Email President Obama today and ask him to allow Haitians to stay in the US under Temporary Protected Status while their country continues to recover from the four hurricanes from last fall. These storms destroyed 15% of Haiti’s GDP, the equivalent of eight to ten hurricane Katrinas hitting the US in ONE month.
Mexico City, March 16 – 18, 2009 At its Third Tri-National Meeting, unions, networks and social movement organizations from the energy sector of Canada, the US and Mexico committed to seeking solutions to the major challenges facing the sector in their respective countries and in the region overall. read more
1. International Women’s Day is commemorated in the hemisphere 2. Study reveals impacts of Intellectual Property agreements in developing countries 3. Activists request international support for the Referendum on Water in Colombia 4. Parliament votes to abolish the Amnesty Law in Uruguay 5. Economic crisis, threats and purchasing power on the union agenda in the hemisphere 6. This Sunday 15th March, El Salvador will elect a president
1. Inscriptions are open for the IV People’s Summit 2. United States in a good moment after the meeting with Brazil but tensions continue with Mexico 3. FMLN wins Presidental elections in El Salvador 4. IADB: 50 years of financing inequality 5. UNASUR agrees to coordinate defense planning 6. Suit brought against the Pellas Group by those affected by the use of pesticides 7. Ecuador suspends NGO license 8.
President Obama has charted a course for economic recovery that will restore growth and promote broadbased prosperity. It will emphasize improvements in the living standards of American families whilereorienting our economy to meet today’s challenges – energy, the environment, and globalcompetitiveness. read more
1. Indefinite reelection triumphs with 54.36% of the votes in Venezuela 2. Grave humanitarian crisis en indigenous communities in Colombia, and resistance to megaprojects in Honduras and Mexico 3. Latin American Rural Women’s’ Conference in Uruguay 4. Social movements put renegotiation of Canada Free Trade Agreement on agenda of Obama’s visit to Canada 5. Guatemalan Judicial System approves turning over of military documentation in genocide cases
While Haitians work to prevent damage from future hurricanes, they are still recovering from the four storms of 2008. Your generous donations have helped rebuild many homes. Vivion Klemosent, who received cement and tin roofing to rebuild her home says, “Before the help came, I had no idea what I was going to do!”
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While Haitians work to prevent damage from future hurricanes, they are still recovering from the four storms of 2008. Your generous donations have helped rebuild many homes. Vivion Klemosent, who received cement and tin roofing to rebuild her home says, “Before the help came, I had no idea what I was going to do!”read more
As they wait for the government to respond, citizens in Gros Morne collect rocks each week along Rue Hypolite to extend the gabion and reinforce the riverbank. This is the only way to protect their town and keep their homes from being washed away during coming hurricanes.
As they wait for the government to respond, citizens in Gros Morne collect rocks each week along Rue Hypolite to extend the gabion and reinforce the riverbank. This is the only way to protect their town and keep their homes from being washed away during coming hurricanes.
