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HAITI: Caribbean Unites Behind Recovery Plans
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ROSEAU, Dominica , Mar 12 (IPS) - As he travels back to his headquarters in
Washington, World Bank president Robert Zoellick must be
painfully aware that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have
very strong feelings on the redevelopment of Haiti following the
Jan. 12 earthquake.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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LATIN AMERICA: Abortion - Still Illegal, Still Killing, Despite Growing Awareness
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CARACAS, Mar 10 (IPS) - Although most of the governments in Latin America
today are described as progressive, abortion is only legal in one
country, while in five countries it is banned under all
circumstances, even when the mother's life is at risk.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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HAITI: The Camp That Vanished
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 9 (IPS) - Perched near the top of a steep hill, the fractured
pink walls of Villa Manrese overlook the rest of the capital
city. Both ends of the three-story compound have collapsed,
spilling into mounds of rubble. The first floor was pulverised
into a layer of dust. There are still bodies inside.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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RIGHTS-CUBA: Hunger Striker Refuses to Go into Exile
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HAVANA, Mar 8 (IPS) - The state news media in Cuba reported Monday on the
case of dissident Guillermo Fariñas, who has been on a hunger
strike for 13 days and refuses to go into exile in Spain.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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HAITI: U.S. Acts Quickly on Debt Relief Ahead of Preval Visit
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WASHINGTON, Mar 8 (IPS) - With U.S. President Barack Obama preparing to host
Haitian President Rene Preval at the White House Wednesday,
Congress is moving quickly to show support for far-reaching debt
relief and additional aid for the earthquake-stricken Caribbean
nation.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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TRINIDAD: Women Demand a Real Gender Policy
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PORT OF SPAIN, Mar 8 (IPS) - A few days after she created history by becoming
the first woman to be elected as opposition leader and the leader
of a major political party in Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad
Bissessar was kicking mad at the "misunderstanding" of
the role of women and their contribution to society.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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HAITI: Experts Urge Sea Change in "Culture of Aid"
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NEW YORK, Mar 5 (IPS) - A delegation of human rights experts is preparing
to visit Haiti to assess the human rights and aid situation in
the earthquake-crippled nation and to urge the international
community to follow a series of guidelines they have prepared to
help donors' to "overcome the mistakes of the past."
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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LATIN AMERICA: Women's Rights Laws - Where's the Enforcement?
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CARACAS, Mar 5 (IPS/TerraViva) - Advanced new legislation and constitutional reforms
on women's rights are paving the way for equal opportunities
for women in Latin America and the Caribbean. But application and
enforcement remain a distant goal.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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CUBA: A Good Old Age in Old Havana
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HAVANA, Mar 5 (IPS) - In the centre of Old Havana, historic buildings are
being restored without neglecting the occupants who are their
heart and soul. The priority is to care for elderly residents
with programmes that could become a model for the rest of Cuba,
whose population is ageing fast.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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CLIMATE: The Thirsty Caribbean
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PORT OF SPAIN, Mar 4 (Tierramérica) - Caribbean countries are considering options like
desalination plants and cloud seeding to confront a drought that
threatens the regional economy and which experts warned about
years ago.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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LATIN AMERICA: Subdued Response to Cuban Dissident's Death
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CARACAS, Mar 3 (IPS) - The deafening silence of Latin American governments
has fallen like another shovelful of earth on the grave of Cuban
dissident Orlando Zapata, a bricklayer who died Feb. 23 after
nearly three months on hunger strike in prison on the Caribbean
island.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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CARIBBEAN: A New Era of South-Oriented Geopolitics?
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 1 (IPS) - As chair of the 15-member regional integration
movement, Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
insists that the decision by Caribbean Community countries to be
part of a new Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
(CLACS) is not intended to sideline longtime hemispheric
alliances such as the Organisation of American States.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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HAITI: Earthquake Epicentre Copes with Aftermath
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LEOGANE, Mar 1 (IPS) - Marie Saintus sat regally on a wicker chair in the
narrow alley by her makeshift home at the Anacaona Stadium, in
the middle of this once bucolic city, as she teased her
neighbours.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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US-HAITI: Katrina Victims Feel Kinship, Offer Help
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NEW ORLEANS, Feb 28 (IPS) - Many survivors of Hurricane Katrina, which struck
New Orleans and the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2005, have been
seeing their own reflection in media images of Haiti earthquake
victims. And despite - or even because of - their own struggle,
many feel personally driven to help organise assistance for the
people of Haiti.
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03/14/2010 09:52 PM
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RIGHTS-CUBA: Dissidents Bid Final Farewell to Hunger Striker
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HAVANA, Feb 24 (IPS) - Several dozen anti-government opponents gathered
Wednesday at the headquarters of the Ladies in White, a Cuban
dissident group, in the capital, to hold a "symbolic
wake" for Orlando Zapata, a political prisoner who died on
the 85th day of a hunger strike.
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