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  »  Cuban Activists Defend Sexual Rights as Human Rights
     The Fifth Cuban Day Against Homophobia focused on recognising and including sexual rights as human rights, a cause increasingly advocated by activists demanding respect for sexual diversity in this Caribbean island nation.
  »  Breaking the Silence on Racism in Cuba
     Gloria Rolando has been revealing hidden chapters of Cuban history since the 2010 premiere of the first part of her documentary series "1912: Breaking the Silence," about the virtually unknown story about the only legal political party to promote racial equality in this country.
  »  Protection for Salvadoran Migrants En Route to U.S.
     A law to protect Salvadoran migrants, who are frequently victims of attacks and abuses on their way to the United States, is nearing entry into force after having been approved over a year ago. All that remains is for a body made up of civil society organisations to be created to implement it.
  »  Murder of Prominent Honduran Journalist "Sends a Terrible Message"
     A few short hours after Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said he had seen evidence that Alfredo Villatoro, a radio reporter kidnapped May 9, was alive, the journalist's body was found in a residential neighbourhood on the south side of the capital.
  »  COLOMBIA-U.S.: Trade Deal "Throws Country into Jaws of Multinationals," Critics Say
     The entry into force of Colombia's free trade agreement with the United States was met by student protests and opposition from a segment of the business community, small farmers, and trade unionists.
  »  Colombian River Basin Passes the Test of El Niño and La Niña
     Patricia Gómez, an engineer, is leading a training workshop for a group of 11 men at the fire station in Neiva, the capital of the department of Huila in southwest Colombia.
  »  Brazilian Government Sets Guidelines for Success at Rio+20
     As the host of Rio+20, the Brazilian government has defined guidelines for achieving success at the upcoming world summit, whose aim is to assess and strengthen what has been done since the 1992 Earth Summit, the first global meeting on sustainable development.
  »  No Celebration for Mothers of the Missing in Mexico
     Emma Veleta and Toribio Muñoz were married 40 years ago and had seven children, four boys and three girls. They lived in the town of Anáhuac, 100 km from the capital of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. But on Jun. 19, 2011, as they were celebrating Father's Day, tragedy struck.
  »  Argentina Faces the Dilemma of Unconventional Oil and Gas
     Vast reserves of natural gas and oil trapped underground, whose exploitation would signify major environmental impacts, will be the greatest challenge facing YPF, the Argentine oil company that recently returned to state control.
  »  Guatemalan Coffee Growers Get Creative
     Overwhelmed by climate change, worried about speculation in international prices and still hurting from the effects of the crisis in 2000, coffee growers in Guatemala are trying in various ways to recover the production levels they achieved 12 years ago.
  »  Native People of El Salvador Finally Gain Recognition
     After decades of struggle, indigenous people in El Salvador will finally be recognised in the constitution ? a first step towards recovering their community identity, which they have been denied by the state and by society at large.
  »  Chile's Native Communities Find Ally in Supreme Court
     Indigenous groups in Chile celebrated a recent court ruling that represented the latest victory in the struggle for respect for their right to be previously consulted about major projects which directly affect their communities.
  »  Shedding Light on Inequality in World's Most Unequal Region
     A new report takes a close look at the territorial distribution of poverty and inequality in Latin America, which has long had a reputation of being the most unequal region in the world.
  »  Tangled Web of Corruption Debilitates Mexico
     Although Mexico has signed several multilateral anti-corruption agreements, so far these instruments have yielded few concrete results in combating the rampant bribery, extortion and embezzlement, according to experts.
  »  Trans Community Celebrates Groundbreaking Gender Identity Law
     Under a new law that recognises a broad range of rights for transvestites, transsexuals and transgender persons in Argentina, they will have the right to modify their legal documents to match their gender identity.