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Thursday, September 02, 2010   20:30 GMT    
Latin America

Environmental Forensics for BP Gulf Spill
By Adrianne Appel*
BOSTON - Stealthy submarine gliders slide through the depths of the Gulf of Mexico with the precision of birds of prey. Robot-like rovers search for droplets of oil thousands of metres under the surface. Powerful computerised analysers send instant results to scientists on board the ship above. All of this to assess the impact of disaster.
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ARGENTINA-BRAZIL
Nuclear Safeguards System an Example for the World
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - A system of mutual safeguards, created nearly two decades ago by Argentina and Brazil for in-situ verification of the peaceful use of nuclear power in both countries, serves as an international model of transparency and confidence building in this highly sensitive field.
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COLOMBIA
US Military Aid Contingent on Reversal of Rights Record
By Matthew Berger
WASHINGTON - As a new administration takes over in Bogotá, some groups are hoping for change in the human rights record of Colombia - and that the U.S. will use its clout in the country to ensure that change occurs.
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PERU
Quechua Congresswoman Fights Discrimination in Education
By Ángel Páez
LIMA - Hilaria Supa has broken down many barriers in her life. Now she has overcome another one, in an unprecedented achievement: this Quechua indigenous woman who never went to school is today chair of the congressional education committee in Peru.
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Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists
By Emilio Godoy *
MEXICO CITY - Activists in Latin America have been galvanised by atrocities like the recent massacre of 72 migrants near the U.S. border to step up their efforts on behalf of migrant rights.
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VENEZUELA
Hunger Striker Dies in Land Dispute
By Humberto Márquez
CARACAS - Franklin Brito, who held several long hunger strikes since 2004 to defend ownership of his farm, became the first Venezuelan to fast to the death.
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MINING-CHILE
Make Good on Concern for Worker Safety, Say Unions
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - While efforts get underway to try to rescue the 33 miners who are trapped 700 metres underground in a mine in northern Chile, trade unions are calling on the country's political leaders to tackle the underlying problems of worker safety.
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SOUTH AMERICA
Argentine Beef Overtaken by Mercosur Partners
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - South America's Mercosur trade bloc is becoming established as the top world producer of beef, with 40 percent of the international market. But while in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay production and exports are growing, Argentina, the home of the legendary "asado" barbecue, is falling behind.
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SPAIN
Puppet Marathon for Building School in Bolivia
By Tito Drago
MADRID - The 17th Titirilandia (Puppetland) Festival will conclude with a marathon puppet show, to be held Sunday Aug. 29 in Spain's capital city in aid of a school in the remote Bolivian mining province of Potosí.
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CHILE
Coal Plants Under Fire
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - Controversial plans to build the Barrancones thermoelectric plant near a protected area in the northern Chilean region of Coquimbo were cancelled Friday, but not before reviving the debate on other projects for polluting coal-fired power stations.
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