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Embassy 32 Green Street
London, Mayfair, W1Y 4AT
Phone: 0171 499 0877
Fax:: 0171 493 5105
Consulate
6 St Alban's Street
London , Haymarket, SW1Y 4SG
Phono: 0171 930 9055
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» Mexico in Debt to the Disabled
Ángel Valencia was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Mexico four years ago with a bipolar disorder. Today, after treatment, he is back in society and is an activist with the Washington-based organisation Disability Rights International.
» RIGHTS-CHILE: No Dialogue in Mapuche Conflict
The Chilean government is pushing through legal reforms in an attempt to bring to an end a nearly two month hunger strike by 34 Mapuche indigenous prisoners. But it is failing to address two critical aspects of the conflict: the lack of effective dialogue and a failure to recognise it as a political problem.
» Biking Across the Americas, Spotlight on Children
Damián López, of Argentina, has been riding his bicycle the length of the Americas for the past three years. His mission? In addition to completing the long journey, he wants to shine the spotlight on children who are at risk due to violence or abandonment.
» LATIN AMERICA: Border Mining Projects Before Ethics Tribunal
Latin American activists who want to call attention to mining developments located in border areas will gather in Chile to "pass judgement" on projects they regard as detrimental to local communities, the environment and national security.
» Q&A: Cuban Vaccines Cross Borders, But Barriers Remain
Even today, many years after it was proved effective, the Cuban vaccine against meningitis B is still ignored by industrialised countries, whose medical literature usually states there is no immunisation against that strain of the disease.
