Positive news from Bolivia
Bolivia cancels controversial Amazon highwayBolivian President Evo Morales announced Friday he was scrapping a hugely controversial plan to build a highway through an Amazon ecological reserve that has triggered widespread protests.
"This is governing by obeying the people."
- Bolivian President Evo Morales |
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Bolivia cancels controversial Amazon highwayBolivian President Evo Morales announced Friday he was scrapping a hugely controversial plan to build a highway through an Amazon ecological reserve that has triggered widespread protests. |
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Bolivia Set to Pass Historic ‘Law of Mother Earth’ Which Will Grant Nature Equal RightsWith the cooperation of politicians and grassroots organizations, Bolivia is set to pass the Law of Mother Earth, which will grant nature the same rights and protections as humans. |
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BOLIVIA: Domestics to Gain Healthcare Coverage
LA PAZ, Jun 12 (IPS) - Domestic workers in Bolivia, most of whom are young
indigenous women from the highlands region, are about to gain
access to healthcare coverage.
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Bolivia unveils anti-poverty planBolivia - The government of Bolivia has announced a radical plan to reduce poverty and create employment in the poorest country in South America. |
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- Peru Aims To End Child Labour
- Indigenous group and NGO establish crucial corridor in vanishing Atlantic Forest
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