STDs. In a statement of the UNAM, the specialist said that if thefirst relationship occurs in a […]
panamericanworld.com reportedEcuador’s literacy project has been named the winner of UNESCO’s Rey Sejong Literacy Prize. The prize was received on Monday, August 8, in Bangladesh by Ecuador’s Minister of Education, Augusto Espinosa. Espinoza said that 325,000 people have benefited in 2012 and 2013 from its program that not only teaches reading and writing, but also […]
feminist.org reported as of September 15, same-sex couples in Ecuador will finally be able to register their civil unions. Same-sex marriage in Ecuador is still illegal, but the status of civil union will be noted on national ID cards, and will allow certain legal and financial benefits to the couple. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa met […]
Human Trafficking from Southern Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala: Why These Victims are Trafficked into Modern Day Florida by Timothy Adam Golob ABSTRACT Florida is ranked as one of the United States’ top three destination states for human trafficking; many of those victims originate from Mesoamerica—Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Human trafficking […]
milenio.com reported at least 98 foreigners, of which 58 are Americans, the majority reported as not located in Baja California, Chihuahua and Tamaulipas border States are in the national registry of persons lost or missing in Mexico. Furthermore, half of the missing persons in the country are in a range of between 10 and 30 […]
elcomercio.com reported a “transformation penance”. This spoke the Minister of Justice, Ledy Zúñiga, once were transferred to the regional jail in Latacunga 662 deprived of liberty in the prison of The Inca. Initially there were protests from the relatives of the women. According to the official, 45 children between 0 and 3 years old, live […]
eluniverso.com reported according to these data, 2012 the rate of suicide in Ecuador, with respect to the year 2000, increased by 3.4%. In the division by sex, femenidos suicide rate decreased by 8%, while they rose 9% male suicides. The report specifies, on Ecuador and other countries, to the civil registry has low coverage and […]
theguardian.com reported critics have mostly ignored the new US spy drama Legends, but it’s creating a furore in Venezuela. Officials in the South American country are denouncing the show for portraying the socialist government stockpiling nerve gas to quash dissent. The telecommunications commission opened an investigation on Tuesday into the series over an episode in […]
theguardian.com reported Peru TV slammed by UN as racial stereotypes paraded for cheap laughs La Paisana Jacinta loses prime-time slot but racism against indigenous people and African-Peruvians far from eradicated. Peruvian comedy is brusque and rough-and-tumble, but few outsiders would be prepared for so many casual racial stereotypes paraded for cheap laughs. Now, following a […]
aulablog.net reported pPrison overcrowding is a widespread problem in Latin America, primarily because of harsh drug-sentencing laws and inadequate budgets, but Costa Rica may be setting a useful example for dealing with it. In most countries, guards control the perimeter, but groups of prisoners or criminal gangs organize and control life inside the prison compound. […]
rsf.org reported the opposition daily Hoy has had to close because the authorities have intervened to liquidate the company that publishes it, Edimpres SA. The Office of the Superintendent of Businesses seized control of the company on 26 August on the grounds that it was unable to pay its creditors. Hoy had already stopped producing […]
nssoaxaca.com reported there were 190 million poor in 2000; in 2012, it was reduced to 134 million United Nations explains that citizens in extreme poverty are those who receive up to four dollars a day. Latin Americans in this situation were 189,9 million in 2000, 41.7% of a population of 454,9 million people. In 12 […]
AFP, Yahoo News Reported after surviving a harrowing rape attempt, Any Hurtado took up boxing — and found herself surrounded by other Ecuadoran women using their fists for protection in a country torn by sexual violence. Statistics paint a disturbing picture of the threats women face in the South American country: six out of every […]
telegraph.co.uk reported Women of Noiva do Cordeiro, deep in the countryside of south-east Brazil, where men are scarce or work far away in the city, are left to shoulder the town’s burdens alone. It sounds like a tale from Greek mythology: a small rural town hidden in the rolling hills, populated by beautiful women who […]
bbc.com reported a sailor in Chile has become the first serving member of the Chilean armed forces to announce he is gay. Mauricio Ruiz, 24, told a televised news conference his decision had “not been easy”, but he wanted to help fight discrimination against homosexuals. Mr Ruiz said that what was most important was not […]
elcomunista.net reported the Ecuadorian Government has imposed a system of labelling for processed products which alerts on the content of fat, salt and sugar. The Pan American Health Organization issued an alert for the rates of obesity and overweight in Ecuador. The Government activated a series of public policies to combat it. On Tuesday the […]
Theguardian.com reported teams of assessors accompanied by soldiers and police have begun surveying properties along the route of Nicaragua’s planned trans-oceanic canal, taking quick steps towards the start of a vast project the country has dreamed of for more than a century. But the process is alarming many residents, who fear they’ll lose their homes […]
ipsnews.net reported Homes for orphans or children in vulnerable situations in Mexico lack the necessary state regulation and supervision, which leads to scandalous human rights violations. “The situation is very serious,” said Laura Martínez, director of the non-governmental Patronato Pro Hogar del Niño, in the city of Irapuato in the central state of Guanajuato, some […]
Washingtonpost.com reported in Mexico, with its history of drug-war violence and corrupt police, kidnapping is an old story. In the past, the crime tended to target the rich. Now it has become more egalitarian. Victims these days are often shopkeepers, taxi drivers, service employees, parking attendants and taco vendors who often work in cash or […]
Author: World Food Programme – Rural Ecuadorian women are saddled with domestic duties, in addition to the responsibilities of tending agriculture and living a rural lifestyle, which often entails withstanding domestic abuse and marginalization. Rural indigenous women in Ecuador experience a disproportionate amount of domestic violence. In all of Ecuador, six out of ten women […]
paho.org reported new eHealth initiatives are springing up in countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, in parallel with the increasing use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the region. These initiatives have the potential to improve access to and quality of health care, yet few countries have policies in place to guide […]
eltiempo.com reported the issue has gained relevance in recent days due to the severe situation facing La Guajira in terms of drought and to the imminent arrival of el Niño. As a result, President Juan Manuel Santos made his first field visit to this Department, on second day of his new mandate. In this Department, […]
The Israeli offensive in Gaza were repudiated by the Latin American Presidents, while thousands of its citizens living there under threat from Hamas. In Europe, they claim that these are the “worst of times” since the national socialism. Countries such as the Argentina, Chile and Brazil, who have always maintained excellent ties with Israel, have […]
lainformacion.com reported almost 14% of employed population receive a wage lower than the minimum wage Nearly half of its 118 million people living in poverty . In contrast, the minimum wage of Costa Rica triples (3.18 times) the income equivalent to the poverty line. Mexico, the second Latin America economic power after Brazil, is “the […]
elcomercio.pe reported Children and indigenous adolescents develop illegal mining activities and have contact with toxic substances. A number still not determined in indigenous children working in the illegal extraction of gold in Amazon. Photos obtained by The trade confirms this serious problem in the basin of the Cenepa river, in the province of Condorcanqui. With […]
andes.info.ec reported divorces increased in Ecuador to 87%, while marriages decreased to 14.71% in the last nine years, according to data provided by the National Institute of Statistics and Census. During this period divorces went from 11,251 to 21,122. In 2013, on average, marriages that end up in divorce lasted around 15 years. This period […]
bbc.com reported the mayor of the town of Ayutla in the Mexican state of Jalisco has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen. The mayor, Manuel Gomez Torres, was killed with one of his employees as he returned to his farm on Sunday evening. The motive for the killing is not yet clear, but police said […]
upsidedownworld.org reported a Guatemalan court ruled in favor of the indigenous people of the municipality of Sipacapa over transnational mining in the area. The court says the Guatemalan government must respect the right to information and consultation with the local population before granting any kind of mining permits. Read Article
Theguardian.com/Damian Carrington reported…Amazon tribe makes first contact with outside world Indigenous people crossed from Peru into Brazil looking for help to combat illegal loggers and drug traffickers, researchers say. Footage released by Brazil’s National Indian Foundation shows isolated indigenous people coming forward for outside assistance after fleeing attacks in Peru Indigenous tribesmen living deep in […]
Theguardian.com reported the LGBT, feminist and student voices behind Uruguay’s radical reforms From legalising abortion to transsexual rights, marginalised groups have united to become a formidable force for change. One tiny country has been blazing a liberal trail across Latin America. In the past six years, Uruguay has introduced ground-breaking legislation on abortion, drugs, transsexual […]
slate.com reported…We’ve come to report on the continuing conflict between poor farmers and rich landowners around Taujica, a small town in Honduras’ Bajo Aguán region, a five-hour drive from the world’s murder capital, San Pedro Sula. The roads we drove to get here, lined with lush vegetation, cut through mountains and hug the Caribbean Sea. […]
telesurtv.net reported A United Nations Development Program report reveals that Ecuador has reduced poverty by half since 2003.In working to to meet its Millennium Development Goals, Ecuador has seen a 50 percent reduction in poverty since 2003. In its report released on Thursday, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has shown that Ecuador is one […]
HOMICIDE RATES FOR LATIN AMERICA UN REPORT 2014 SAFETY AND SECURITY IN ECUADOR – READ THIS BOOK SOURCE: ANDEAN INFORMATION NETWORK
upsidedownworld.org reported the Peruvian Congress approved a packet of laws on July 3 which critics say subjects the country to neoliberal reforms that threaten to undermine environmental and labor protections and is a gift to the extractive industry. The Minister of Economy and Finance Luis Miguel Castilla first presented to Congress on this packet of […]
latimes.com reported…Not only have more unaccompanied children illegally crossed the southern border this year — more than twice last year’s total — but they are crossing at much younger ages, according to a study released this week. There has been a 117% increase in apprehensions among unaccompanied children ages 12 and younger and a 12% […]
plenenglish.com reported..Children Involved in Drug Trafficking Actions Denounced in Ecuador Groups of drug traffickers and some family units involve children in drug trafficking actions because minors cannot be prosecuted, said colonel David Ortega, of the antidrug division in Ecuador. According to the last estimates published by the Antidrug Department, some 673 children were arrested so […]
theatlantic.com reported a new study shows that 57 percent of Hispanics believe in otherworldly beings—and the percentage is even higher among evangelical Protestants. Modernity be damned: It’s 2014, and the spirit world is alive and well. Even in secular life, mild superstitions loom; just look at the popularity of Paranormal Activity, haunted-house tours, and teen […]
theatlantic.com reported…Recent studies have found that Latinos are the racial and ethnic group least likely to visit the doctor. More than one-fourth of Latino adults in the United States lack a usual healthcare provider and almost half of Latinos never visit a medical professional during the course of the year. Other reports show that Latinos […]
theatlantic.com/William Wheeler reported In 2008, Ecuador’s National Assembly approved a new constitution that recognizes unfettered mobility across borders as a basic human right, advocating “the principle of universal citizenship, the free movement of all inhabitants of the planet, and the progressive extinction of the status of alien or foreigner as an element to transform the […]
From Wikipedia: In Brazilian culture, Gérson’s Law (Portuguese: Lei de Gérson) is an adage in which those who “like to take advantage of everything” have no concern for ethics. This expression came into use because of a TV commercial from around 1970 for the cigarette brand Vila Rica, played by Brazilian footballer Gérson. While he […]
elmundo.es reported human trafficking for sexual and labor exploitation, which generates every year 12.000 million profit in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO), is becoming a sideline nearly as profitable and more sure that drug trafficking organizations for organized crime. “We believe that human trafficking is growing in the […]
thechronicleherald.ca reported Latin America is the world’s most violent region. More than one million people died as a result of criminal violence in the past decade, according to the UN Development Program. In Honduras, the most murderous country on Earth, the homicide rate in 2012 was 90.4 people for every 100,000 inhabitants — an epidemic […]
examiner.com reported on Monday, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Guatemalan president Otto Perez Molina held a joint press conference in Playas de Catazaja, Mexico, to officially announce an agreement to make it easier for those making the illegal journey to the United States from Central America, to cross into Mexico. The Southern Border Program […]
miamiherald.com reported Latin American and Caribbean nations have collectively reached several anti-poverty goals set by United Nations members more than a decade ago but are unlikely to reach them all by the approaching deadline, according to a progress report released Monday. The new annual report of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, which sets a global […]
isnblog.ethz.ch reported the authors of this article would like to expand upon Weimann’s research by discussing how criminal groups in Latin America have also been successful at utilizing new media resources. It is essential to note that the same general term “terrorists” cannot be applied to the criminals that currently operate in Latin America. Rather, […]
theguardian.com reported children as young as 10 could legally work in Bolivia under legislation expected to be signed into law by the president, Evo Morales, this week. The legal working age in Bolivia has long been 14, and older teens are in theory restricted to jobs that do not damage their health and wellbeing. But […]
theblaze.com reported U.S. law enforcement officials have been finding “cheat sheets” along the border used by illegal immigrants to try to stay in the United States and not get deported after they’ve been caught. The notes, believed to be supplied by human trafficking groups, give pointers in Spanish on what immigrants should say when confronted […]
presstv.ir reported police in Chile have clashed with protesting students and teachers in the country’s capital of Santiago during another mass demonstration over the country’s education system. Chilean security forces used tear gas and water cannon during the Wednesday rally to disperse rock-throwing protesters, who were calling for an overhaul of Chile’s educational system. An […]
Vistazo.com reported…Citizens may denounce the useless procedures through a web page. President Rafael Correa said that it is a framed program in the “fight for the good life, a much more efficient State”. Quito-Ecuador’s President, Rafael Correa, announced that, in its efforts to achieve a more efficient State, begins a program to capture complaints of […]
kcjc.com reported…Local fans of Hadassah Magazine will see a familiar face when they thumb through the current issue. Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn and his Brit Braja Worldwide Jewish Outreach are featured in the summer edition of the international magazine. According to its website, Brit Braja is the first virtual synagogue to conduct services in Spanish and […]
Bibliotaxi project latinalista.com reported…Launched in 2011 in São Paulo, the Bibliotaxi project now offers books to taxi passengers in 25 Brazilian cities. “The idea is to put the books in front of people, promoting access to culture and entertainment. There’s nothing better than taxis, and the taxi drivers themselves, who have the gift of gab, […]
Latin America’s Silicon Valley: That would be Colombia OPINION PIECE By Luis Carlos Villegas But our use of technology to change the lives of millions of our citizens has the potential to transform the way the world thinks about lifting those in need out of poverty. While Colombia’s transformation has ushered in a new era […]
Luisa Feline Freier – London School of Economics: Open doors (for almost all): visa policies and ethnic selectivity in Ecuador Luisa Feline Freier, l.f.freier@lse.ac.uk Department of Government, LSE Abstract There is broad consensus that immigration policies moved from prevalent negative ethnic selectivity towards widespread ethnic neutrality after World War II. This assessment is biased because […]
elnuevoherald.com reported about 80 percent of the refugees arriving in Ecuador, most Colombians, want to stay in this country rather than return to their home, said Monday in Quito, the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), John Fredrikson. Between 60,000 and 70,000 people have the condition of refugees in Latin America […]
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fronterasdesk.org reported in recent months there’s been a notable uptick in Central American families and unaccompanied children coming across the U.S.-Mexico border. The largest share of migrants are coming through Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. For the first time in 16 years, that sector has surpassed Border Patrol’s Tucson sector as the busiest location for apprehending […]
nytimes.com reported…For more than 40 years, Eduardo Galeano’s “The Open Veins of Latin America” has been the canonical anti-colonialist, anti-capitalist and anti-American text in that region. Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s populist president, even put a copy of the book, which he had called “a monument in our Latin American history,” in President Obama’s hands the first […]
Mexico’s President vowed on Friday to launch an all-out battle against a spate of bullying in schools after a 12-year-old boy died from injuries sustained in a beating by classmates. Hector Alejandro Mendez Ramirez died of head trauma at a hospital on Tuesday, one week after schoolmates slammed him against a wall in front of […]
satiagotimes.cl reported experts blame drinking culture and advertising as WHO report says Chile leads Latin America in alcohol consumption — region second only to Europe globally. A new report reveals that Chile has surpassed its Latin American neighbors in alcohol consumption for the first time, an everyday Chilean guzzles three liters of alcohol above the […]
theguardian.com reported the Tufi Community occupying derelict factory is one of many forced out in trend accelerated by World Cup and Olympics. A constant stream of residents now wander into the Tufi Community Almost everyone here is from Alemão, a favela complex that has started to move upmarket since it was “pacified” by police in […]
Nathalie Cely/Ecuador’s Ambassador to the U.S. wrote: In March, a little girl died scared and alone in a shelter in Mexico, lost on a perilous journey from the mountains of Ecuador to join her family in New York, more than 3,000 miles away. The death of 12-year old Noemi Alvarez Quilloy puts a tragic, human […]
dailymail.co.uk reported. Life is cheap in the mining camps. Deaths go unrecorded and the mercury they use to bind gold flecks compounds the risks. It doesn’t just seep into the food chain. It poisons them and their families, too. And now a new threat now looms for the estimated 20,000 wildcat miners who toil in […]
atlanticcouncil.org reported for decades, Chile has been at the forefront of education reform in Latin America. The major international rankings conducted over the past decade have shown that, while Chile has some work to do to catch up with the developed world, it is the undisputed leader in Latin America. In the OECD’s Program for […]
elpais.com reported in Mexico, half of women aged 12 to 19 who start their sexual life become pregnant. Data are from the last national survey of health and nutrition, and reveal a structural problem that this week has once again become news. The holder of the portfolio of Social Development Rosario Robles, who runs a […]
ipsnews.net reported…Although it might not seem to be, Latin America is the most active region in the world when it comes to the defence of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. That is due to the maturity and intelligent strategies that the LGBTI movement has come up with in a […]
Ecuadorian press freedom NGO Fundamedios sent a letter to Twitter criticizing the company for having complied to remove content depicting or referring to President Rafael Correa that the organization described as public information. Twitter removed the content from its service after receiving several complaints in the last few months from Spanish company Ares Rights, which […]
Sarayaku Ecuador: nzherald.co.nz/AP reported an Ecuadorean indigenous leader says three critics of President Rafael Correa who sought refuge in a fiercely independent Amazon community have departed the settlement rather than imperil it. The three men former national lawmaker Clever Jimenez, and aide and a doctor were all convicted of criminally defaming Correa and sentenced to […]
theguardian.com reported that Yasuni campaigners claim oil drilling petition results are being manipulated Civil society groups say enough signatures have been gathered to force a referendum but authorities are interfering Kevin Koenig, Ecuador programme director of Amazon Watch, said: “It is extremely troubling to see these kinds of irregularities so soon into the verification process. […]
theguardian.com reported that inmates keep children inside with them fearing they will fall victim to abuse in homes on the outside. According to official figures, 1,500 Bolivian children live with a parent behind bars, but the total could be much higher – especially during school holidays when children visit incarcerated parents. Hundreds of women and […]
ndtv.com reported..In March, a month after she left home, the police picked up Noemi and a coyote in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The authorities took her to a children’s shelter. She was described as crying inconsolably after being questioned by a prosecutor. A few days later, she was found hanged from a shower curtain rod in […]
The Guardian.com reported…Medellín flaunted its makeover as it hosted UN Habitat’s World Urban Forum with tours of futuristic schools and libraries, parks and city cable cars – but some old problems remain Residents of Medellín’s poorest slums used to be suspicious of strangers. Who in their right minds would be wandering the winding steps up […]
IPS reported…In Argentina, as expert on security policies Luis Somoza told IPS, the lynchings are occurring against a background of a sensation of rising crime. “They are the reflection of a society that is totally fed up with the levels of crime,” said the professor at the University Institute of the Argentine Federal Police. “People […]
freebacon.com reported that…Latin America is now the world’s most violent region but is receiving less U.S. military and financial assistance, according to a recent report and other figures. Latin America surpassed Africa as the region with the most murders per 100,000 people, according to the new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and […]
Elpais.com reported…There are no current statistics – or even estimates – on the number of children and adolescents who have been sexually abused. NGOs and charitable organizations have come up with their own numbers but, because those figures differ, it is difficult to paint an accurate picture. In a recent report, British NGO Oxfam said […]
globalpost.com reported…On orders from Ecuador’s media regulator, a television news presenter publicly apologized Wednesday for having used the words “fags” and “blacks” in an on-air comment. Alfredo Pinoargote, of the private Ecuavisa channel, was ordered to apologize after a ruling party lawmaker complained to the Superintendence of Information and Communication that his remarks were “discriminatory.” […]
forbes.com reported that in March, Michoacan, Mexico, continued to witness activity related to organized crime and the heavily armed citizen militias who have risen up to confront the gunmen from the state’s Caballeros Templarios cartel. In addition to experiencing severe security problems in many rural areas, Michoacan has also seen attacks against electricity infrastructure, trucks […]
dw.de reported…Pick up a leading Ecuadorian newspaper like El Comercio, Hoy, El Universo, Buenas Noticias or El Telégrafo and the top story will probably be about a Metallica concert in Quito, the gash on a soccer player’s forehead or a student protest in Venezuela. What you won’t find is a story focusing on indigenous groups […]
Follows is a Craiglist.org post or advertisement found in the Ecuador section of Craigslist under housing or real estate/ It was originally posted ——————————————————— CL >ecuador >all vivienda >piso vacaciones reply below x prohibido[?] Posted: 7 days ago ★★★★★★Warning…for those looking for afford 0BR apartment WARNING. ALL YOU EXPATS coming to Ecuador racking the rental […]
Miamiherald.com Juan said he had participated in five kidnappings — including one that went fatally wrong. But he said his gang, which has about 15 members, has kidnapped scores of people. “First we pick the person, like the owner of a bakery or a business owner, and then we follow him for two to three […]
theguardian.com reported that over recent decades, the favelas became infiltrated by the drug trade. Drug lords established territorial control, often denying the population access to basic services – fresh water, sanitation, energy, or healthcare, as public utilities refused to service areas where the integrity of their infrastructure or the safety of their employees could not […]
theguardian.com reported that the Chevron case is something of a parable in two ways: first, it is a lesson about the incandescent response of multinational corporations to any questioning of them; second, it’s a reminder how little the voices of campesinos (peasant farmers) and indigenous people in Latin America seem to count in the eyes […]
NPR.ORG reported…A semi-naked woman in a sequined Carnival costume. A veiled woman with only her eyes showing in a niqab. Two stereotypes of two vastly different regions — Latin America and the Middle East. On the surface, these two images couldn’t be more diametrically opposed. What could the two have in common, right? What a […]
caracaschronicles.com reported…No place in Venezuela has been hit harder by the recent violence than San Cristóbal, the city of 650,000 up in the Andes where the current bout of protests started 18 days ago. Last night, the authorities shut down internet service to the whole city, which explains why so few YouTube videos have emerged […]
Andes.info.ec reported- So far in 2013, Ecuador recorded 3,000 cases of street begging, which shows a clear reduction regarding this issue because in 2007 there were nearly 100,000 cases of children on the streets, said Doris Soliz, Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion, during the launch of the campaign ‘Da Dignidad por un Ecuador sin […]