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Tag Archives: Rio de Janeiro
Latin America in view, September-October 2013
Latin America in View, Sept.-Oct. 2013: Ecuador oil drilling; Brazil rapes; Mexico Escuelita Zapatista. Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Brazil, Chiapas, direct democracy, Ecuador, Escuelita Zapatista, feminism, Indigenous peoples, Latin America, Mexico, oil drilling, patriarchy, Rafael Correa, Rape, Rio de Janeiro, sexism, sexual assault, women's liberation, Yasuni national park, Zapatista
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Brazil’s uprising
What began as local protests against an increase in public transportation costs has grown into massive protests in dozens of Brazilian cities with hundreds of thousands in the streets of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the largest demonstrations since protests against military rule in the 1980s. Continue reading
Earth Summit 20 years on
To mark the 20th anniversary of the original “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro, here is what I wrote about it at the time (from the July 1992 News & Letters): Ideological pollution at ‘Earth Summit’ by Franklin Dmitryev The … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, biotechnology, birth control, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Brazil, climate change, commodification of life, Contraception, Dan Quayle, deforestation, Earth Summit, ecological capital, environment, feminism, genetic resources, George H.W. Bush, Global Forum, global warming, India, Indigenous peoples, intellectual property, poverty, Reproductive rights, Rio de Janeiro, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Sustainable development, Third World, U.S., UN Conference on Environment and Development, wealth, women's liberation
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