IPSNEWS.net reported the second-most urbanised region in the world, public sentiment towards bicycles is mixed, with some seeing them as a symbol of low socioeconomic status, says the “Biciciudades 2013” study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) with regard to the expansion of this sustainable means of transport in large and medium-sized cities in the region. Among the cities studied, Cochabamba in Bolivia heads the list, with 10 percent of the population depending on the bicycle. It is followed by La Paz, Bolivia, and Asunción, the Paraguayan capital, with five percent. All of these are intermediate cities with populations between 100,000 and two million people. Read Article
Written by Amnesty International There are growing concerns for the safety of Carlos Zorrilla, an environmental activist in Ecuador, and others who have protested against development projects in the northern region of Intag. These concerns come after Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa repeatedly attacked their activities during his weekly addresses to the nation. WANT TO UNDERSTAND […]
lahora.com.ec reported thatetween 2011 and 2013, the Office registered 17,550 nationally reported missing in the country. The provinces that recorded the most cases with 5,656 Pichincha, Guayas to 5,619, with 1,239 and Azuay. While that fewer cases are recorded Galapagos 6, Zamora Chinchipe 33, Napo 51 and Santa Elena 79. Learn inside cultural aspects of […]
Eluniverso.com reported that Around of 1,000 inmates have been diagnosed with problems of addictions in the new prison in Guayaquil, so it will be attended by doctors from the Ministry of public health, since these competences were transferred by the Ministry of Justice. If you are looking for a deeper cultural look at life in […]
TELEGRAFO.COM.EC REPORTED The report ‘Social view’ of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) shows that poverty in Latin America ‘slightly’ decreased by 0.3 percentage points in 2013 compared to last year. Currently there are 164 million inhabitants with limited resources, similar to 2012 figure. In Ecuador, according to the ECLAC, the […]
DW.DE reported – Literally translated Mordida means “bite.” In Mexico, it means bribe – the backhander, normally involving the greasing of palms via a small exchange of cash to avoid a traffic infraction or to untie red tape. It’s the thin edge of the wedge in bribery and corruption, which certainly isn’t confined to Mexico, […]
csmonitor.com reported that more than 500 people have been rescued in Ecuador this year from 20 clinics that physically and psychologically abused patients in the name of ‘treating’ drug addiction, alcoholism, and homosexuality. Electric shocks and beatings are among the documented “treatments,” and two people died at clinics last year. Dozens of people in Ecuador […]
Rather than accepting the government’s legal reasoning for rejecting their marriage application, one gay couple in Ecuador is challenging both the Constitution and the Civil Code on their road to marriage equality – A rejection from the government will not stop this gay Ecuadorian couple from obtaining a marriage certificate. Santiago Vinces, 23, and Fernando […]
publico.es reported that the government of President Rafael Correa is not interested in the migrant “as a business” that produces remittances but as “human” and the goal of this plan is to achieve “family reunification,” Escudero said. Under the plan, migrants wishing to return to their country will also benefit from access to loans to […]
Quito, November 28 (Andes).- Women’s unpaid work in Ecuador is one of the main gaps that the country has yet to overcome. The Encuesta Específica de Uso del Tiempo (EUT – Specific Time Use Survey) conducted by INEC in 2012 show that out of all the time women devote to work, only 59.7% is paid, […]
Andes.info.ec reported – Quito, November 28 (Andes).- 82% of processed foods sold in Ecuador contain high levels of fat, salt and sugar, and on the other hand, barely 2% of products sold in the country have low levels of those ingredients, reported the Ministry of Public Health as it warns that those critical levels of […]
Elcomercio.com reported that from January to October this year, the Ecumenical Commission of Human Rights (Cedhu) reported 47 cases of femicide nationwide. This term refers to the murder of a woman for being such. “This is a hate crime that goes beyond the perpetrator, is the romantic partner, a relative or a perfect stranger, and […]
agenciadenoticias.unal.edu.co reported thta the UNal-Manizales Environmental Studies Institute (IDEA, for its Spanish acronym) was named by the International Council for Science (ICSU) the first Center for Excellence in Latin America. The Center for Excellence category is an acknowledgement that the ICSU and its councils (in this case the Disaster Risk Comprehensive Research Council) grants to […]
Janet Hinostroza (Teleamazonas, Ecuador), receives International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists. She was recently interviewed by the Columbia Journalism Review. How would you characterize the media in Ecuador right now? Your program is covering some controversial topics, but are there other programs like yours? My program is the only investigative show […]
plenglish.com reported that an UN Report: Insecurity Affects Latin America and its Development Latin America as a region remains affected by the problem of insecurity, a phenomenon that limits its socioeconomic progress, according to a report circulated today by the United Nations Development Program. The study on 2013-2014 regional human development focuses on threats such […]
One person under the age of 23 is killed every seven hours in the country, States a recent report by the Observatory of rights of children, girls and young people in Casa Alianza Honduras. The document establishes that during the past 15 years, i.e., from February 1998 to October 2013, 8,854 cases of extrajudicial executions […]
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wikipedia.org…Recently, Interpol named Costa Rica the fastest-growing capital for sex tourism in Latin America.[15] Jacó and San José are two of Costa Rica’s most prominent sex tourism locations. Money made by prostitutes is enough to keep the majority of Jacó’s businesses open during the off season, as it provides a significant economic supplement.[16] Americans are […]
Violence caused by crime, drug trafficking and gang gangs has forced more than 17,000 people of Northern Triangle of Central America, formed by Honduras , El Salvador and Guatemala, to seek refuge in another country since 2008, experts warned today in Tegucigalpa. Read Article .
theguardian.com reported that the President calls for hour of exercise per day and a ‘change of culture’ as Mexico has higher rates of adult obesity than the US. Mexico has become the standard bearer in the global fight against obesity, after parliamentarians passed a law imposing significant new taxes on junk food and sugary drinks. […]
theguardian.com reported that over the past year, vigilante groups like this have sprung up in towns and villages across Mexico, especially in the Pacific coast states of Guerrero and Michoacán. They make no pretence to be interrupting drug trafficking itself but they do claim to have restored a degree of tranquillity to daily life. In […]
erbol.com.bo reported that the Department of Education Service (Seduca) declared red alert in all schools and colleges of Santa Cruz, due to increased reporting of drug microtráfico student level. The deputy director of Seduca, Bartholomew Puma, told Erbol Alternative Radio, which issued a circular, ordering school boards, parents, principals and teachers to pay more attention […]
On October 24, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that a study produced by the World Economic Forum found that gender inequality in Brazil fell for the third straight year. The survey used four categories: political power, economic participation, access to education and health. Out of 136 countries, Brazil placed 62nd in 2013, 20 […]
Ecuador is the Latin American country most advanced in higher education according to the Global Competitiveness Index, a study by the World Economic Forum. Ecuador rose 20 positions according to the Global Competitiveness Index System as education, quality academy management, internet access in schools, availability of research and training services. In the Innovation Index, which […]
On October 17, 2013, Portal ORM reported that two men have been arrested in São Paulo and the Brazilian state of Pará in connection with a string of human trafficking charges. Police captured José Guedes, 25, of Inhangapi, in the northeast of Pará state. He was picked up along with a transvestite of whom he […]
On October 14, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Highway Police (PRF) reported numbers related to its pursuit to stop sexual exploitation of children and teenagers in the country. From 2006 until today, the PRF has arrested 1,662 individuals suspected of sexual abuse of minors, and rescued roughly 3,812 children from situations where they could be exploited. […]
On October 16, 2013, Estado de São Paulo reported that Brazil ranked 94th in an inaugural study of modern slavery indicators according to the Walk Free Foundation, a global human rights organization. The study used numbers such as rates of forced marriage, human trafficking and slave labor as indicators. A majority of Brazilian cases come […]
On October 16, 2013, Folha de São Paulo reported that a bill has passed through Brazil’s Human Rights Commission to give priests and pastors the right to bar homosexuals from attending church functions. The sponsor of the bill, federal deputy Washington Reis (PMDB-RJ), affirmed that many churches preach against the open practice of homosexuality, and […]
HRW.ORG wrote – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa should end the use of criminal defamation laws to target his critics, Human Rights Watch said today. The prosecution and convictions of the opposition legislator José Cléver Jiménez Cabrera and two union members for slandering the president violates their right to freedom of expression under international human rights […]
elcomercio.com reported that at least five groups living in voluntary isolation in the Amazon have been identified by different anthropologists. So says a report by a group that brings together 14 anthropologists in the country. They point out that Taromenane and tagaeri are not the only family living without much contact. Kati Alvarez, who studies […]
hoy.com.ec reported the following information: 1. Ecuador has 122,301 teenage mothers. 2. Working women earn 17 percent less than men. 3.87.1 percent of mothers are heads of households. 4. 33 percent of mothers are self employed. 5. 27.2 percnet of mothers are employed in the private sector. 6. 13 percent of mothers are employed by […]
Ioan GrillHe points to successful projects in cities such as Medellin in Colombia. It was once the stronghold of former drug warlord Pablo Escobar, whose cartel controlled 80 per cent of cocaine sold in the US. After Escobar was shot dead in 1993, Medellin was transformed from a battlefield for drug warlords into one of […]
Eluniveros.com reported that thousands of Chileans marched on Saturday through downtown Santiago to require presidential candidates full rights for sexual minorities, such as gay marriage, civil unions and gender identity law. The XV March for Sexual Diversity, which attracted about 50,000 people, according to organizers, color filled the Alameda, the main avenue of the capital, […]
lahora.com.ec reported….The attacks of alleged members of the so-called hooligans have been recorded not only inside the stadium, but also outside. Several studies in our country these events first appeared in the country in the 80s, in Guayaquil, when Emelec and Barcelona swollen starred serious clashes. According to records, between 2007 and 2013, five people […]
At 1pm on Monday, Rocio Hernandez Perez and 29 other young people will walk in a convoy across the bridge over the Rio Bravo and head for the Nuevo Laredo border crossing between Mexico and the US. Dressed uniformly in graduation caps and gowns in the style of American students, which most of them once […]
Globalpost.com reported a six-year-old transgender girl who was born a boy has become the first child in Argentina allowed to change her name and gender on official documents. Luana, who was born Manuel, is the youngest child to benefit from Argentina’s new Gender Identity Law. Approved in May 2012, the act gives anyone the right […]
theguardian.com reported that Grenada’s parliament has enacted a law that press freedom bodies believe will have a chilling effect on free speech. People who send emails and tweets or make comments on social networking and media websites that are deemed to be “offensive” face a potential punishment of a year in jail. The electronic crimes […]
On September 10, 2013 El Comercio Noticias reported the case of an organization in Ecuador dedicated to locating the biological parents of individuals who had been illegally adopted as children. Since 2009, Reencuentro has made contact with 12 alleged victims of illegal adoption. According to Prosecutor Tania Moreno, cases of child disappearances in Ecuador often […]
WSJ.com reported that a senior Ecuadorian government official proposed a bill Wednesday that would criminalize insults posted on social networks, opening them up to receive similar treatment to those in the media. The head of the office of the legal secretary of the presidency, Alexis Mera, said he introduced the proposal to the Justice Committee […]
HAVANATIMES.ORG reported — The type of missing person announcement you see here can be found at practically any bus stop or busy street in Quito. Friends from Cuba often ask me what has struck me the most about Ecuador so far. Well, there you go: its missing persons. I had expected something else to make […]
BBC.CO.UK reported that disabled people in Ecuador were once marginalised, shut up in their homes and considered unemployable. Since 2007, a single government initiative has transformed many of their lives. Before his accident, Angel Quevedo worked as a house painter in Ecuador’s capital city Quito. He was originally from a farm in the Andean highlands, […]
Authorities blame alcohol consumption as contributing factor in some of the deaths. Elcomercio.com.ec reported that since January this year until early August, Cuenca 15 violent deaths recorded. At least three are directly related to alcohol consumption and the acts were committed with a knife, according to the National Police. The consumption of liquor The Third […]
The dreams that many families in Ecuador have for their 14-year-old children are being turned into nightmares by drugs. That’s the average age young people start using drugs in Ecuador, according to the Fourth National Drug Survey by the National Council for the Control of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances (CONSEP), which in 2012 interviewed 30,000 […]
Miamiherald.com reported that Ecuador’s airwaves are about to undergo a domestic invasion. Thanks to a recently passed communications law, half of all music played on the radio will have to be homegrown. The move has station managers scrambling for local talent, musicians tuning up their guitars and long-languishing record companies dusting off their equipment. The […]
Page 1 PRESS RELEASE NO. 288/13 JULY 30, 2013 AGUASCALIENTES, AGS. PAGE 1/7 SOCIAL COMMUNICATION IN 2012 ARE REPORTED KILLINGS 26 MIL 037 The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) discloses the preliminary information, nationally and by state, of homicides registered in the country in 2012. In order to facilitate comparison with previous years, […]
Elnorte.ec reported that “Equal Rights Coordinator YA! Human rights activist of LGBT citizens. Lesbian conviction and political decision! Well defined Pamela Troy in her Twitter account @ pametroya. Yesterday, she and her girlfriend Gabriela Correa submitted their documents in the Registry of Quito in order to get an appointment and get married. In a telephone […]
eldiario.ec reported, yesterday at the hospital Manta Rafael Rodriguez Zambrano a 11 year old girl became a mother. The lower site hails Pile of Montecristi. She was operated on afternoon and gave birth to a baby girl. The lower, minutes before being prepared for caesarean section, said he was nervous. It was now supported by […]
100 Points to Consider Before Moving or Retiring in Ecuador AFP reported …. Sent to a center offering to “cure” her attraction to women, Denisse Freire was raped and tortured — in a practice Ecuadoran authorities admit has been tolerated for too long.The country of 15.8 million people has at least 80 unlicensed drug and […]
The new law, which will add to the current body of communications regulations, contains good ideas, but it has also received numerous criticisms from civil society and international organizations. The implementation of the law will present both problems and opportunities. By Analía Lavin, Association for Progressive Communications (APC). Until recently, communications laws in many Latin […]
The World Bank has approved a project information document to improve water, sanitation and public transportation services in Ecuador’s Manta city, in Manabí province. Despite substantial improvements in urban water and sanitation services coverage, especially in the large cities, Ecuador still faces a significant challenge in providing better services in medium and small size cities […]
andes.info.ec reported that Ecuador started a campaign against loan sharking promoted by the Ministry of Domestic Affairs and the National Judicial Council that includes a rewards plan of up to USD $50,000 for identifying and providing information about individuals engaged in this illegal activity. 100 Points to Consider Before Moving or Retiring in Ecuador Loan […]
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Terra reported on June 16, 2013 that about 600 people gathered together in Berlin, Germany to support protests in Brazil against the increased bus fares; especially in São Paulo. Social networks organized the demonstration. Other acts of support took place in Dublin, Ireland. It is reported that other acts of support will take place in […]
Hrw.org reported that the Communications Law that the Ecuadorian National Assembly approved on June 14, 2013, seriously undermines free speech, Human Rights Watch said today. The law includes overly broad language that will limit the free expression of journalists and media outlets. New Book on moving or retiring to Ecuador to be released soon- Video […]
On May 31, 2013 El Comercial reported the case of a thirty-five year old woman accused of forcing her three daughters into prostitution. The youngest of the victims is less than twelve years old while the other two are fourteen and sixteen, respectively. During this time, the house where they lived was constantly visited by […]
noticias.r7.com reported on May 28, 2013, an ongoing debate in Brazil about rape in relation to class division and gender. The current debate circulates around whether Brazilian authorities are more occupied and concerned in defending the privileged and protecting the international reputation of Rio, rather then concern for protecting women. Ongoing rapes in Rio have […]
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Globo reported on May 25, 2013 that President Dilma attended the 50th anniversary celebration of the African Union. In Ethiopia, President Dilma met with Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, to sign acts of bilateral cooperation in income transfer, air services, education, science and technology, as well as agricultural development. According to Dilma, Brazil wants to […]
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ebc.com.br reported on May 21, 2013 that Brazilian scientists presented an agenda to Viva Rio; a non-governmental organization, to decriminalize the use of drugs as well as adopt more open-minded policies towards drug users. This agenda is an attempt to reform drug laws and will be presented to Congress. An issue with the current drug […]
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Duration: 30 minutes For One Square Mile, Leo Johnson travels to the historic town of Zaruma in southwestern Ecuador to tell the story of gold mining in the country. Gold has shaped Ecuador’s past. It was the reason for both the Inca and the Spanish conquests. And it remains vital to the economy of modern […]
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Edmonton Journal through the AP reported that U.S. State Department’s assistant secretary for refugee issues is drawing attention to the plight of Colombian refugees who have fled across the border into Ecuador. Anne C. Richards says the problem is continuing even though the Colombian government is in peace talks with rebels. Many refugees say they […]
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Reported by sdpnoticias.com….”We have documented evidence that traffickers Salvadorans have a clear link with different structures operating in the region, including major drug cartels, including Los Zetas”. “All business is primarily controlled by Mexican drug cartels,” said Rocio Rodriguez, executive director of Alliance for Your Rights, an organization that fights sexual crimes that plague Central […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that health authorities Carchí Police are investigating whether it is true that at least 16 Tulcán teens made a pact to commit suicide, as discussed. This situation has caused a stir, because until last Monday three children, ages 14 and 17. chose to take his life. All with their scarves hanging himself. These […]
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bbc.co.uk reported that Spain’s population fell last year for the first time in decades, as immigrants left the country amid a major economic crisis, officials say. The National Statistic Institute (NSI) says the number of residents dropped by almost 206,000 to 47.1m – the decline entirely accounted for by foreigners. Immigrants from Ecuador and Colombia […]
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On April 18, 2013, O Dia reported that two firefighters in the city of Rio de Janeiro were arrested Thursday in connection to an incident in which a 13 year-old girl was raped. The girl was identified as the niece of one of the firefighters. According to reports, the firefighter related to the girl, 43 […]
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On April 15, 2013, TNH1 reported that a group of squatters near the northeastern city of Maceió have occupied a space of land on Jeguiá da Praia, about 65 kilometers from the city. Marcos Antonio da Silva, known as “Marrom,” said that the government expropriated the land two years ago for the landless, but never […]
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On April 15, 2013, Agência Brasil reported that a task force has been launched in the Brazilian state of Acre to help 1,400 displaced Haitians. They entered the country after the 2010 Haitian earthquakes. According to the federal Minister of Justice Paulo Abrão, the task force is divided into three teams. The first will address […]
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Chilean students announce another march and protest for the May 8, 2013. Chilean students announce another great place for 8 mayoSantiago of Chile, April 14 (Prensa Latina) Chilean students will come back to the streets of the country on May 8, to reiterate their rejection of profit in education, and to demand a public education, […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that for that year there were 30,503 mothers in Guayas adolescents 12 to 19 years. Pichincha continued, with 15,810; Manabi, with 13,378, and Rivers, with 9288. Ecuador recorded a total of 122,301 adolescent mothers for that year. There it was established that pregnancy under 14 increased by 74% in the last decade. It […]
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On April 12, 2013, O Imparcial reported that the mayor of São Luís, Edivaldo Holanda (PTC), signed an agreement today with Bank of Brazil to build 1,000 new housing units in the neighborhood of Tajaçuaba. It is estimated that São Luís suffers from a deficit of 85,000 housing units available for its population. The project […]
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On April 12, 2013, TNH1 reported that four young people were killed in the northeastern city of Maceió, Alagoas, in the past twelve hours after a series of incidents. Among the victims were a 13 year-old who was killed while hanging out with friends in a local park. The violence marks an already rising murder […]
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On April 11, 2013, NE10 reported that the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte will launch next Monday (4/15) a campaign to combat influenza. On April 20, state health authorities predict that close to 585,000 citizens in the state will be vaccinated. Authorities said that the main focus will be those 60 years of […]
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On April 11, 2013, Globo reported that a neo-Nazi living in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte is now under investigation for photos he posted on his Facebook. Antonio Donato Baudson Peret, 24, posted on his Facebook an image of himself choking a homeless man with a chain, making reference to the homeless man doing […]
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On April 10, 2013, Agência Brasil reported that a study done at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp) found that 11.7 million Brazilians have alcohol dependency. The study also found that 54% of all alcoholic beverages consumed in the country are consumed by around 20% of the population. Researchers surveyed 149 cities throughout Brazil […]
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On April 11, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that there has been a significant increase in robbery-homicides (Portuguese: latrocínio) in the city of São Paulo, compared to last year. Analyzing the first two months of 2013 with those of 2012, research found that 30 robbery-homicides were committed in the capital between January and […]
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The Brazilian state of Acre has declared a state of emergency after a surge of illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bolivia and Peru. Officials said most of the immigrants originally came from Haiti but others had come from as far afield as Bangladesh, Senegal and Nigeria. They said about 1,700 illegal migrants had arrived over the […]
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Andina.com.pe reported that aA total of 3.600 children and adolescents who were at risk on the streets, many of them for begging and sexual exploitation, were rescued in the last five months of the program staff of the Ministry Yachay Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP). Thanks to the daily work of 104 street educators in […]
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On April 9, 2013, A Tarde reported that Jean Wyllys, federal deputy from Bahia and member of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL), has requested police protection after receiving death threats. The death threats are linked to Mr. Wyllys’ homosexuality and support for gay rights in Brazil. Mr. Wyllys is a former winner of Big […]
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On April 9, 2013, O Globo reported that state and federal public ministries throughout Brazil are investigating the quality of public school lunches. Authorities noticed irregularities in Espírito Santo last week regarding diversion of funds and the mishandling of food, but investigations are also being launched in 12 other states. In the state of Rio […]
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On April 6, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that police in Rio de Janeiro are searching for a man suspected of raping a woman in a van in São Gonçalo, within the Rio Metropolitan Region. The man held her at gunpoint, ordered the vehicle to a deserted location, and sexually abused the woman. […]
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On April 5, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that the Brazilian government has introduced a new law that makes pre-school mandatory for children. The law requires children to be enrolled in school once they turn four years old. It replaces a previous law that required that children start school at the age of […]
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About two million children and adolescents are sexually exploited in Latin America, a figure “alarming” that manages the Regional Coalition Against Trafficking in Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, said its president in Ecuador, Rocío Rosero. “There are about two million children and adolescents who are in situations of sexual exploitation,” said Rosero to […]
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On April 4, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that pastor Marco Feliciano (PSC-SP), federal deputy and head of the Chamber of Deputies’ Human Rights Commission, traveled to Salvador yesterday and made a sermon to a local Baptist church. He was met at the location by protesters from the Gay Group of Bahia (GGB), […]
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On April 4, 2013, Agência Brasil reported that homophobia-related cases in Rio de Janeiro now fall under the jurisdiction of the local police. The local Coordination Office for the Protection of Sexual Diversity (CEDS) will now pass all of its information to the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police, in an effort to strengthen public policy […]
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On April 3, 2013, Diário do Nordeste did a special report about the overcrowding of homeless shelters in Fortaleza, the capital city of the state of Ceará. It covers the story of a two-year old girl, abandoned by her mother, in which neighbors take the child to a homeless shelter. City authorities currently are unable […]
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On April 3, 2013, R7 reported that the number of violent crimes in March 2013 was 20% higher than in March 2012. According to the State Social Defense Ministry (SEDS), authorities reported 7,380 violent crimes, which also represented a 14% rise from February 2013. This grouping follows seven different types of crimes: homicides, attempted homicides, […]
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In a bizarre incident, hundreds of armed vigilantes have taken control of a town on a major highway in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, arresting local police officers and searching homes after a vigilante leader was killed. Several opened fire on a car of Mexican tourists headed to the beach for Easter week. Members […]
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On April 1, 2013, Diário Catarinense reported that ten people, all of the same family, were held hostage on Easter Sunday by a mentally deranged man in Chapecó, in the western part of the state of Santa Catarina. The man was dealing with issues of estrangement from his wife. The woman was not with the […]
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On March 31, 2013, G1 reported that a police sergeant with a 21-year career with the Polícia Militar of Rio Grande do Norte was arrested in connection with a rape. According to a police spokesman, the officer denies the crime, but admitted to paying the woman R$50 for the sexual encounter. In testimony, the woman […]
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On March 30, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that protesters in the Brazilian federal capital of Brasília participated in the annual Malhação de Judas (Beating of Judas), in anticipation for Easter tomorrow. Around 50 protesters used sticks to beat various effigies of political figures, including newly elected Human Rights Commission President Marco Feliciano […]
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On March 27, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that federal deputy Marco Feliciano (PSC-SP), Evangelical pastor and President of the Chamber of Deputies’ Human Rights Commission, conducted his first meeting yesterday without interruption from protesters. Mr. Feliciano conducted a debate about how to help residents of the city of Santo Amaro da Purificação, […]
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On March 22, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that Marco Feliciano (PSC-SP), an evangelical pastor known for past remarks involving homosexuals and blacks in Brazil, has refused requests to resign his post in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. Mr. Feliciano serves as head of the Human Rights Commission. Henrique Eduardo Alves (PMDB-RN), President […]
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His routine is part of the lifestyle of ninis: youth who neither study nor work. Some love the option of living and other frustrated watching them playing closed every door in search of opportunity. In Costa Rica, this population is made up a total of 201,870 people from 12 to 24, who represent 19% of […]
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elpais.cr reported that the number of people over 65 will triple in Costa Rica in 2050, while children under 15 years will be reduced, according to projections released today by the National Institute of Statistics and Census ( INEC).”The size of this population (over 65 years) will triple over the next 40 years, from 316,000 […]
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