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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wisconsin_nike_2 Students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison fought against the unfair labor practices endorsed by Nike's sweatshops in Hondu...

started by evaurelia on 16 Apr 10 no follow-up yet

Five people were killed and twenty-nine hurt today in a standoff between 1,200 police and about 3,800 miners who had blockaded a busy section of the Pan-American Highway in protest of new regulatio...

Latin_America South_America Peru mining labor strike regulations industry police violence

started by Wes Decker on 22 Apr 10 no follow-up yet

http://www.hondurasweekly.com/press-releases/Monsanto-Provides-Job-Skills-for-Poor-Teens-in-Honduras.html The Monsanto Fund has approved a major grant to provide job-skills training through Childre...

latin america environment Honduras

started by evaurelia on 25 Apr 10 1 follow-up, last by Rachel Barnard on 27 Apr 10

http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1944/1/ This article is the cover story from the May issue of These Times. The article is well written, and provides for a good overview analysis for a l...

started by evaurelia on 30 Apr 10 no follow-up yet

Up to twelve Peruvian mining companies are under investigation for buying gold from wildcat miners to avoid paying taxes. At least four of the companies - Titan, Dynacor, Laytaruma, and Colibri - w...

Peru Latin_America South_America economics government regulation mining industry labor

started by Wes Decker on 20 Apr 10 no follow-up yet

He-heh - kind of like the U.S. backwards.

started by evaurelia on 08 May 10 1 follow-up, last by Wes Decker on 09 May 10